Where Astros Draftees Are Off To
by astrosfanforever on Jun 22, 2009 6:01 PM CDT
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From Zach Levine's Chron.com blog:
Rd. Pick Player Pos. School Minors 2 69 Tanner Bushue RHP South Central HS (Ill.) GCL 3 99 Telvin Nash LF Griffin HS (Ga.) GCL 3s 110 Jonathan Meyer 3B Simi Valley HS (Calif.) Greeneville 4 130 Bralion Hyatt RHP South Carolina Greeneville 5 160 Brandon Wikoff SS Illinois Tri-City 8 250 Brandt Walker RHP Stanford Tri-City 9 280 Ben Orloff SS UC Irvine Tri-City 11 340 Bubby Williams C Crowder College (Mo.) Greeneville 13 400 Jacob Goebbert OF Northwestern Tri-City 14 430 David Berner LHP San Jose State Tri-City 15 460 Ryan Humphrey CF St. Louis CC at Meramec (Mo.) Greeneville 16 490 Ronald Sanchez 1B Manuela Toro HS (P.R.) GCL 17 520 Justin Harper RHP Oklahoma City University Tri-City 18 550 James Macdonald RHP Boston College Tri-City 19 580 Brian Kemp CF St. John's Tri-City 20 610 Julio Martinez RF Nova Southeastern (Fla.) Greeneville 21 640 Barry Butera 2B Boston College Tri-City 22 670 Mark Jones RHP Manheim Township HS (Pa.) GCL 23 700 Robert Donovan RHP Stetson Tri-City 24 730 Mike Modica LHP George Mason Tri-City 25 760 Nick Stanley 1B Florida Southern Tri-City 27 820 Aaron Bray 3B Charlotte Greeneville 31 940 Travis Smink LHP VMI Greeneville 33 1000 Brenden Stines RHP Ball State Tri-City 34 1030 Scott Migl RHP Texas A&M Greeneville 35 1060 Grant Hogue CF Mississippi State Greeneville 38 1150 Sean Barksdale OF Temple Tri-City 40 1210 Daniel Sarisky RHP Oglethorpe University (Ga.) Greeneville
The Tri-City ValleyCats are a short-season single-A team based out of Troy, NY, and play in the New York-Penn League.
The Greeneville Astros are a rookie league team based out of Greeneville, TN, and play in the Appalachian League.
The Gulf Coast League (GCL) Astros are a rookie league team based out of Kissimmee, FL and play in the Gulf Coast League.
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Im not sure whch teams are the better ones…like which teams do th better players go on…if i had to guess GCl is first, Greenville 2nd and tri city 3rd from here (tho b4 reading this i woulda said tri city first bcz ive heard that name most and then greenville)
anyone wanna help me out?
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Jun 22, 2009 6:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
From Bobby Heck's chat last week
Bobby Heck: Tri-City is geared mostly toward college players. The NY-Penn league is mostly toward college players. The Appalachian League is geared to second-year profesional players, advanced high school draft picks and junior college draft picks. The Gulf Coast League is more a first-year landing spot for players from Latin America as well as some of your high school draft who may need additional acclimation to profesional baseball. [Bushue and Nash are] heading to the Gulf Coast to start. That doesn’t meant they’ll end the season there.
by AstroAndy on Jun 22, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I voted just right
In Bobby Heck we trust.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Jun 22, 2009 7:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
as did I
mostly because there’s no way for us to know where these guys should go, anyways. It seems to conform to Heck’s description of each team’s role, though.
Your friendly neighborhood Dreamshake mod.
by Only_A_Lad on Jun 22, 2009 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those who voted too conservative:
What would you rather see?
by AstroAndy on Jun 22, 2009 7:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I have no idea how people can say too conservative
because you have no idea how far along these kids skills are. they might put them somewhere because they are raw and need their skills sharpened before they face certain types of competition.
by Astrosws20 on Jun 22, 2009 9:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
response to everyhoustonteamrox!
from highest to lowest:
Round Rock Express (AAA)
Corpus Christi Hooks (AA)
Lancaster JetHawks (A Advanced)
Lexington Legends (Low A)
Tri-City ValleyCats (Short-Season A)
Greeneville Astros (Rookie)
GCL Astros (Rookie)
by astrosfanforever on Jun 22, 2009 9:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
thanx
thats what iu thought b4 this post, but seeing our best 2 going to GCL made me a lil confused
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Jun 22, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bushue and Nash are both pretty raw high schoolers, so while they may be the highest-picked players, they are definitely not the “best” if by best we mean “advanced.” As you can see, most of our high schoolers (with the exception of Jonathan Meyer, who’s regarded as an advanced high school hitter) are headed to the GCL, with comm. colleges (Humphrey)/small college (Williams)/raw college (Hyatt) guys being sent to Greeneville and the “polished” or more advanced college guys (Wikoff, Walker, etc.) being sent to Tri-City
by astrosfanforever on Jun 22, 2009 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea...
thats y i went with just right
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Jun 23, 2009 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Curios to know
IF/when Mier signs, where would he be sent to?
anyone got a guess?
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Jun 23, 2009 9:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I have no idea
But my hope would be that we don’t push him very hard to start. There’s no need to overmatch him to start his pro career at all.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Jun 23, 2009 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would assume
Greenville or GCL.
by littlevisigoth on Jun 23, 2009 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
n00b here..
When is it likely that Mier signs??
by PeteyNhtown on Jun 23, 2009 6:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
who knows?
Ortiz at the Chronicle seems to think it could occur in the near future. But I wouldn’t take anything for granted.
by clack on Jun 23, 2009 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But Bobby Heck Lays the Truth On Us
by AstroAndy on Jun 24, 2009 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's possible that both are right
Doesn’t Selig want teams going over slot recommendations to wait to announce signings? While Mier is expected to sign for the slot money, it’s possible he might want something more (slot recommendations went down this year, so maybe he wanted something more in line with what he would have gotten last year or next).
Your friendly neighborhood Dreamshake mod.
by Only_A_Lad on Jun 24, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the Astros cannot say that he is signed until he passes his physical.
Mier said he has an agreement, pending the results of the physical later this week.
by clack on Jun 24, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mier
I bet he’ll end up in the GCL, but Greeneville is not out of the question. That’s as high as he’ll be though. He seems raw offensively, so a “beginners” league like the GCL would make sense, as he’ll get to learn how to hit pro ball at the lowest level instead of being overwhelmed.
by astrosfanforever on Jun 24, 2009 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
remember that Heck said...
players might start at GCL but quickly move up to another level before the season is over.
by clack on Jun 24, 2009 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t be surprised to see that happen, but I’d also be surprised to see Mier start above the GCL, considering his bat is a little behind, and a little acclimation never hurts. Expect him to end up with Greeneville (or maybe even Tri-City) and begin next year with Lexington.
by astrosfanforever on Jun 24, 2009 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
From what I've read
Mier seems to have the kind of mental toughness that is necessary to start at Greeneville instead of the GCL. And Jay Austin, our second round pick last year, has been put through the system aggressively, even though his stats might not support it.
I think the most persuasive evidence of Mier’s placement is just the roster construction at both Greeneville and the GCL. The GCL roster has 3 SS already, and 7 IF total. Greeneville only has 2 SS, and one of them is Jonathan Meyer, a guy that was basically drafted as a 3B (even though he was a SS in HS). So my guess is Greeneville.
by AstroAndy on Jun 24, 2009 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good Call
I also like your comparison to Jay Austin, who is a 18/19 year old spending the year in Lexington, which is what I see Mier doing. Hopefully he’ll do better than Austin though (offensively)
by astrosfanforever on Jun 26, 2009 7:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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