Astros Minor League Recap
by Subber10 on Aug 29, 2011 9:01 AM CDT
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PrintBig thanks to AstrosB for putting in an intro for me yesterday morning. My wife and I woke up just fifteen minutes before we had to leave for church, so we had to rush out the door.
The big stories from last night are the two home runs off the bats of Jonathan Villar and Brett Wallace. The bigger of the two coming from B-Wall since that was the purpose of sending him down. Wallace has to have a JD Martinez type adjustment in his swing if he wants to be in the Astros plans for the future. I don't necessarily agree that he has too provide a lot of power in order to be a major league first baseman, but it seems that power is what the Astros are looking at him for. They want power from first base and he has the tools to do that, he just has to make those adjustments. He has the bat speed and the power in his swing, especially when he gets his foot down early and has good hip drive. He just doesn't have the loft. His swing is too level. Sound familiar JD?
Villar's home run was his tenth of the year at AA and very nice to see him get a big hit. He's been struggling very badly this month, in fact it's been his worst month so far of the season. I think it would be a very bad idea to make him a September call-up when he's posted a sub-.600 OPS for the month and a .288 OBP in Corpus.
Oklahoma City won 2-1
- Andy Van Hekken-5 2/3 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR, 7/3 GO/Ao
- Sammy Gervacio-1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
- Enerio Del Rosario-1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO, 2/0 GO/AO
- Fernando Abad-1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 2/0 GO/AO
- Jose Valdez-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 2/0 GO/AO
- Brett Wallace 1B-2-4, HR, SO-Better be more of that to come!
Corpus Christi lost 13-1
- Erick Abreu-3 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO, 2 HR-2/3 GO/AO
- Arcenio Leon-1 Ip, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO, 2/0 GO/AO
- Jonathan Villar SS-1-4, HR, SO
- Kody Hinze 1B-2-3, BB
- Brandon Barnes RF, CF-3-3, BB
- Brandon Wikoff 3B-2-3
Lancaster won 9-4
- Zach Grimmett-6 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 2 HR, 5/9 Go/AO
- Michael Ness-2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 SO, 6/0 GO/AO
- Kirk Clark-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO, 1/0 GO/AO
- Grant Hogue RF-3-5, 2B, SB, OF Assist
- Jonathan Singleton 1B-2-4, 2 SO
- Austin Wates CF-2-5, 2B, 3B, SO
- Jonathan Meyer 3B-3-4, 2 2B, SO
- Erik Castro DH-2-4, BB, SO
Lexington lost 9-0
- David Martinez-4 Ip, 10 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 2/8 GO/AO
- Murillo Gouvea-3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO, 1/2 GO/AO
- Ruben Sosa 2B-2-4
- Emilio King RF-2-3, 2B
Tri-City:PPD
Greeneville lost 12-2
- Ricardo Batista-3 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 3/2 GO/AO
- Mattison Jones-3 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO, 2/5 GO/AO
- Zachary Dando-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO
- Jordan Scott LF-2-4, SO
- Jesse Wierzbicki 1B-1-2, 2B, SO
- Christian Moronta C-1-2, 2B
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Hopefully Villar’s home run can boost his confidence and help him end the season on a high note. He was starting to put it together in July before this huge August slump.
The bird is struggling out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wants to be born, must first destroy a world.
by Stupendous Man on Aug 29, 2011 9:11 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Springer
Springer’s starting in CF and leading off for Tri-City in Game 1 (3:00 EDT), his first game at home. No idea whether or not he’ll play the second game.
springer goes deep!!!!! not a bas firsr ab
by Graff21 on Aug 29, 2011 2:22 PM CDT via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
Wallace
He hit the ball hard both times he reached base. The home run was to left-center, which is the deepest part of the park here in OKC (the wall is 400-415 ft). He’s been hitting the ball hard generally, but mostly just singles until recently.
I think some of Villar's struggles this month are most liekly due to his not having
Paredes, Altuve, and Martinez hitting behind him in the lineup. Opposing pitchers have no fear of the current lineup in Corpus imo.
"This is a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the the ball, you got it?!"
Even if that is the source of the struggles, it shows he’s not ML ready. He has to be able to control an AB no matter who is around him and he’s not doing that.
Thats true to a certain degree but some hitters tend to chase pitches that they normally
wouldn’t when their team is struggling to score runs and are trying as hard as they can to get things going. The other part of it is just the simple fact that he’s a 20 yr old kid in AA long before he was ready for it. So expecting a kid to “control” and AB at his age and at a level he wasnt ready for to begin with is asking quite a bit. I think too many folks on here are beginning to jump off the Titanic long before it hits the iceberg when it comes to Villar.
"This is a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the the ball, you got it?!"
Thats my point. I’m not jumping off the titanic. Just saying that he has developing to do. The fact that he’s 20 and not controlling ABs is why he shouldn’t be promoted. He hasn’t shown he’s ready to compete over AA. CC is where he and needs to stay. If he’s chasing cause he feels he needs to do more just shows that he doesn’t have the baseball maturity to move forward.
I’m not off the titanic on him, just saying he’s not ready.
I completely agree that he is nowhere close to being ready. I would be more worried
bout his defense at this point rather than his offense. JV has a tendency to boot the easy routine plays and nail the more difficult plays a SS can make. His offense will come around as he matures but I will never expect him to become a Barry Larkin or a young A-Roid or Jeter who hit for a high avg. and with 20-25 HR power. I personally see JV as more of Shawon Dunston clone. I wouldn’t get too excited about his HR numbers here as he tends to go oppo field when batting mostly LH and if you’ve been to Whataburger Field you know that the winds blow from RF to LF nightly and almost always somewhere in the 10-20mph range. Id like to see him repeat these numbers next year here in CC and let’s see if most of his HRs are here or on the road and to which field they are being hit while at home.
"This is a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the the ball, you got it?!"
wind helps a ton if your hitting it to left field, thats why I feel bad for Gaston, not fair for him.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
Is EDR on a rehab app, or was optioned?
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Aug 29, 2011 11:05 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
In my opinoin,
…a Sept callup would be good for Villar. Certainly not to play everyday, or even often, based on his performance, but rather to expose him to a major-league environment. It will help him know what to expect when he IS eventually called up to be a real contributor next year or in 2013, and hopefully shorten the learning curve.
Why start his arbitration clock? If he hits his ceiling, he is the type you want to keep him under team control as long as possible.
And, pulling a guy up to the ML team to sit is not a good environment for him. If you want to expose him to that, you do it ST which will undoubtedly happen.
No you let him get rest and let him prepare for possibly the AFL or send him to instructional league. Villar is also a candidate for Winter leagues so let him rest up. It’s a long season.
by Subber10 on Aug 29, 2011 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
That's a really good point
I wasn’t thinking about Fall/Winter leagues.
In Sept does anyone think it would be good to shut Bud down
We have more than a few guys at AAA that it would be nice to get a look at them at the ML level, Just for starters Van Hekken and Harrell. Plus lets save Bud a few innings for next year.
Maybe at some point before the season is over. Given that he is coming off a very good game, I wouldn’t do it immediately.
by clack on Aug 29, 2011 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I would understand if they shut him down but if the Astros were to make a run next year would not stretching him out this year hurt him?
by Its Gonna Happen on Aug 29, 2011 3:25 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Its not gonna happen, "Its gonna happen".
Dont get me excited about making a run, I always believe everything good is gonna happen but it never does.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
The Astros will probably be a bottom 5 team next year as well.
I don’t think that part is a concern.
http://www.crawfishboxes.com
At least we have taken one step forward with getting rid of some of the old guys
I still want Lee gone. Bags talked about it last time he was on that when he came up and the Astros were very young they lost 97 that year. The next year they got the wild card so I think if we look at it like that we are on our way back
I wasnt born back then but wasnt the wild card a bit later in the 90's like 95' or 96'.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
oh ok its 95" but was supposed to be 94' but the players strike(not cool) happened, I think you meant the next year they went .500.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
Exactly!
Its not ou of the realm of possibility that the Astros could be in contention for the wild card at this time next year. We have 3 young guys that if we would have had all year (instead of having Hall and Johnson (even if CJ is my boy)) we’d probably be in a much different boat right now. Between The K Masters offense and CJ’s defense and Wallaces struggles and the pitching staffs struggles, this season went down the crapper.
I noted yesterday that we really only have 2-3 real question marks going into next season, RF SP and the pen. Then bullpen is inexperienced and could do better next year with time and reps. SP could get a free agent or hope for a rebound from Myers and improvement from the young guns. RF currently has Bogey but could also see a FA. Everything else looks acceptable to me as long as we can retain Barmes and Castro comes back healthy.
by Its Gonna Happen on Aug 29, 2011 3:54 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Sorry, I can't agree with this
I don’t think the performance we’re getting from the three rookies you’re referring to is sustainable in the short term, meaning over the rest of this and next year. They will have bad slumps and adjustments to make. Also, even if they were to maintain this level of performance, we still wouldn’t be contending even with Pence, Bourn, and Wandy (who will likely be traded as well) still on the team. This roster’s holes are too significant to be waved away as resulting from a few players.
We have a lot more than 2-3 question marks. Basically the entire roster is filled with question marks. Even the best of our young players are not proven major league commodities. In fact, the only proven major league contributor we have is Wandy, and he’ll probably be out the door as well in the offseason.
I feel good about the chances of some of our young guys, but we’re still not talking about players who have multi-year records of production, and some of them WILL fail. That’s almost guaranteed.
http://www.crawfishboxes.com
by OremLK on Aug 29, 2011 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You cant just smile and tell me its gonna be alright...
You will never trample my undying optimism!
by Its Gonna Happen on Aug 29, 2011 5:31 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I have long-reaching optimism about the team
I think it’s headed in the right direction and I’ll enjoy watching the young guys in the meantime. I just don’t expect much next year.
http://www.crawfishboxes.com
Expect?
Ha, I never said I expect…I hope. Pretty much all of my comments are 99% HOPE
by Its Gonna Happen on Aug 29, 2011 6:07 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
What I was saying is that next year we are probably going to lose 90-100 games
2013 I think we can have a chance to compete for the wild card if not the division because I think NL Central will be weak. But the way guys are coming along should be interesting
Re: Villar
I’m a little shocked that anyone considers Villar even remotely ready for the bigs…..he was only so-so in Lancaster, and I always figured the only reason he was promoted was to keep him paired with Altuve……He’s a talented player but needs lots of refinement; I’m hoping the new minor league instructional staff that we’ll have next season (must happen !!!!) will have the right people to bring out Villar’s (and Jio Mier’s) skills…..
Fully agree. One could easily argue that he needed more time at Lancaster prior to his promotion. If not for his newfound power in stroke in AA, I wouldn’t be opposed to sending back down to High A.
The bird is struggling out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wants to be born, must first destroy a world.
by Stupendous Man on Aug 29, 2011 12:46 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He should stay right where he is. Sending him down now would be silly especially when
Jio Meir is Lancaster and he’s struggling mightily this season.
"This is a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the the ball, you got it?!"
Springer goes yard
to lead off the game! First professional hit a HR! Way to get it rolling, Russ! I mean George.
by Exiled in St. Louis on Aug 29, 2011 2:22 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
WOW!! Awesome news about Springer!!
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Aug 29, 2011 2:25 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Get back to studying or doing your homework! lol
"This is a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the the ball, you got it?!"
by StrosSouth on Aug 29, 2011 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
thats a good thing to do, i have economics test tommorow, should be easy though.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
but im always searching stuff about the Astros or on this site during school, that's why my phone battery always dies.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
Awww, come on…don’t be one of those kids. :)
I hate it when my students are always pulling their phones out during class, or trying to text under their desks. There are about a thousand signs throughout the school saying NO CELLPHONES IN CLASS, and I still end up picking up a few phones per day.
The bird is struggling out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wants to be born, must first destroy a world.
by Stupendous Man on Aug 29, 2011 4:56 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
You wouldn't!
You wouldn’t dare take a young mans only current source of Astros news, would you? I mean I could see taking some lil punks phone up for texting but not for checking an Astros article or box score out huh?
by Its Gonna Happen on Aug 29, 2011 5:34 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I had to reccomend that caue it's the one and only lowly Astros.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
Lol, I make all A's and B's, but I never text really in class, usually during luch though, also I was out of class early so I was in the library when I wrote the other stuff.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
Also I usually only use my phone after Im done with my work cause I get bored, but I admit I do use my phone sometimes when I shouldnt.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
Hahahaha…even I take my phone out at my desk every now and then, but teachers are allowed to at times. I do remember that kids getting phones taken up a lot was a big problem at Carroll H.S. when I was working there.
The bird is struggling out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wants to be born, must first destroy a world.
by Stupendous Man on Aug 29, 2011 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions
yep they enforced heavily.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
What do you teach?
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
We didnt have cellphones when I went to Carroll
"This is a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the the ball, you got it?!"
SS, nice to see you back! You went MIA
Villar would FAIL at the ML level right now and wouldn’t be ready for another shot until next September at the EARLIEST! I could see a Sept call up next year if he can refine what we’ve seen from him this year. I’m not worried that he boots the easy plays and nails the hard plays, that actually excites me. The easy plays will come with time and reps but the fact that he’s already making the hard plays, those are harder to learn. It’d be great if he turns into our own little Starlin Castro!
Singleton seems to be the Altuve of K’s!
I’m really excited to see what Houser Hallock Trop and Velasquez do next year. I think we got some really good prospects to watch now and I’m really excited about our system!
by Its Gonna Happen on Aug 29, 2011 3:20 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Springer also walked and grounded out to 3rd, so far.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
I just noticed that Jonathan Singleton is batting .343, but he’s striking out about 32% of the time, also his obp is .400, with only 8 walks in 113 PA’s, so I guess it’s official that he has been infected by Lancaster.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
holy smokers crap
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Aug 29, 2011 4:45 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
WOW!!!!
That’s sustainable right?
by Its Gonna Happen on Aug 29, 2011 5:35 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
no idea, but its gotta be high.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Aug 29, 2011 4:34 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
His OPS in Lancaster is .682, while on the road it is 1.158, I wouldn’t really say he has the received the Lancaster effect since he is doing much better on the road
by Woodlands'stro on Aug 29, 2011 4:43 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
...Or we are jacking with his swing.
We bring him over here and he just suddenly stops taking walks? I don’t buy it. I think we’ve been telling him to swing more to make more contact to make his avg. go up or we’ve messed with his swing.
In my opinion Philly’s player development is light years better than ours.
by YohannDookeyblue on Aug 29, 2011 3:57 PM CDT reply actions
The Astros hate walks. "God gave you a bat for a reason, son."
That’s what Wade always says.
by ntn on Aug 29, 2011 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is a kid that has been very patient and suddenly he
HAs only 8 walks? I know it’s a small sample size but that’s why people project him to be a middle of the order type hitter. I think it’s definitely curious, and I don’t think its out of the realm of the possibility that they’re instructing him to swing more, since his avg has gone up.
IF they are, hopefully he retains his patience as well. Maybe they’ve figured he has patience locked down and they’re working on his contact skills…
by YohannDookeyblue on Aug 29, 2011 4:12 PM CDT reply actions
I think it’s more possible that he wants to get a promotion since he was traded to the Astros system. One day he’s stuck behind Ryan Howard, learning how to play the OF, maybe a little stressed out b/c of that. The next day he’s playing in the Astros system, excited he has a clear path to the majors & maybe really wants to get promoted so he just wants to swing a lot.
That’s my take
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
I think he’s just trying to let it rip, and impress his new organization. I was a bit worried about it at first, but it probably isn’t a big deal.
The bird is struggling out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wants to be born, must first destroy a world.
by Stupendous Man on Aug 29, 2011 4:59 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Its all speculation. You're right.
Do you think they let him go out there just play though? They work on stuff with guys at that level. Whether it’s him or us or a combo it’s still concerning.
by YohannDookeyblue on Aug 29, 2011 4:20 PM CDT reply actions
Do you use the reply button to post replies?
Hard to tell who you’re responding to.
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Not when its at the bottom of the thread, otherwise I do. For some unknown reason it moves
My comment down to the bottom almost every single time. I did use the reply button this time btw.
by YohannDookeyblue on Aug 29, 2011 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Emilio king: South Atlantic League player of the week.
by lawson3 on Aug 29, 2011 6:26 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Tal Smith is in corpus
Probably figuring out who they are gonna call up
by wdh001 on Aug 29, 2011 6:53 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Maybe he's planning on installing a hill in all the minor league parks.
To get the CF prospects used to it before hand.
lol.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
Sad about no game thread
some interesting stuff happening. The most impressive so far being Barmes ubelievable defensive play at short
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 29, 2011 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions
40 minutes into the game and still no game thread :( sad day
by Astrofan on Aug 29, 2011 7:41 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Minor League teams don't get big league game threads.
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Springer
1st game: 2-4, BB, 2B, HR
2nd game so far: 1-3
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3 * 2 = 6
It all makes mathematical sense
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He's pitching a palindrome to start the 4th
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Wandy is binary; he's always on or off.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Jason Castro is with the club again
Will continue his workouts at MMP
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Where is the Game Thread?...
Go Stros!
Biggio and Bagwell for the HOF!
by SeoulStro on Aug 29, 2011 8:10 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
At this point, he appears only able to hit fastballs.
I expect a big slump once teams stop throwing him so many fastballs. His future depends on how well he learns to hit breaking balls. Either he’ll be an above average 3B or a utility player.
Wow what a sad thing for the fan of the game
Cancer is a terrible disease.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Here's the story on Caitlyn Mortus who was fan of the game today.
She’s cancer free from what I know. She found a program to give computers to kids with cancer so they can keep in touch with family & friends.
http://www.ultimatekaty.com/stories/250238-katy-teen-helps-youths-with-cancer-stay-connected
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Very nice day by springer so far..a homerun and double in his first game and then a single and 3 steals in his second
by Woodlands'stro on Aug 29, 2011 8:22 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Seems to gave a lot with Astros pitchers
by Woodlands'stro on Aug 29, 2011 8:30 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Wandy almost hit an opposite field homer to the crawfish boxes, lands foul
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Anyone else really liking Schafer?
I think I’m his biggest fan on the site. Good defense, good baserunner, good approach at the plate, good contact hitter, a little bit of pop — I really don’t know how he hasn’t been successful in the majors. I’d love if he was able to put it all together here, ala Bourn after his first season.
I believe in Jordan Schafer.
I believe in him too
I liked him in Atlanta and they went out and traded for mcclouth
by wdh001 on Aug 29, 2011 8:43 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Mr. RBI Robot batting
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Software is buggy
// Need to input code so as to not swing at bad pitches in RBI situations.
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Minor League teams don’t get big league game threads.
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What big league team?
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It's only the truth
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First post i think,… really enjoy coming here and getting the latest scoop. think yall are a bunch of well informed people with a great site, many thanks to yall
welcome
I agree its a great site especially if u love kittens watch out for busta
by wdh001 on Aug 29, 2011 8:50 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I have no time for kittens anymore.
Studying for an AP Chem test right now.
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I was in Biology class the year before I had to take regular chemistry.
I thought I would hate it, but I really liked chemistry last year, so I’m taking AP Chem this year. Chemistry has a lot of practical uses in the world. I toured the Huntsman facilities in The Woodlands and their chemistry lab & I was amazed by all the lab equipment & stuff adorning the labs there. It was so… so wonderful.
I also visited their chemical refinery they have somewhere around the woodlands. It wasn’t very interesting there though.
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I am studying for Calculas test
When you ask Carlos Lee what his favorite place to play is, and he anwsers with the words, anywhere with a Buffet. You know theirs a real problem.
by orangeblood kid on Aug 29, 2011 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I hated it because i wasnt good at it
I’m a sore loser
by wdh001 on Aug 29, 2011 9:02 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Chemistry is awesome.
Worst comes to worst, you can always rely on cooking meth.
(Best show on tv, btw)
Have you seen the Altuve pics?
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62% groundball rate.
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For my future reference:
J-Walls AB:
1. CB swung and missed
2. CB took down
3. CB took inside
4. FB away
5. FB low and away
Result: BB
jimmy legs with a walk
Seinfeld reference
by wdh001 on Aug 29, 2011 8:56 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
would you rather have towles up?
I would
by wdh001 on Aug 29, 2011 9:00 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Wesley Wright looks pretty good at the plate
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Meh, it's half a dozen in one hand and 6 in the other.
Towles is better than Corporan, but is a AAAA player at best.
someone is going to get a good pitcher this offseason
But they will have to pay dearly
by wdh001 on Aug 29, 2011 9:03 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
9 outs to go
Its da Pirates! Commence scoring!
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
Wandy pitched a hell of a game but is on the wrong end of the decision thanks to his teammates poor showing
2 runs in 6 isn't horrible
Let’s give them some time.
by Patrick Harrel on Aug 29, 2011 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Unless it's a pitchout
Well, that’s still a maybe then.
by Patrick Harrel on Aug 29, 2011 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions
An all pitcher lineup, with exception of pitching spot:
Norris SS
Happ 1B
Sosa CF
Wright RF
Myers 2B
Lyles 3B
Wandy LF
Carpenter C (It’s only fitting)
J-Mike P
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Actually, make J.D. Martinez the pitcher
Hell of an arm
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Yeah I guess so
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I've improved the coding for Mr. RBI Robot
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God dammit
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r y'all programmers?
Or just having fun with language?
by SuprisedByLove on Aug 29, 2011 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I took a couple classes in college before deciding I wanted to be a lawyer instead.
Programming wasn’t much fun. I feel for people that do it for a living.
I love programming
I try to do everything well enough that I never have to do the same thing twice…
Kinda figured after I made one of the better Geek jokes I’ve made and no one responded above.
Big O represents optimization in coding. Or Offense…
by SuprisedByLove on Aug 29, 2011 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions
oh and...
the other reason I love coding is to do the work once and let the computer do it for me forever after….
by SuprisedByLove on Aug 29, 2011 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions
That's definitely a plus.
My grandfather does programming for mainframes and I was surprised that he makes $250k/yr doing it, but he resolves issues in code as opposed to writing new code.
paid better
because that is more challenging…
by SuprisedByLove on Aug 29, 2011 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Easier to write your own
Than figure out what someone else screwed up
by SuprisedByLove on Aug 29, 2011 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions
I took programming with Java last year in a HS class
Wasn’t really that fun. Java isn’t a good language, teacher really didn’t explain things well.
I started working with the Python language and looks much better than Java, but I really haven’t used it much since.
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Java is the worst language I can think of
to learn in… And I’ve been programming in a lot of languages for over a decade now….
by SuprisedByLove on Aug 29, 2011 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes I've heard that too
But the AP exam requires it for some reason. So, I’m not taking AP Computer science. If I ever need to learn coding I’ll probably learn Python or maybe C++
IDK, depends on what I want to do.
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As far as I'm concerned...
C++ is the best to learn on. After you are done. You will understand how Java and a bunch of other languages that r built on it’s concepts work…
by SuprisedByLove on Aug 29, 2011 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions
and you've almost got me
convinced to temporarily change my pic from sons to kitties… maybe I can get pics of all four…
by SuprisedByLove on Aug 29, 2011 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Altuve with a 2B after an AB where he fought off a bunch of good pitches.
Runners on 2nd and 3rd for Martinez.
He doesn't do it the way I'd like him too.
But it works and it’s pretty fun to watch. Is there only one pitch that he hasn’t swung at the entire game?
I just got home and notice that there is no game thread. Is it worth a new thread at this point?
by clack on Aug 29, 2011 9:21 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I checked outside but no snow so hell didn't freeze over last night
"This is a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the the ball, you got it?!"
What the hell did Carlos Lee just do?
You won’t believe it
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But comes back with a double down the RF line.
by clack on Aug 29, 2011 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That HR by Carlos was about as high as you will see. Barely long enough….but really high.
by clack on Aug 29, 2011 9:24 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
His 1st homer against RHP this entire month
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did y’all notice the guy who got the homerun ball? He was all alone. There are 11 people in the Crawford Boxes.
There were less than 400 people at an entire Marlins game the other day
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Bogey almost made it back-to-back line shot sliced foul left of the boxes
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My friend had an epileptic seizure yesterday.
Seemed “out of it” today and was confused all day long. Hope he gets better.
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Now will Mills let Abreu pitch?
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Obligatory J-Wall AB analysis for future reference.
1. CB inside taken while showing bunt
2. CB taken for strike
3. CB/SL down in the zone fouled off
4. CB/SL outside fouled off
5. FB down the middle swung and missed on for a K
Analysis: First off, I couldn’t tell if pitches 3 and 4 were curves or sliders since they were about 78, but didn’t break much. That being said, it seems like teams realize that Paredes hasn’t shown an ability to hit breaking balls. After seeing a bunch the past couple of ABs, so was caught guessing on the fastball to end it.
Domingo Santana just hit another HR tonight.
That’s his 5th in 9 games.
He is absolutely killing the ball at Lexington. He’s going to do wonders next year at Lancaster with their hitter’s park.
DeShields has also hit a HR, his 9th of the season.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
Wow we really added a lot of power in the Pence trade.
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He will enjoy Lancaster
That is until his call up
by Its Gonna Happen on Aug 29, 2011 9:36 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Hopefully he'll start the season there next year.
K rate has gone down ever since joining us, and of course, he’s killing the ball.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
by bone31crusher on Aug 29, 2011 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Lancaster 2012, Corpus, Houston
If he pulls an Altuve
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Doubt that.
I think he gets to CC next year, but not Houston (unless he’s a Sept. call up).
Unless he wrecks Lancaster and CC like Altuve did and bat .300+ with a good OPS, he shouldn’t be called up.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
by bone31crusher on Aug 29, 2011 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree
we’ve rushed enough to make the MLB level interesting… let the others develop more naturally!
by SuprisedByLove on Aug 29, 2011 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I wouldn't put it past the FO, depending on who they are next year and how he shows in the spring, to start him out in CC next year.
Lancaster is a pretty worthless farm team.
Putting him at CC next year is probably rushing him.
Texas League has some pretty good pitching in it.
I’d rather he go to Lancaster and hit around .280 than going to CC and hit around .240. Keep his confidence up.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
by bone31crusher on Aug 29, 2011 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree for the most part and am not advocating rushing him.
I’m just saying that since we have shown an affinity for aggressively promoting players, I could see it happening.
That is true.
Villar to CC may not have been the smartest move. Could be worse though. Atleast he’s not hitting .195 anymore. Plus, he’s hitting a lot of HRs.
I honestly think Santana is a bit further down the road in terms of development than Villar was at the start of this year. Villar is still incredibly raw, but like I said, he’s starting to find his power swing.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
by bone31crusher on Aug 29, 2011 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
If you never play Abreu, you'll never know what you have in him
A 3-run lead should be big enough.
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Altuve against a LHP
LET ABREU PITCH
LET ABREU PITCH!
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Altuve PERFECT bunt single!
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RBI too!!!
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Might be a lock for Abreu to pitch now.
Will be a lock if Schafer scores.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
YES!
Melancon is puttin the jacket on.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
Double Steal!
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That was the worst Fu**ing double play I've seen
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*Facepalm*
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
After a great bunt, that was some horrific base running by Altuve. If it weren’t for the fact that there was 1 out, it would have been a triple play.
by clack on Aug 29, 2011 9:49 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Several news reports say that there is danger that Crane won’t be approved. Drayton says he doubts that. But the news reports are out there (Sporting News, Justice), though I don’t know if that is a credible view.
by clack on Aug 29, 2011 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sporting News:
“Astros sale to Crane reportedly in danger of falling apart”
by clack on Aug 29, 2011 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Abreu with 6.5 BB/9 in OKC. I can understand why they waited until the margin for error was bigger.
by clack on Aug 29, 2011 9:51 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
It took them 10 days for Fernando Rod to get to pitch
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I’m just saying, if you have played a bunch of close games, you would have to be a fool to lbring abreu in a close game for his first big league experience with that walk tendency.
by clack on Aug 29, 2011 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I might drool if I see him throw 100 mph.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
94... 96...
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97
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97 again
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Wow.
That was a nasty breaking ball.
This guy has closer written all over him. Just has to be consistent with his command.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
His fastball has little movement on it from this camera angle.
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Abreu reminds me of Henry Villar
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NICE PITCH.
That movement was sick.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
That was nasty movement on that 90mph pitch.
It looked like a changeup but it couldn’t be. Maybe he just look something off his fastball.
If he can command a 90mph change with that kind of movement, it would be OMG-worthy.
And contrary to popular belief, I’m not a teenage girl.
It does look better at this point.
Clemens dominating, Obie pitching well, and Abreu pitching very well tonight.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
by bone31crusher on Aug 29, 2011 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn.
Talk about a first impression
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
We all remember José Valdez
Or do we?
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by BustaPozee on Aug 29, 2011 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
2 K's, a walk, then a groundout back to pitcher
Abreu has done the 1st three tonight
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This is what you're missing when you don't play him
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Corparan sure does get the shit knocked out of him behind the plate
When you ask Carlos Lee what his favorite place to play is, and he anwsers with the words, anywhere with a Buffet. You know theirs a real problem.
by orangeblood kid on Aug 29, 2011 10:01 PM CDT reply actions
That's what you get when you keep pumping fastballs
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RBI triple for Ronny Cedeno.
Well damn. Abreu is a bum. Yank him Millsy! Gotta win every game we can!
I hope Mills knows we are 40 and 90 (or whatever it is).
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
by bone31crusher on Aug 29, 2011 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Well,
that was great.
Threw him a meatball.
Still, a fairly impressive debut. Just has to work on his command.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
Don't necessarily agree about the "impressive" part of his debut
The kid was obviously nervous, but he didn’t show me much outside of a nice breaking ball and a fast fastball. His command was horrible, and his mechanics are not strong in the least.
Sure, there’s some potential there, but there’s a reason Atlanta was able to get him for nothing this off-season.
by Patrick Harrel on Aug 29, 2011 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
He's got good stuff.
And his command wasn’t horrible. It just wasn’t good.
Potential is all I care about. Got a plus fastball, and from the looks of it, a pretty good curveball. Just fix his mechanics in the off-season, and he could be a good arm from the bullpen.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
by bone31crusher on Aug 30, 2011 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions
Dammit Mills
leave him in there you aren’t playing for anything
I'm your new catcher, and you just got lesson number one; Don't think. You can only hurt the ball club.
Yep. Can you imagine how much it would suck to bare witness to a collpase of that magnitude?
I don’t think Flying Saucer has the capacity to hold 749 people.
Well Melancon's command isn't all that great either, yet he's the closer.
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His command is ok.
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by bone31crusher on Aug 29, 2011 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Abreu must have thought it was batting practice because there weren't any fans at the game
#Sad
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Shark closes it out. Awesome!
I’m glad we didn’t have to see if Abreu could work out of a mini-jam. You just might save your job that’s not really in jeopardy, Millsy!
by BoxyBrown on Aug 29, 2011 10:09 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Do we have a 19-9 run in us?
It’ll take a miracle, but we could avoid a 100 loss season with a stretch like that. With the pitching coming around, how long are the odds? 10-1, 20-1, 100-1?
by Patrick Harrel on Aug 29, 2011 10:11 PM CDT reply actions
Anyone think Emilio King becomes the Astros CF next year if he keeps hitting well?
He could follow Altuve’s footsteps.
I know there’s many Schafer fans here, me included, but if he doesn’t do well next year, does King become an option?
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Went 4-5 tonight, with a homer
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King looks good in Lexington, but he's behind at least
Schafer, Bourgeois, Shuck, and Wates on the organizational depth chart
Next year?
He’s realistically had 1 good year and he’s still in Lexington. His strikeout numbers are not good, and he really has no track record like Altuve. To jump from A ball to the Majors just isn’t happening.
by Patrick Harrel on Aug 29, 2011 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Last year was Altuve's 1st season in full season ball, this year is King's first
And don’t forget Anderson Hernandez could have played 2nd, but instead they called up Altuve.
If Ed Wade still holds the reigns next year, King could make it to Houston by the end of the year. It’s possible if all the shapes go in the right holes.
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Every year of Altuve's career, he batted above .300
King hasn’t done that in 5 years, and he stalled in the lower parts of the minors for 4 years. He’s having a nice year, yes, but Altuve’s call-up was based on a very impressive first five years, not a decent year after four mediocre to bad years.
by Patrick Harrel on Aug 29, 2011 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm hoping Altuve, Martinez, and Paredes are exceptions to the rule...
Otherwise, I don’t think we should be promoting these guys before they are 100% ready to produce at the Major League level.
Are you kidding
Schafer is about 1,000x better than King, and he’s not even very good. At this point I doubt King ever makes it to the majors, and if he does, I don’t think it will be as an everyday regular… and certainly not next season.
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