Astros Minor League Recap: Buchanan, 'Baby Pedro'
One Astros minor leaguer had his 25-inning scoreless streak snapped on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, one affiliate had the task of facing the man they refer to as "Baby Pedro".
One Astros minor leaguer had his 25-inning scoreless streak snapped on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, one affiliate had the task of facing the man they refer to as "Baby Pedro".
Only two Houston affiliates took the field in yesterday's action, but between them, they scored enough runs for the whole organization.
It was a case of not being able to have your cake and eat it, too. As the big league club took care of Kansas City, the farm struggled, going winless.
George Springer stole the show last night and Lancaster combined for four home runs
Cosart and Tropeano rocked, Santana collects three hits, and the MP Cokinos train keeps on chugging.
Stassi, Correa, Springer, Cokinos star in solid night on the farm.
The Astros minor leagues split on Thursday, going 2-2 after an exciting beginning to the day.
Lance McCullers mysteriously left after a scoreless inning. Mike Foltynewicz did his best Aroldis Chapman impression. Carlos Correa had a big night.
Asher Wojciechowski extends into the sixth inning with a 91-pitch outing, Carlos Correa and George Springer have multi-hit days, and Brett Oberholtzer wins a major award.
How did Lancaster get a no-hitter? In Lancaster no less.
Checking in on the farm's top talent.
The Houston Astros minor leagues squared off against the 2006 Team USA World Junior Championship pitching staff. How did they do?
The Oklahoma City Redhawks were down 6-0 in the bottom of the ninth, with two outs – they won the game in the tenth. Find out what else happened with the Astros minor league affiliates.
With the big league club improving their record in series openers to 5-6, three minor league affiliates were in action on Tuesday. Could they share in the fun?
Mike Foltynewicz made his Texas League debut, George Springer hit his 11th home run, and things got a little dicey in the desert for Travis Ballew.
Quick update on the games from Sunday
Asher Wojciechowski helps celebrate Jonathan Villar's birthday, Max Stassi makes his triumphant debut, and a long bus ride in Southern California goes horribly, horribly awry.
The Astros had a handful of top pitching prospects on the mound Wednesday night – Nick Tropeano, Lance McCullers Jr., Mike Foltynewicz – who produced mostly good results.
A wild one in Quad Cities and a mild one in Corpus Christi; scores and highlights from throughout the Astros minor leagues.
Checking in on the action on the farm on Monday night.
Jimmy Paredes and Jonathan Villar are heating up down in Oklahoma City.
Lots and Lots of Strikeouts...and not all good
What would you do if a homeless person stole your food? What would you do with a scoreless streak? What would you do to get on-base?
A few old friends come back to town, in the form of Telvin Nash, Kenny Long, and Jacob Goebbert. Only one of them is wearing a different-colored jersey...
Rio Ruiz brakes out while Robbie Grossman breaks down.
A top prospect had a huge night at the plate and an interesting arm dominated from the mound.