Our two short season affiliates, freshly stocked with players from the recent June draft, and armed with others ready to graduate from our academies in the Dominican and in Venezuela, begin their 2-1/2 month schedules this evening.
Greeneville--the only Astros affiliate not to make the playoffs in 2006--hosts the Johnson City Cardinals. G-ville has not yet named their starter as I write.
Meanwhile, Tri-City, who played for the New York-Penn League championship in '06, visits the Vermont Lake Monsters. Colt Adams--only 1 - 1 with an 11.77 in 10 games for Greeneville a year ago--starts the season for the ValleyCats.
I have to imagine he has impressed in the extended spring.
The Greeneville roster contains three players who spent some time with the club last year. Only one player with Tri-City--third baseman Brandon Caipen--played for the V-Cats last year.
Note that our top two picks are still not on roster, with our third round selection, David Dietrich, and our fourth round pick, Brett Eibner, still unsigned.
Collin Delome, from Lamar University, will be the highest draft pick playing tonight, starting in the outfield somewhere I'm sure for our NY-Penn affiliate.
In all, 26 draft picks of the 42 selected will suit up tonight, 9 for Greeneville, and 17 for Tri-City.
No-one is making the jump from an overseas academy to Short A, while six players jump from the Dominican Republic to Greeneville, and four jump from Venezuela to our Rookie affiliate.
| Num | Name | Pos | Bats | Thw | 2006/ June Pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Fernando Abad | P | L | L | DSL Astros |
| 3 | Drew Anderson | IF | R | R | #681 |
| 6 | Leandro Cespedes | P | R | R | DSL Astros |
| 19 | Edwin Ciriaco | P | L | L | DSL Astros |
| 25 | Andrew Darnell | OF | R | R | Greeneville |
| 29 | Jose Duran | P | R | R | DSL Astros |
| 16 | Pedro Gonzalez | C | L | R | VSL Astros |
| 15 | Axel Gonzalez | OF | R | R | --- |
| 10 | Timothy Johnson | SS | R | R | Greeneville |
| 35 | Andrew Launier | 1B | R | R | --- |
| 7 | Arcenio Leon | P | R | R | VSL Astros |
| 26 | Kyle Miller | C | R | R | #651 |
| 5 | Antonio Noguera | P | L | L | VSL Astros |
| 28 | Rafeal Parks | OF | R | R | --- |
| 13 | Reinaldo Pestana | C | R | R | Greeneville |
| 40 | Agustin Pinales | P | R | R | DSL Astros |
| 27 | Jared Pitts | OF | R | R | #861 |
| 34 | Jordan Powell | P | R | R | #1067 |
| 21 | Mason Roberts | P | R | R | #531 |
| 14 | Brett Robinson | P | R | R | #831 |
| 20 | Ebert Rosario | 3B | R | R | DSL Astros |
| 8 | Philip Stringer | SS | R | R | #741 |
| 24 | Christopher Turner | OF | S | R | #1260 |
| 4 | Guillermo Urbina | P | L | L | VSL Astros |
| 12 | Brian Wabick | P | R | R | #1038 |
| Num | Name | Pos | Bats | Throws | 2006/ June Pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | Colt Adams | P | R | R | Greeneville |
| 15 | Brandon Barnes | OF | R | R | Greeneville |
| 34 | Anthony Bello | P | L | L | Greeneville |
| 24 | Steve Brown | OF | R | R | Greeneville |
| 7 | Brandon Caipen | 3B | R | R | G-ville/TC |
| 4 | Kevin Carkeek | C | R | R | #771 |
| 6 | Craig Corrado | 1B | R | R | #441 |
| 13 | Cirilo Cruz | 3B | R | R | Greeneville |
| 14 | Matthew Cusick | 2B | L | R | #321 |
| 5 | Collin DeLome | OF | L | R | #171 |
| 22 | David Dixon | 2B | L | R | #231 |
| 19 | Jason Dominguez | P | R | R | #951 |
| 41 | Brian Espersen | P | R | R | #561 |
| 8 | Catlin Everett | SS | S | R | #1312 |
| 25 | Jonathan Fixler | C | R | R | #591 |
| 17 | Kevin Fox | P | L | L | Greeneville |
| 10 | Chris Frye | OF | R | R | --- |
| 18 | Charles Gamble | 3B | R | R | #711 |
| 27 | Danny Gil | P | R | R | #921 |
| 36 | Bryan Hallberg | P | R | R | Lexington |
| 12 | Sal Iacono | C | R | R | #801 |
| 21 | Jeff Icenogle | P | L | L | --- |
| 31 | Carlos Ladeuth | P | R | R | Greeneville |
| 20 | Robert Leonhardt | P | R | R | #1124 |
| 26 | David Miller | P | L | R | #980 |
| 28 | Luis Pardo | P | R | R | #291 |
| 33 | Brian Pellegrini | OF | R | R | #381 |
| 16 | Ronald Ramirez | IF | R | R | G-ville/Lex |
| 23 | Travis Sweet | OF | R | R | #891 |
| 3 | Cardoza Tucker | P | R | R | --- |
| 32 | Thomas Vessella | P | R | L | Greeneville |