The draft is completed and now it's time to get antsy as we patiently eagerly await the announcements of each draft pick signing. We already have one with Brady Rodgers who will be heading to Tri-City to begin his career. Today, Carlos Correa will be in town for a physical and presumably sign a contract on a verbally agreed upon amount. Because it will be a record bonus for the Astros, I would assume the bonus amount will be announced, unlike Rodgers whose is still being undisclosed. Correa's actual bonus will tell us a lot more about how much room the Astros have to spend at some point we'll figure out how much Rodgers received.
Several of you already know that I was on a radio show last night at RotoInfo.com talking about the draft and some of the Astros prospects. In case you missed it, here's a link to listen to it.
Armando Gallaraga made his Astros minor league debut last night for the Lexington Legends and pitched four innings and allowed one run. Gallaraga won't be staying in Lexington long, as he was only scheduled to pitch a certain amount, since Jonas Dufek came in and pitched what would have been the length of a short start with five innings pitched. Although, those fine innings were the best he's pitched in a while as he was lights out with seven strikeouts.
Jose Cisnero was the man of the night as he pitched six innings of scoreless baseball that included ten strikeouts, until he made it to the seventh inning. Once he came out in the seventh, it went downhill as he gave up three consecutive singles to load up the bases before he was pulled for Josh Zeid. Zeid came in and hit the first batter he faced bringing in a run and walked the next batter to bring in a run. The next batter hit a grand slam giving three up three runs total with inherited runners and three runs with his own batters.
Oklahoma City RedHawks: Off
Corpus Christi Hooks lost 6-3
- Jose Cisnero-6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 10 SO, 2/1 GO/AO, 109 pitches, GS: 59
- Josh Zeid-1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR, 2/0 GO/AO
- Arcenio Leon-2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 2/3 GO/AO
- Austin Wates CF-1-2, SO
- Jordan Kreke LF-2-3
- Jonathan Villar SS-0-2, 2 BB, 2 SO
- Kody Hinze DH-2-4, SO
- Adam Bailey RF-1-4, 2B, SO
Lancaster JetHawks lost 11-5
- Bobby Doran-2 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR, 3/0 GO/AO, GS: 18
- Brian Streilein-2 2/3 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO, 2/0 GO/AO
- Pat Urckfitz-2 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 3/1 GO/AO
- Kirk Clark-1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 1 HR
- Brad Dydalewicz-1 IP,1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO, 1/0 GO/AO
- George Springer CF-1-3, BB, 2 SO
- Telvin Nash DH-1-4, HR, 3 SO
- Chris Epps LF-2-4, SO-Solid Lancaster debut
- Rene Garcia C-2-4, 2B
- Grant Hogue RF-2-4
Lexington Legends won 4-1
- Armando Galarraga-4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO, 6/1 GO/AO, GS: 48
- Jonas Dufek-5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 SO, 3/3 GO/AO
- Delino DeShields Jr. 2B-2-4, 3B
- Mike Kvasnicka RF-1-4, 2B
- Roberto Pena C-2-4, SO, SB
DSL Astros won 6-4
- Geronimo Franzua-1/3 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 0 SO
- Samil De Los Santos-5 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 SO, 4/1 GO/AO
- Javier Saucedo-2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 SO, 2/1 GO/AO
- Mesac Laguna CF, 1B-0-3, BB, 2 SO, 2 SB
- Tomas De La Cruz RF-3-4, 2B, SO, SB