Astros Prospect Report: June 30th, 2016

Fresno's Offense Explodes in 23-3 Win

I honestly don't know what to talk about....

Preston Tucker hits three home runs...

Teoscar Hernandez was a double short of the cycle in his first Triple-A game...

Jon Kemmer's bat is starting to look more like his Double-A numbers....

How about a curveball?

Brady Rodgers had more walks than strikeouts....huh?

Or maybe that Bregatron went 4-5 with two doubles in his Triple-A debut...

I don't know! I don't have enough time!

This is what happens when you inject the type of talent that Teoscar and Alex Bregman have into a lineup.

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG*
Tony Kemp	2B	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.298
Alex Bregman	SS	5	5	4	2	0	0	3	1	1	0.8
Tyler White	1B	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0.222
Preston Tucker	LF	6	5	5	1	0	3	8	0	1	0.308
Jon Kemmer	DH	6	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	1	0.267
Colin Moran	3B	6	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	2	0.28
Teoscar Hernandez	CF	6	2	4	0	1	1	3	0	1	0.667
Andrew Aplin	RF	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.236
Tyler Heineman	C	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.246

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA*
Brady Rodgers (W, 8-3)	5	7	1	1	4	2	0	2.77
Jordan Jankowski	2	1	1	1	1	2	0	4.83
Jandel Gustave	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.03
Josh Fields	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1.5

Hooks Offense Falters in 3-1 Loss

As mentioned before, if you add the talent of Alex Bregman and Teoscar Hernandez, you'll flourish. But, if you subtract it, you'll flounder. Well, in the first game without those two, the Hooks floundered. The lone bright spot for the offense was J.D. Davis hitting his 12th home run and picking up two hits. Derek Fisher even struggled as an individual as he struck out four times, and then ejected after his last one.

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Danry Vasquez	LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.246
Mott Hyde	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.222
Derek Fisher	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.266
Alejandro Garcia	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.273
Nick Tanielu	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.259
J.D. Davis	3B	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.247
Conrad Gregor	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.193
Chase McDonald	DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.233
James Ramsay	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.177
Roberto Pena	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.231

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Cy Sneed (L, 3-2)	4	5	3	3	3	7	0	3.61
Kyle Smith	5	3	0	0	0	3	0	5.01

Nunez Leads Lancaster in 5-1 Win

These JuCo selections are trickling up the ladder in the Astros system. Antonio Nunez was one from the 2014 draft and is now holding down shortstop for Lancaster. He's pretty punchless, but he draws a lot of walks. Last night, he lead the team in hits with three but then also swiped second and third to show some versatility.

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG*
Bobby Boyd	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.316
Johnny Sewald	LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.245
Garrett Stubbs	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.295
Jamie Ritchie	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.267
Jason Martin	CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.281
Keach Ballard	3B	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.421
Drew Ferguson	RF	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.265
Brooks Marlow	2B	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.219
Antonio Nunez	SS	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.259

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA*
Joshua James (W, 6-2)	6.2	10	1	1	2	2	0	2.84
Ryan Deemes (H, 2)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.56
Scott Weathersby	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.32

QC Rides Pair of HR's in 6-3 Win

I liked Pat Porter a lot after the 2015 draft. He seemed like a guy who could fit in well in the system, especially after a solid showing in Tri-City. This year hasn't gone well. His BABIP has plummeted which makes his sub-.200 batting average overshadow his big uptick in walk-rate to 12.4%. But, he is just not able to drive enough balls at this time. Connor Goedert is experiencing a lot of the same issues except that his walk-rate has plummeted. But, they both hit home runs!

And, I haven't seen anything on why Kyle Tucker was pulled.

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Myles Straw	RF	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.306
Osvaldo Duarte	SS-CF	4	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0.261
Kyle Tucker	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.299
Kristian Trompiz	SS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.241
Anthony Hermelyn	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.247
Connor Goedert	1B	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0.199
Pat Porter	LF	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.16
Christian Correa	DH	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.232
Arturo Michelena	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.315
Bobby Wernes	3B	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.193

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Yoanys Quiala (W, 1-5)	7	6	3	3	2	2	0	4.35
Chris Murphy (S, 1)	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	4.45

Wrenn Leads TC Again in 8-4

I've said several times now. In fact I said it last night when I was having dinner with Tim Deblock (ya'll remember him, right?). Stephen Wrenn is one of my favorite picks from this draft. He's why that at the end of the day, when it comes to amateur players, you gotta scout. You can't just look at numbers, it takes both. Wrenn had tools. He had numbers trending the right way with his sophomore season. But, you can't predict a ball to the face. And you can't see in the numbers that he still had the talent but that he took awhile to recover. He now has hit more home runs in 13 games for TC than he did in over 50 for UGA this year. Despite being a solid center fielder with good speed, he has been moved to the clean up spot because he's showing the most power on the team.

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Ryne Birk	2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0.321
Daz Cameron	CF	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.286
Ronnie Dawson	RF	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.19
Stephen Wrenn	LF	5	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	0.327
Carmen Benedetti	1B	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.4
1- Rodrigo Ayarza	PR-3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.273
Randy Cesar	3B-1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.333
Taylor Jones	DH	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.22
Jake Rogers	C	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.222
Alexander De Goti	SS	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.25

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Dustin Hunt	2.2	5	1	1	1	1	0	4.5
Erasmo Pinales (W, 1-2)	4	4	2	1	2	7	1	6.14
Ryan Hartman	2.1	3	1	1	1	3	0	4.15

Greeneville Falls 7-1

Just a day after hitting for the cycle, Connor MacDonald didn't register a hit and actually struck out in all three of his plate appearances. Can't predict baseball.

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG*
Frankeny Fernandez	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.292
Marcos Almonte	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.313
Justin Garcia	1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.077
Luis Payano	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.235
Jonathan Arauz	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.15
Connor MacDonald	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.4
Ruben Castro	C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.273
Raymond Henderson	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Vicente Sanchez	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.273

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA*
Tyler Britton (L, 1-1)	2.1	4	3	3	0	3	1	6.75
Nathan Thompson	1.1	3	2	2	0	1	0	4.91
Lucas Williams	2	6	1	1	0	2	0	6.75
Devon Carr	2.1	4	1	1	0	2	0	2.45

GCL Astros Lose 9-7

GCL Rule #1: Never get excited about GCL Stats

GCL Rule #2: Never talk about Fight C.....

I'm gonna break Rule #1...well maybe not actually get excited, but more along of the lines of extremely intrigued. I have no clue who Jorge Alcala is or anything about him other than some stats.

In 2015, he struggled. He tossed 32 1/3 innings for the DSL Blue team. He had a 20/19 SO/BB ratio which is quite atrocious. However, he at least found a way to get a 3.06 ERA.

In 2016, the 6'3", 180 pound pitcher out of the Dominican Republic has pitched nine innings in two games. But, here's the turnaround; he has a 16/1 SO/BB ratio. Dead serious.

Intrigued yet?

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Andy Pineda	CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.19
Jonathan Matute	2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.263
Brody Westmoreland	3B	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.211
Carlos Machado	LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.421
Oscar Campos	C	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.375
Randy Vasquez	C	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.364
Troy Sieber	1B	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.235
Reiny Beltre	DH	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.375
a- Edgar Lorenzo	PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.125
Joan Mauricio	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.063
Wilson Amador	RF	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Moreno Polanco	0.1	1	4	4	2	1	0	108
Hansel Paulino	4.2	8	3	1	1	5	0	1.17
Jorge Alcala	4	2	0	0	0	8	0	0
Dariel Aquino (L, 0-1)	0.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	6.75
Jose Ramos	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.4

DSL Astros Blue Wins 3-2

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG*
Nicolas Miranda	2B	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0.311
Jose Benjamin	LF	4	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.313
Ronny Jimenez	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.288
Angel De Leon	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.25
Angel Tejeda	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.333
Cesar Cortez	CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.212
Samir Caraballo	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.22
Jose Carrillo	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.048
Ozziel Sanchez-galan	SS	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.137

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA*
Ronel Blanco (W, 3-0)	5	3	0	0	0	3	0	3.6
Jesus Bernaez (H, 1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.76
Juan Lopez (S, 3)	3	5	2	2	0	5	0	5.68

DSL Astros Orange Lose 9-5

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Kendy Moya	2B	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0.255
Ronaldo Urdaneta	SS	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.226
Ramiro Rodriguez	CF	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.3
Hector Martinez	RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.236
Vicente Mota	1B	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0.26
Alvaro Alvarez	C	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0.1
Jose Abel Hernandez	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.263
Bernardo Heras	3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.275
Renaigel Martis	LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.296

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ezequiel Madera (L, 0-1)	2.2	3	6	3	3	0	0	5.06
Cristofer Melendez	3	5	2	2	4	4	1	2.57
Cosme Zapata	2.2	2	1	0	3	1	0	3.68
Gabriel Pirela	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8