Astros Prospect Report: July 15, 2016

Fresno Falls 9-5 to Cosart

Nothing like losing to an old teammate. Jarred Cosart is back in the minors after a pretty poor performance with the Marlins earlier this season and he's doing pretty much what he's always done in the minors. His ERA isn't great, but it's no bad either, especially for the PCL. But a really high walk rate and low strikeout rate is right up his ally. He got the win. But, Tyler White did get a home run off of him.

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG*
Tony Kemp	2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.331
Alex Bregman	SS	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.378
Preston Tucker	LF	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0.296
Tyler White	DH	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0.302
Teoscar Hernandez	CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.37
Matt Duffy	3B	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.226
Jon Singleton	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.21
Max Stassi	C	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.203
Jon Kemmer	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.255

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA*
Tommy Shirley (L, 7-6)	5	6	6	6	3	2	3	5.22
Jordan Jankowski	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.13
Brendan McCurry	0.2	4	3	3	0	0	0	2.7
Kevin Chapman	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	6.81

Hooks Fall 6-1

Nolan Fontana Jacky Mayfield swopped places. Mayfield has been hitting a lot of bombs in Corpus recently while Fontana has struggled to do much of anything this season. His walk-rate has plummeted to less than 9%. Yeah, the guy who who used to have a walk-rate north of 20% is way down below 9%. What's the deal? Well his walk-rate wasn't going to be quite that high in the majors and his poor batting average was going to get worse in the majors so he had to work on driving the ball more. It's not really working out. This will get him in an environment that he's had success before with, so maybe he can get to hitting and drawing walks.

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
James Ramsay	RF	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.179
Nick Tanielu	3B	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.269
Derek Fisher	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.253
J.D. Davis	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.257
Chase McDonald	1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.241
Nolan Fontana	SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Mott Hyde	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.217
Danry Vasquez	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.268
Roberto Pena	C	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.246

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Evan Grills (L, 3-3)	5	6	6	5	3	2	1	4.25
Kyle Smith	4	2	0	0	0	3	0	4.92

Laureano Has Special Night in 13-8 Win

How do you celebrate your birthday? Get with some friends and family? Have dinner? If you're a partier, maybe throw a party or go out on the town? Ramon Laureano might have had a beer after the game, but his performance spoke loud and clear that it was his day. He started the game off with a home run against major-leaguer Matt Cain. Proceeded to hit a pair of doubles off of Cain. And then, went ahead and hit another homer off of reliever Austin Fleet. Not a bad night at all.

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Bobby Boyd	RF	5	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0.308
Antonio Nunez	3B	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.266
Ramon Laureano	CF	5	4	4	2	0	2	3	0	1	0.309
Trent Woodward	C	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.176
Jason Martin	LF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.287
Jamie Ritchie	1B	5	0	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0.273
Keach Ballard	2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.222
Drew Ferguson	DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.267
Marc Wik	SS	4	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.25

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Dean Deetz (W, 5-5)	5	7	7	5	1	6	2	4.36
Andrew Thome (H, 3)	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	5.63
Gonzalo Sanudo	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.86
Kevin Comer	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	4.88

QC Wins Pitcher's Duel 2-1 Backed by Perez and Abreu

How's that for a tandem? A couple of young hard-throwing pitchers that both can reach at least mid-90's (Albert Abreu can go higher). But, Franklin Perez has a better off-speed arsenal. Both strike out well over a hitter per inning. Perez limits walks pretty well. Abreu will walk several but can strikeout more. Just a very talented pair of pitchers that make the MWL hope to not see. Scouts drool over this tandem.

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG*
Myles Straw	LF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.335
Osvaldo Duarte	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.26
Kristian Trompiz	SS	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.242
Hector Roa	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.247
Anthony Hermelyn	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.232
Connor Goedert	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.216
Christian Correa	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.221
Arturo Michelena	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.283
Bobby Wernes	3B	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.193

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA*
Franklin Perez (W, 2-2)	5	3	1	1	2	7	0	3.15
Albert Abreu (S, 3)	4	1	0	0	0	5	0	4.05

Valley Cats Put on Hitting Clinic in 10-2 Win

They amassed 14 hits and believe it or not, Stephen Wrenn only had one of those. But, of course that one for Wrenn was a double. Carmen Benedetti and Randy Cesar picked up half of them themselves. Lefty Benedetti is crushing the ball to the tune of a .409 average but hasn't hit but one home run. So, he'll be another first base type that can hit but they'll have to tinker with the swing to get more power.

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Alexander De Goti	SS	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.231
Ryne Birk	2B	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	0.333
Stephen Wrenn	CF	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.301
Carmen Benedetti	DH	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.409
Randy Cesar	3B	4	3	4	0	1	0	2	1	0	0.367
Ronnie Dawson	LF	5	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0.154
Taylor Jones	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0.255
Jake Rogers	C	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0.241
Brauly Mejia	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.214

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Kevin Hill	4	3	0	0	1	3	0	4.09
Austin Nicely (W, 3-1)	4	5	2	2	0	1	0	5.09
Juan Santos	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.5

Payano Leads Greeneville in 3-1 Win in GM 1

Crazy to think that a kid who was signed in 2012 out of the Dominican can just now be in Greeneville and at the age of 20, be fairly age appropriate. That's the nature of the IFA. But, he Luis Payano hit his third home run of the season with a runner on to break the 1-1 tie and give them that 3-1 lead.

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Miguelangel Sierra	2B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.338
Marcos Almonte	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.212
Troy Sieber	1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.273
1- Frankeny Fernandez	PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.213
Connor MacDonald	1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.273
Bryan De La Cruz	DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.327
Luis Payano	RF	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.244
Tyler Wolfe	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.258
Jonathan Arauz	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.186
Ruben Castro	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.207
Vicente Sanchez	LF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.172

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Carlos Hiraldo	5	4	1	1	1	2	0	7.47
Devin Raftery (W, 1-0)	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	1.17

Greeneville Strikes out 12 in 7-Inning 5-2 Win

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Marcos Almonte	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Tyler Wolfe	2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.261
Troy Sieber	DH	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.357
1- Vicente Sanchez	PR-DH	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.172
Gabriel Bracamonte	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.387
Abraham Toro-Hernandez	3B	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.2
Connor MacDonald	1B	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.306
Chaz Pal	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.243
Frankeny Fernandez	CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.22
Luis Payano	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.233

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Carlos Sanabria	4.2	1	1	0	2	5	0	6.1
Lucas Williams	1	3	1	0	2	3	0	9.35
Devon Carr (W, 1-1)	1.1	1	0	0	1	4	0	6.48

GCL Astros Win 7-3

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG*
Andy Pineda	CF	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.175
Wilson Amador	RF	5	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	2	0.341
L.P. Pelletier	DH	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.333
Carlos Machado	LF	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.288
Brody Westmoreland	1B	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.167
Oscar Campos	C	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.348
Randy Vasquez	C	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.28
Reiny Beltre	3B	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.418
Jonathan Matute	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.235
Juan Pineda	SS	4	1	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0.323

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA*
Cesar Rosado (W, 2-0)	5	5	2	2	1	2	0	2
Bryan Abreu (H, 1)	3	4	1	1	2	4	0	1.29
Dariel Aquino	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.7

DSL Astros Blue Lose 4-3 in 13 Innings

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG*
Angel Tejeda	CF	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0.359
Nicolas Miranda	2B	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.282
Ronny Jimenez	1B	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.277
Jose Benjamin	LF	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.269
Angel De Leon	DH	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.238
Carlos Canelon	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.218
Samir Caraballo	3B	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.247
Nestor Tejada	RF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.184
Ozziel Sanchez-galan	SS	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.156

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA*
Jheyson Caraballo	6	3	1	1	0	3	0	3.12
Johsson Arias (BS, 3)	3	4	1	1	1	2	0	3
Juan Cuevas	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.8
Robert Corniel (L, 0-1)	1.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.38

DSL Astros Orange Loses 8-2

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Kendy Moya	LF-SS	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.263
Ronaldo Urdaneta	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.26
a- Gilberto Celestino	PH-CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.282
Ramiro Rodriguez	CF-LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.265
Enmanuel Valdez	2B	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.283
Vicente Mota	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.269
Hector Martinez	RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.229
Yeuris Ramirez	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.107
Felix Lucas	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.25
Jose Carrillo	C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.111

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Asael Uribe	4.1	3	1	0	3	2	0	3.8
Carlos Espinoza	1.2	1	1	1	1	2	0	4.8
Miguel Matos (BS, 1)(L, 2-1)	2	5	5	5	2	1	0	5
Jacques Sambo	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	12