Astros set minor league preliminary rosters for Fresno, Corpus Christi, Buies Creek and Quad Cities

The Houston Astros and assistant general manager Mike Elias announced the preliminary rosters for four of their affiliates: Triple-A Fresno, Double-A Corpus Christi, Single-A Buies Creek, and Single-A Quad Cities. All four teams start regular season play on Thursday, April 6.

The Fresno Grizzlies have 18 returning players including six players from the TCB Top 30 prospects list including James Hoyt, Francis Martes, Brady Rodgers, Tony Kemp, A.J Reed, Derek Fisher, and Teoscar Hernandez.

Corpus Christi has five players from the Top 30 list: Dean Deetz, Trent Thornton, Garrett Stubbs, J.D. Davis, and Ramon Laureano. Buies Creek has four players: Ramon Laureano, Franklin Perez, Jason Martin and Kyle Tucker.

Quad Cities is stacked in the outfield with Daz Cameron, Ronnie Dawson, and Stephen Wrenn. The River Bandits also have Jake Rodgers from the top 30 list.

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Triple-A Fresno

PITCHERS

Dayan Diaz

Reymin Guduan*

Edison Frias

Brian Holmes*

James Hoyt

Jordan Jankowski

Francis Martes

Tyson Perez

Brady Rodgers

Ashur Tolliver*

Aaron West

Keegan Yuhl

CATCHERS

Juan Centeno*

Max Stassi

INFIELDERS

Reid Brignac#

Tony Kemp*

Colin Moran*

A.J. Reed

Tyler White

OUTFIELDERS

Andrew Aplin*

Derek Fisher*

Teoscar Hernandez

Jon Kemmer*

Preston Tucker*

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Double-A Corpus Christi

PITCHERS

Rogelio Armenteros

Kevin Comer

Dean Deetz

Jacob Dorris

Brock Dykxhoorn

Kent Emanuel*

Michael Freeman*

Joshua James

Eric Peterson

Kyle Smith

Cy Sneed

Ryan Thompson

Trent Thornton

CATCHERS

Jamie Ritchie

Garrett Stubbs*

Trent Woodward#

INFIELDERS

J.D. Davis

Mott Hyde

Jack Mayfield

Antonio Nunez

Bryan Muniz

Jon Singleton*

OUTFIELDERS

Drew Ferguson

Alejandro Garcia

Ramon Laureano

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Single-A Buies Creek

PITCHERS

Akeem Bostick

Matt Bower*

Justin Ferrell

Riley Ferrell

Ralph Garza

Elieser Hernandez

Nick Hernandez

Sebastian Kessay*

Franklin Perez

Yoanys Quiala

Andrew Thome

Framber Valdez*

Alex* Winkelman

CATCHERS

Eduardo de Oleo

Christian Correa

Anthony Hermelyn

INFIELDERS

Ryne Birk*

Osvaldo Duarte

Dexture McCall

Arturo Michelena

Stijn van der Meer*

OUTFIELDERS

Jason Martin*

Pat Porter*

Johnny Sewaldy*

Myles Straw

Kyle Tucker*

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Single-A Quad Cities

PITCHERS

Brett Adcock*

Jorge Alcala

Tyler Britton

Ryan Hartman*

Dustin Hunt

Carson LaRue

Hector Perez

Erasmo Pinales

Abdiel Saldana

Edgardo Sandoval

Carlos Sierra

Derick Velazquez

Forrest Whitley

CATCHERS

Ray Henderson-Lozano

Jake Rogers

Chuckie Robinson

INFIELDERS

Rodrigo Ayarza#

Randy Cesar

Alex De Goti

Taylor Jones

Spencer Johnson

Anibal Sierra

OUTFIELDERS

Carmen Benedetti*

Daz Cameron

Ronnie Dawson*

Stephen Wrenn

* left-hander

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