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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.
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*
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
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*
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
# switch-hitter