Spring Training Update

On Wednesday, the Astros loudly announced that they welcome American League competition with a total smackdown of the Blue Jays. Yeah, yeah, it's only Spring Training, but it was a sweet win nonetheless. Offensively, it was a good day for Carlos Corporan (2-2B, RBI, R), J.D. Martinez (2x3, 2B, RBI), Matt Dominguez (2x2, 2B, RBI, 2R), Fernando Martinez (1x3, 2B, 2R, 2RBI) and some lad by the name of George Springer (more on him below). Wesley Wright was the only one of seven pitchers to allow more than one hit in his outing and the only one of the seven to have an ERA north of 0.00 right now.

Spring Training Record: 3-2-1

Spring Training Game 6 Results: Astros 10, Blue Jays 1
Game 6 Minor League Standouts: George Springer got his first start of Spring Training and responded with a two home run, five RBI game. According to a tweet from GM Jeff Luhnow, the second home run hit the scoreboard. It's still early, but if he keeps this up, he will be starting the season at AAA instead of AA. Jarred Cosart pitched two innings and allowed one hit and one walk with one strikeout and is trying to make a case for breaking into the Astros starting rotation sooner rather than later. Jose Cisnero and Chia-Jen Lo also had good outings.

Spring Training Game 7:
Yankees (SS) at Astros at 12:05 CST
If you're one of the lucky ones to get CSN Houston, you can see Alan Ashby's TV debut as he comes home to where he belongs. The game will re-air on the MLB Network at 1:00 a.m. CST Friday. Set your DVR's.

SPRING TRAINING RESULTS
Spring Training Game 1 Results: Astros 8, Phillies 3
Spring Training Game 2 Results: Astros 7, Mets 7
Spring Training Game 3 Results: Cardinals 10, Astros 2
Spring Training Game 4 Results: Rays 7, Astros (SS) 2 in six innings
Spring Training Game 5 Results: Astros (SS) 9, Detroit 4