Happy Birthday - 9/27

Happy Birthday to ~

RHP Jamaine Cotton (23)
Originally from the Virgin Islands, Cotton was drafted in the 15th round in 2010 out of Western Oklahoma State University. I'm going to cheat and use what I wrote about him in my Quad Cities Season in Review from earlier this week:

Cotton appeared in 26 games (five starts) with a 4.77 ERA and a 1.507 WHIP. He fared much better when used exclusively as a reliever, particularly long relief. In August and September, he had a 0.78 ERA and a 0.957 WHIP in nine relief appearances (23 innings). In the postseason, he made two long relief appearances and put up a 0.00 ERA and 0.158 WHIP with 10 strikeouts in six and a third innings.

According to a tweet from earlier this week, Cotton will be headed to Venezuela to pitch in winter ball.

Two former Astros have birthdays today ~

2B Gary Sutherland (69)
Sutherland spent time with the Philadelphia and Montreal organizations before coming to Houston in 1972. He only played in 21 games for the Astros in 1972 and 1973, hitting .242/.277/.323, before moving on to have his most productive years with Detroit in the mid 70's.

RHP Doug Konieczny (62)
A first round pick by Houston in 1971, Konieczny played for the Astros in 1973 to 1975 and in 1977. In 44 games (38 starts), he was 7-18 with a 4.93 ERA and a 1.588 WHIP. Methinks he would have been right at home pitching alongside Asher Wojciechowski and Mike Foltynewicz.