Astros Minor League Player and Pitchers of the Week

It's time to look back at Week 21 and acknowledge some winning performances for the week commencing Sunday, August 17th and continuing through Saturday, August 23rd. The final Player and Pitchers of the Week post will come out next Wednesday and will include the final nine days of the regular season.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

There were far too many great performances to chose from this week. All of these players really deserve a look. My nominees (in no particular order) ~

1B Conrad Gregor (Corpus Christi)

.500/.550/.889 in 5 games
4R 2B 2HR 3RBI 2BB 2SO

IF Joe Sclafani (Oklahoma City)

.480/.519/.600 in 6 games
6R 3-2B 2RBI 2BB 1SO 1SB 0CS

3B/DH Randy Cesar (GCL)

.455/.500/.500 in 6 games
2R 2B 2RBI 1BB 7SO 0SB 1CS

IF Jack Mayfield (Lancaster)

.435/.480/.609 in 6 games
5R 4-2B 4RBI 2BB 3SO

3B Wander Franco (DSL)
.412/.500/.647 in 5 games
4R 2B HR 5RBI 4BB 0SO

OF Ydarqui Marte (Greeneville)
.391/.481/.609 in 6 games
5R 2-2B HR 3RBI 4BB 1SO

1B/DH Bryan Muniz (Greeneville)
.381/.500/.571 in 6 games
2R 2B HR 3RBI 5BB 6SO

OF Jon Kemmer (Lancaster)
.350/.381/.900 in 5 games
5R 3B 3HR 8RBI 1BB 2SO

C Max Stassi (Oklahoma City)
.333/.400/.833 in 5 games
5R 3HR 5RBI 2BB 5K

My runner up and winner not only excelled but did so playing in all seven games for the week. First my runner up ~

OF Brett Phillips (Lancaster)
.393/.438/.607 in 7 games
6R 6-2B 3RBI 2BB 4SO 3SB 1CS

Phillips SIX doubles for the week is definitely an overachievement and my winner barely beat him out. The deciding factor was his THREE outfield assists for the week. That was just enough to put him over the top.

OF James Ramsay (Quad Cities)
.400/.429/.680 in 7 games
3R 2-2B 3B HR 6RBI 2BB 6SO 3SB 1CS
3 Outfield Assists

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: OF JAMES RAMSAY

James Ramsay - June 2014

Photo by Jayne Hansen

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STARTING (TANDEM) PITCHER OF THE WEEK

First up, my honorable mentions go to some strikeout artists: Corpus Christi's Jordan Jankowski (9SO in 5IP); Lancaster's Vincent Velasquez (8SO in 5IP) and Kent Emanuel (7SO in 4IP); Quad Cities' Troy Scribner (8SO in 4IP); Greeneville's Harold Arauz (6SO in 3.2IP); and Edgardo Sandoval in the DSL (5 SO in 5IP).

My runner up continued his dominance of the New York-Penn League last week ~

RHP Joe Musgrove (Tri-City) - Win
0.00 ERA/0.429 WHIP .130 BA
7IP (1 game/1 start) 3H 0BB 5SO

My winner pitched twice last week and dominated both times.

RHP Agapito Barrios (Greeneville)
0.90 ERA/0.200 WHIP .033 BA
10IP (2 games/1 start) 1H 1R 1BB 9SO

Agapito Barrios - July 2014

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STARTING (TANDEM) PITCHER OF THE WEEK: RHP AGAPITO BARRIOS

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RELIEF PITCHER OF THE WEEK

My honorable mentions this week go to excellent performances from Tri-City's Chris Munnelly; Ambiorix de Leon (GCL/Greeneville); Greeneville's Zach Davis; and the DSL's Diogenes Almengo and Dariel Aquino.

Three performances stood out from the rest for me though ~

RHP Lachlan Madden (DSL) - Win, Save
0.00 ERA/0.923 WHIP/.200 BA
4.1IP (2 games) 3H 1BB 5SO
2 inherited runners/0 scored

RHP Juan Minaya (Corpus Christi)
0.00 ERA/0.500 WHIP/.077 BA
4IP (2 games) 1H 1BB 4SO
1 inherited runner/0 scored

I'm not the only one who noticed how well my winner was doing last week. He has now been promoted to Quad Cities!

RHP Raul Rivera (Tri-City)
0.00 ERA/0.392 WHIP/.071 BA
5.1IP (2 games) 1H 1BB 3SO
2 inherited runners/0 scored

Raul Rivera - July 2014

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RELIEF PITCHER OF THE WEEK: RHP RAUL RIVERA