Saturday, August 16, 2014

Happy Birthday - 8/16

Happy Birthday to ~

Astros 1st round draft pick Brady Aiken. Wait. What? Never mind.

2B Delino DeShields (22)
The Astros first round draft pick from 2010 has spent this season with the Corpus Christi team, hitting .235/.343/.340 with 11 doubles, one triple, eight home runs, 46 RBI and 47 stolen bases in 98 games. According to Baseball-Reference, DeShields is over three years younger than the league average.

2B Juan Santana (20)
Santana was signed by the Astros as an NDFA from the Dominican Republic at the end of 2010 and is currently playing in Tri-City following his mid-July promotion from Greeneville. Between the two venues, he is hitting .327/.353/.442 with 12 doubles, two home runs and 24 RBI in 41 games.

Two former Astros celebrate the day as well ~

RHP Xavier Hernandez (49)
Originally drafted by Toronto in the fourth round in 1986, Hernandez came to Houston via the Rule 5 draft in December 1989. Hernandez played for the Astros from 1990 to 1993 and again in 1996. In 273 games, he was 22-19 with a 3.40 ERA and a 1.234 WHIP.

OF Roger Cedeno (40)
Cedeno came to Houston in a December 1999 trade with the Mets and spent one season in the Astros organization before being traded to Detroit. In 74 games with the Astros, he hit .282/.383/.398. His best season was in 1999 when he hit .313/.396/.408 for the Mets with 66 stolen bases.

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