Astros Farm Report: Thanksgiving Edition

A little bit of news, some minor league updates, but first things first ...

TWEET OF THE DAY

Thank god for Golds gym being open today #REALMVP

— kevin hill (@kevinhill42) November 24, 2016

WISHING A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO

11-23: C Alvaro Alvarez (19)
11-24: RHP Francis Martes (21)
11-25: RHP Erasmo Pinales (22)
11-26: OF Renaigel Martis (19)
11-27: LHP Luis Ramirez (21)
11-28: IF Yeuris Ramirez (18)
11-28: RHP Derick Velazquez (23)
11-29: RHP Dean Deetz (23)
11-30: RHP Agapito Barrios (23)

Erasmo Pinales - July 2016

Photo by Jayne Hansen

ROSTER MOVES/TRANSACTIONS

I've updated the Astros 2016-2017 Off-Season Transactions post here. Of particular note, former Astro/Grizzly IF Danny Worth signed a contract worth $700,000 with the SK Wyverns team in South Korea. The Wyverns are being managed by Astros 2016 Bench Coach Trey Hillman. Also of note to Astros and Grizzlies fans, 2012 Astros 2nd round draft pick IF Nolan Fontana was claimed off waivers by the Angels this week. I wish them both the best as they take the next steps in their baseball journeys. (Friend of the blog Larry McCoy is also reporting that Roberto Pena has signed with the White Sox as a minor league free agent, but I haven't seen confirmation of that yet.)

Nolan Fontana - May 2015

Photo by Jayne Hansen

ASTROS FALL/WINTER LEAGUE UPDATES

Here is how your Astros have fared thus far in fall/winter league play:

ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE (AFL) - SEASON OVER

OF Alejandro Garcia: .200/.304/.200 in 6 games (replaced Laureano on the roster)
OF Jason Martin: .194/.375/.290 w/3-2B 2RBI 9R in 11 games
OF Ramon Laureano: .295/.340/.477 w/ 4-2B 2-3B 8RBI 5SB 12R in 12 games (last played 10/29)
C Garrett Stubbs: .171/.280/.271 w/ 4-2B 1HR 6RBI 13R in 20 games
IF Nick Tanielu: .352/.379/.500 w/ 5-2B 1HR 5RBI 7R in 14 games

RHP Francis Martes: 2-1 in 6 starts with a 3.22 ERA/1.299 WHIP in 22.1IP
RHP Jacob Dorris: 1-1 in 8 games with a 3.38 ERA/2.375 WHIP in 8.0IP
RHP Rogelio Armenteros: 0-0 (1SV) in 8 games with a 11.05 ERA/1.909 WHIP in 7.1IP
RHP David Paulino: 0-0 (1SV) in 5 games with a 0.00 ERA/0.600 WHIP in 5.0IP

DOMINICAN WINTER LEAGUE (LIDOM)

OF Andrew Aplin: .125/.217/.125 in 14 games
OF Osvaldo Duarte: .000/.000/.000 in 2 games (last played 11/4)
OF Teoscar Hernandez: .143/.143/.286 in 5 games
C Max Stassi: .400/.400/.400 in 2 games (last played 10/22)

RHP Edison Frias: 0-0 in 2 games with a 4.50 ERA/0.500 WHIP in 2.0IP (last played 11/9)
LHP Reymin Guduan: 0-1 in 9 games with a 6.00 ERA/2.667 WHIP in 2.2IP
RHP Mike Hauschild: 0-1 in 5 starts with a 2.31 ERA/1.329 WHIP in 23.1IP (last played 11/13)
RHP Jordan Jankowski: 0-1 in 7 games with a 4.50 ERA/1.667 WHIP in 6.0IP (last played 11/5)

MEXICAN PACIFIC LEAGUE (LMP)

OF Leo Heras: .257/.357/.441 w/4-2B 6-3B 3HR 14RBI 26R in 37 games

VENEZUELAN WINTER LEAGUE (LVBP)

SS Miguel Sierra: .333/.333/.444 w/1-2B 3RBI in 3 games (last played 11/5)

Dustin also looked at the Liga Paralela (Venezuelan minor league) a couple days ago to see how a few of our Baby 'Stros are doing.

PUERTO RICAN WINTER LEAGUE (LBPRC)

RHP Juan Santos: 0-0 in 3 games with a 3.00 ERA/1.000 WHIP in 3.0IP

AUSTRALIAN BASEBALL LEAGUE (ABL)

1B Connor MacDonald: .182/.438/.182 in 4 games

NEWS AND LINKS

No Astros minor leaguers were protected at the deadline in advance of the upcoming Rule 5 Draft. Here is the list of the players that the Astros may lose.

Pinstriped Prospects looks at Albert Abreu who the Astros traded to the Yankees as a part of the Brian McCann deal. I'm linking to this mainly because Robert used one of my photos of Abreu for the piece and actually asked my permission. What a concept!

Matt Eddy at Baseball America really dug down deep as he looked at the minor league free agent class. A few former Astros make appearances in the analysis.

And, in anticipation of BA's Prospect Handbook that will come out early next year, they whetted our appetite with the Astros Top 10 prospects. Drumroll please ...

1. RHP Francis Martes
2. OF Kyle Tucker
3. RHP David Paulino
4. RHP Franklin Perez
5. 1B A.J. Reed
6. RHP Forrest Whitley
7. OF Teoscar Hernandez
8. 3B/1B Yulieski Gurriel
9. OF Derek Fisher
10. C Garrett Stubbs

The main analysis is insider only, but the Top Tools list and some other info is available here.

And the Astros announced that their Advanced A affiliate will be playing at Campbell University in Buies Creek (pronounced BOO-ees), North Carolina for the next two seasons as their new stadium in Fayetteville, NC is being built.

And finally, I was feeling a thankful for all of you (and a little nostalgic) last night and I decided to stroll down memory lane by posting some photos from my Astros MiLB trips in 2012. Check out my timeline for those and stay tuned as I intend to continue the journey over the next week or so.