Astros Farm Report: 4/28

The Astros are cranking them out from Extended Spring Training this week!

STANDINGS

Let's take a look in on the standings of the Astros farm teams within their respective divisions a little over three weeks into the new season.

AAA Fresno 3rd 9-12 .429 3.0GB L3
AA Corpus 1st 12-8 .600 0.0GB L1
HiA Buies Creek 1st 14-7 .667 0.0GB W2
LoA Quad Cities T3rd 11-10 .524 3.0GB L1

ROSTER MOVES/TRANSACTIONS

Note: The Astros have been moving players back and forth to either Tri-City or Extended Spring Training as a means of managing their rosters. I won't be including those moves in this list if I believe that they are only being made on paper for roster management.

Ryan Deemes - June 2016

Photo by Jayne Hansen

5-1: RHP Casey Coleman's contract was purchased from New Britain (Atlantic League); he will report to AAA Fresno
4-29: RHP Ryan Thompson placed on the AAA Fresno 7-day DL
4-29: RHP Trent Thornton assigned to AAA Fresno from AA Corpus Christi
4-28: RHP Akeem Bostick assigned to AA Corpus Christi from HiA Buies Creek
4-28: RHP Hector Perez assigned to HiA Buies Creek from LoA Quad Cities
4-27: RHP Ronel Blanco assigned to HiA Buies Creek from Extended Spring Training
4-27: LHP Howie Brey assigned to HiA Buies Creek from Extended Spring Training
4-27: RHP Felipe Tejada assigned to LoA Quad Cities from Extended Spring Training
4-27: LHP Cionel Perez assigned to LoA Quad Cities from Extended Spring Training (Perez is the Cuban lefty that the Astros signed in December. His U.S. debut was less than optimal!)
4-26: LHP Salvador Montano assigned to LoA Quad Cities from Extended Spring Training
4-26: RHP Derick Velazquez placed on the LoA Quad Cities temporary inactive list
4-26: RHP Gabriel Valdez assigned to HiA Buies Creek from Extended Spring Training
4-26: RHP Ralph Garza assigned to AA Corpus Christi from HiA Buies Creek
4-26: 3B Tyler Wolfe assigned to AA Corpus Christi from Extended Spring Training
4-26: RHP Ryan Deemes assigned to AA Corpus Christi from HiA Buies Creek
4-26: IF/OF Tony Kemp recalled to Houston from AAA Fresno
4-26: RHP Mike Hauschild activated on the AAA Fresno roster
4-26: IF Jack Mayfield assigned from AA Corpus Christi to AAA Fresno
4-25: LHP Ashur Tolliver placed on the AAA Fresno 7-day DL
4-25: OF Teoscar Hernandez recalled to Houston from AAA Fresno
4-23: RHP Brady Rodgers placed on the AAA Fresno 7-day DL retroactive to 4-21
4-23: C Garrett Stubbs activated from the AA Corpus DL
4-22: RHP Mike Hauschild optioned to Fresno (Rule 5 Draft pick returned by Rangers)

Coleman, 29, pitched in the Majors for the Cubs from 2010-12 and also appeared in 10 games with the Royals in 2014. His father and grandfather, who were also named Joe (Casey is his middle name), were also longtime MLB pitchers.

In addition, Baseball America reported that these players started the season on the disabled list:

OF Bobby Boyd - activated
RHP Ryan Deemes - activated
RHP Angel Heredia (60-day DL)
RHP Jose Luis Hernandez
LHP Albert Minnis
2B Nick Tanielu (60-day DL)
RHP Andrew Walter