STANDINGS
After collectively going 6-20 over the previous stretch, our farmhands have righted the ship with a collective 13-10 record since last we checked in with them.
Fresno's pitching woes have certainly taken their toll this season. They have gone 2-4 over the last six games and have dropped even further behind in the standings. Corpus Christi finally got off the schneid after losing a disheartening 10 straight and have managed a more respectable 3-2 since breaking that streak. Buies Creek is channeling their inner-Astros as they remain in first place and have increased their lead over the second place team to four games. Quad Cities has been hanging in third place for a while, hovering around the .500 mark, but are currently on a three-game win streak.
AAA Fresno 3rd 16-24 .400 9.5GB W1
AA Corpus 3rd 18-21 .462 5.0GB L1
HiA Buies Creek 1st 25-15 .625 0.0GB W3
LoA Quad Cities 3rd 19-18 .514 3.0GB W3
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.
Randy Cesar - July 2016
Photo by Jayne Hansen
5-17: RHP Ryan Thompson assigned to AA Corpus Christi from AAA Fresno
5-17: Jorge Alcala assigned to HiA Buies Creeks from LoA Quad Cities
5-17: RHP Carlos Sanabria assigned to LoA Quad Cities from Extended Spring Training
5-16: LHP Albert Minnis assigned to AA Corpus Christi (had started the season on the DL)
5-16: RHP Keegan Yuhl released (Fresno)
5-16: IF Antonio Nunez activated from the AA Corpus Christi DL
5-16: LHP Mike Freeman released (Corpus Christi)
5-16: RHP Eric Peterson released (Corpus Christi)
5-15: RHP Ryan Thompson activated from the AAA Fresno DL
5-15: RHP Dayan Diaz optioned to AAA Fresno from Houston (called up 5-14 as 26th player for the double-header)
5-15: 1B Spencer Johnson assigned to HiA Buies Creek from LoA Quad Cities
5-15: C Jake Rogers assigned to HiA Buies Creek from LoA Quad Cities
5-15: 3B Randy Cesar assigned to HiA Buies Creek from LoA Quad Cities
5-15: SS Osvaldo Duarte assigned to LoA Quad Cities from HiA Buies Creek
5-15: 3B Wander Franco assigned to LoA Quad Cities from Extended Spring Training
5-15: 1B Yordan Alvarez assigned to LoA Quad Cities from Extended Spring Training
5-14: OF Teoscar Hernandez optioned to AAA Fresno (had been rehabbing at Fresno)
5-14: LHP Patrick Sandoval assigned to HiA Buies Creek from Extended Spring Training
5-13: 3B Colin Moran activated from the AAA Fresno DL
5-12: SS Alex De Goti placed on the LoA Quad Cities 7-Day DL
5-12: RHP Yohan Ramirez assigned to HiA Buies Creek from Extended Spring Training
5-12: RHP David Paulino optioned to AAA Fresno
In addition, these players are known to be on the DL:
RHP Angel Heredia (60-day DL)
RHP Jose Luis Hernandez
RHP Brady Rodgers (TJ Surgery 5-2; out for season)
2B Nick Tanielu (60-day DL)
RHP Andrew Walter
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
My recent interviews with:
Hooks RHP Dean Deetz
Hooks OF Drew Ferguson
Hooks 3B J.D. Davis
Hooks LHP Mike Freeman
Hooks RHP Akeem Bostick
Mike Freeman has not been released according to the Corpus Christi Hooks Transactions page shows he has been reassigned but doesn't say to which team.
ReplyDeleteJake Kaplan tweeted out that Freeman was released on Tuesday.
DeleteI know he did, but that's not what the official transaction page says. Also take a look at his official Astros player record. Says "reassigned".
DeleteWhat has happened to Brooks Marlow? Injured or in Astros Extended Spring Training? Haven't seen anything indicating he has been released.
ReplyDeleteThe other minor leaguer who seems to have disappeared is Scott Weathersby. Pitched in A ball last year.
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