Astros Farm Report: 6/23

Checking in on Astros MiLB standings, roster moves, draft signings and more ...

Troy Sieber - August 2016

Photo by Jayne Hansen

STANDINGS

Collectively, all of the Astros MiLB affiliates went 21-16 over the last week. It's been a mixed bag for the full season affiliates with Corpus Christi having the best week (5-3) and getting out to a 2-1 start in the second half while Fresno (3-3 over the past week) has fallen yet another game further behind Reno in the standings. The River Bandits, who fell short in their efforts to win a first half wild card entry into the playoffs, and Buies Creek have both collected an L in their first games of the second half.

As to the short season teams, the DSL Blue team has raised its fortunes the most, going 4-1 over the last week and claiming first place while their Orange brethren have treaded water in the past week and remain tied for fourth place in their division. After getting rained out in their first game and falling in their second, Tri-City took the next two and are in an early tie for first as is the case with Greeneville, with the rookie level team winning their first and only game thus far. The GCL Astros will join in the fun with their first game scheduled for Monday.

AAA Fresno 3rd 35-38 .479 11.0GB L2

AA Corpus 2nd 36-37 .493 7.0GB W1 (Overall)
AA Corpus T-1st 2-1 .667 -.-GB W1 (Second Half)

HiA Buies Creek 3nd 37-34 .521 7.0GB L1 (Overall)
HiA Buies Creek T-3rd 0-1 .000 1.0GB L1 (Second Half)

LoA Quad Cities 3rd 37-32 .536 3.0GB L1
LoA Quad Cities T-6th 0-1 .000 1.0GB L1

SSA Tri-City T-1st 2-1 .667 -.-GB W2

Rk+ Greeneville T-1st 1-0 1.000 -.-GB W1

GCL Astros - First game scheduled for Monday, 6/26

DSL Orange: T-4th 8-9 .471 6.0GB W3
DSL Blue: 1st 10-6 .625 -.-GB W2

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.

6-24: RHP Joe Musgrove optioned to Fresno
6-24: RHP Jordan Jankowski recalled to Houston from Fresno
6-24: LHP Sean Stutzman assigned to Buies Creek from Corpus Christi
6-24: LHP Devon Carr assigned to Buies Creek from Quad Cities
6-23: RHP Dayan Diaz optioned to Fresno
6-23: LHP Reymin Guduan recalled to Houston from Fresno
6-23: OF Corey Julks (8th round) assigned to Tri-City
6-23: C Ruben Castro assigned from Tri-City to Greeneville
6-23: 1B Dex McCall assigned to Corpus Christi from Buies Creek
6-23: 1B Bryan Muniz (Corpus Christi) released
6-23: 1B/DH/OF Yordan Alvarez assigned to Buies Creek from Quad Cities
6-22: 1B Jake Adams (6th round) assigned to Tri-City
6-22: 3B Kyle Davis (15th round) assigned to Tri-City
6-22: 1B Troy Sieber assigned to Quad Cities from Tri-City
6-22: RHP Carlos Sierra placed on the 7-day DL
6-22: 1B Taylor Jones assigned to Buies Creek from Quad Cities
6-22: RHP Charlie Morton (Houston) sent to Fresno for a rehab assignment
6-21: LHP Tim Hardy (18th round) assigned to Greeneville
6-21: 1B Colton Shaver (39th round) assigned to Greeneville
6-21: LHP Adam Bleday (27th round) assigned to Greeneville
6-21: 1B Roman Garcia (19th round) assigned to Greeneville
6-21: OF Chas McCormick (21st round) assigned to Greeneville
6-21: OF Patrick Mathis (22nd round) assigned to Greeneville
6-21: C Martin Figueroa (32nd round) assigned to Greeneville
6-21: LHP Noel Pinto (34th round) assigned to Greeneville
6-21: SS Cody Bohanek (30th round) assigned to Greeneville
6-21: 3B Adrian Tovalin (16th round) assigned to Greeneville
6-20: OF Derek Fisher optioned from Houston to Fresno
6-18: RHP Yoanys Quiala assigned to Corpus Christi from Buies Creek
6-17: C Eduardo de Oleo assigned to Buies Creek from Tri-City
6-16: SS Osvaldo Duarte placed on the Quad Cities 7-day DL (retroactive to 6-14)
6-16: RF Carmen Benedetti placed on the Quad Cities 7-day DL (retroactive to 6-15)
6-16: RF Bryan de la Cruz assigned to Quad Cities from Tri-City
6-16: 3B Tyler Wolfe assigned to Quad Cities from Tri-City

Plus, here are your 2017 Tri-City Valley Cats and Greeneville Astros (I've noted the assignment of this year's draft picks above).

Other draft picks and non-drafted free agents who have either signed or agreed to terms but haven't been assigned to a team yet: 2B JJ Matjevic (CB pick), RHP Peter Soloman (4th round), LHP Parker Mushinski (7th round), CF Carlos Diaz (14th round), RHP Matt Ruppenthal (17th round), 3B Richard Slenker (28th round), LHP Cole Watts (31st round), RHP Matthew Merrill (37th round), LHP Austin Kearns (NDFA), RHP Chauncey Nunez (NDFA), RHP Tyler Ivey (3rd round), C Nathan Perry (5th round), CF Corey Julks (8th round), RHP Hunter Martin (20th round), RHP Alex House (24th round) and OF Reid Russell (33rd round).

Astros County is tracking the signing bonuses here.

And Dustin has updated the Social Media post with info on non-drafted free agents here.