Astros Farm Report: 7-17

A brief farm report today ....

STANDINGS

Collectively, all of the Astros MiLB affiliates went 37-28 over the last nine days. The full season teams are looking VERY good. Not that many weeks ago, Fresno looked as though their season might be wasted (as far as the possibility of bringing home some postseason bling goes), but they have gone from seven games behind Reno to just two games behind them in the last nine days and are very much in the mix at this point thanks to a six-game winning streak. Corpus Christi (5-3 over their last eight) climbed to second place for the second half, but they are now one game further behind San Antonio, lagging that team by three games. Buies Creek has created some distance from the second place Winston-Salem team by going 6-1 over their last seven games; they lead the Dash by four games. Quad Cities has retained first place for the second half, going 5-3 in their last eight; they lead the second place Peoria Chiefs by three games.

As to the short season teams, the Appy League Greeneville team is still leading the pack despite going only .500 in their last eight games and the Elizabethton Twins continue to breathe down their necks, a half game back. Tri-City (3-5 in the last eight) is now in sole possession of the basement position, but have won their last two games. The Gulf Coast League team (5-3 in the last eight) has managed to go from 4th place to 3rd, but are actually trailing the division leaders by an extra half game since last we checked. As has seemed to be the case since the DSL split into two teams, the Orange team (1-5 and in last place) seems to be victory challenged while the Blue team (2-4, dropping to third) seems to be more capable of hanging in there.

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE/PACIFIC NORTHERN DIVISION
AAA Fresno 2nd 53-41 .564 2.0GB W6

TEXAS LEAGUE/SOUTH DIVISION
AA Corpus 2nd 46-47 .495 10.0GB W2 (Overall)
AA Corpus 2nd 12-11 .522 3.0GB W2 (Second Half)

CAROLINA LEAGUE/SOUTHERN DIVISION
HiA Buies Creek 1st 53-40 .570 -.-GB W1 (Overall)
HiA Buies Creek 1st 16-7 .696 -.-GB W1 (Second Half)

MIDWEST LEAGUE/WESTERN DIVISION
LoA Quad Cities 1st 54-38 .587 -.-GB L1 (Overall)
LoA Quad Cities 1st 17-7 .708 -.-GB L1 (Second Half)

NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE/STEDLER DIVISION
SSA Tri-City 4th 10-15 .400 6.5GB W2

APPALACHIAN LEAGUE/WEST DIVISION
Rk+ Greeneville 1st 15-8 .652 -.-GB W1

GULF COAST LEAGUE/EAST DIVISION
Rk GCL Astros 3rd 9-9 .500 3.0GB L1

DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE/NORTH DIVISION
FRk DSL Orange 8th 11-25 .306 12.0GB L5

DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE/NORTHWEST DIVISION
FRk DSL Blue 3rd 20-16 .556 4.5GB W2

ROSTER MOVES/TRANSACTIONS

7-17: LHP Dallas Keuchel sent to Corpus Christi on a rehab assignment
7-16: RHP Mike Hauschild activated from the Fresno DL
7-15: LHP Reymin Guduan recalled to Houston from Fresno
7-15: RHP Jheyson Caraballo assigned to Greeneville from the GCL
7-15: RHP Peter Solomon (4th round) assigned to Greeneville from the GCL
7-15: LHP Kent Emanuel assigned to Fresno from Corpus Christi
7-14: RHP Brandon Bielak (11th round pick) assigned to the GCL
7-14: RHP Peter Solomon assigned to Greeneville from the GCL
7-12: OF Chas McCormick assigned to Quad Cities from Buies Creek
7-12: RHP Franklin Perez assigned to Corpus Christi from Buies Creek
7-11: OF Andres Santana (29th round pick) assigned to the GCL
7-11: LHP Patrick Sandoval assigned to Quad Cities from Tri-City
7-11: LHP Kristopher "Kit" Scheetz (NDFA - Virginia Tech) assigned to Tri-City from the GCL
7-11: RHP Peter Solomon (4th round pick) assigned to the GCL
7-11: OF Nestor Muriel (GCL) released
7-11: LHP Cionel Perez assigned to Buies Creek from Quad Cities
7-11: C Raymond Henderson placed on the Quad Cities 7-day DL
7-10: OF Drew Ferguson placed on the Corpus Christi 7-day DL
7-10: SS Osvaldo Duarte activated from the Quad Cities 7-day DL
7-9: RHP Matthew Merrill assigned to Greeneville from the GCL
7-8: C Randy Vasquez assigned to Buies Creek from Tri-City
7-8: LHP Luis Ramirez assigned to Tri-City from the GCL
7-8: RHP Nivaldo Rodriguez assigned to the GCL from the DSL
7-8: RHP Corbin Martin (2nd round pick) assigned to the GCL
7-8: RHP Jairo Solis assigned to the GCL from the DSL
7-8: RHP Hecduar Barcenas assigned to the DSL

A complete list of all published July roster moves/transactions can be found here.