WISHING A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ...
Brett Adcock - May 2018
Photo by Jayne Hansen
ROSTER MOVES/TRANSACTIONS
8/26: RHP Ernesto Jaquez assigned to Tri-City from the GCL (Jaquez has allowed three earned runs in 53 innings this season between the DSL and the GCL)
8/24: OF Jake Marisnick sent to Fresno on rehab assignment
8/24: 1B Taylor Jones assigned to Corpus Christi from Fresno
8/24: OF Carlos Diaz placed on the restricted list (suspended 56 games for testing positive for a PED)
8/23: LHP Carlos Hiraldo assigned to Quad Cities from Tri-City
8/23: RHP Manny Ramirez assigned to Tri-City from the GCL
8/23: RHP Jose Bravo assigned to Tri-City from the GCL
8/23: SS/2B Deury Carraso assigned to Tri-City from the GCL
8/22: RHP Brock Dykxhoorn assigned to Fresno from Corpus Christi
8/22: C Brian McCann sent to Corpus Christi on rehab assignment
8/22: RHP Chris Devenski sent to Corpus Christi on rehab assignment
8/22: RHP Brendan Feldmann assigned to Buies Creek from Quad Cities
8/21: C Orlando Marquez assigned to Tri-City from Buies Creek
8/21: 1B Colton Shaver assigned to Buies Creek from Quad Cities
8/21: SS Trey Dawson assigned to Quad Cities from Tri-City
8/21: RHP Framber Valdez (Fresno) called up to Houston
8/21: LHP Cionel Perez optioned to Fresno
8/21: OF Kyle Tucker optioned to Fresno
ASTROS MILB DISABLED LIST
8/24: OF Jake Marisnick sent to Fresno on rehab assignment
8/24: 1B Taylor Jones assigned to Corpus Christi from Fresno
8/24: OF Carlos Diaz placed on the restricted list (suspended 56 games for testing positive for a PED)
8/23: LHP Carlos Hiraldo assigned to Quad Cities from Tri-City
8/23: RHP Manny Ramirez assigned to Tri-City from the GCL
8/23: RHP Jose Bravo assigned to Tri-City from the GCL
8/23: SS/2B Deury Carraso assigned to Tri-City from the GCL
8/22: RHP Brock Dykxhoorn assigned to Fresno from Corpus Christi
8/22: C Brian McCann sent to Corpus Christi on rehab assignment
8/22: RHP Chris Devenski sent to Corpus Christi on rehab assignment
8/22: RHP Brendan Feldmann assigned to Buies Creek from Quad Cities
8/21: C Orlando Marquez assigned to Tri-City from Buies Creek
8/21: 1B Colton Shaver assigned to Buies Creek from Quad Cities
8/21: SS Trey Dawson assigned to Quad Cities from Tri-City
8/21: RHP Framber Valdez (Fresno) called up to Houston
8/21: LHP Cionel Perez optioned to Fresno
8/21: OF Kyle Tucker optioned to Fresno
ASTROS MILB DISABLED LIST
8/22: SS Antonio Nunez (Fresno) placed on the 7-day DL
8/15: C Ruben Castro (Quad Cities) placed on the 7-day DL
8/9: RHP Jairo Solis (Quad Cities) placed on the 7-day DL
6/19: OF Drew Ferguson (Fresno) placed on the 7-day DL (hand; on rehab assignment)
6/13: RHP Hunter Martin (Tri-City) placed on the 60-day DL
6/1: LHP Yeremi Ceballos (DSL) placed on the 60-day DL
6/1: RHP Carlos Quintero (DSL) placed on the 60-day DL
5/4: RHP Francis Martes (Fresno) placed on the 7-day DL; had TJ surgery 8/15
5/3+/-: RHP Gerardo Bojorquez had TJ surgery per Instagram post
4/5: RHP Ryan Thompson assigned to Fresno (starting the season on the 7-day DL); according to Instagram Ryan has had surgery, but I don't know whether or not it was TJ (later confirmed that it was TJ surgery)
4/5: RHP Matt Ruppenthal assigned to Quad Cities (starting the season on the 7-day DL; according to Instagram, Ruppenthal had elbow surgery to transpose the ulnar nerve in early April and started to throw mid-June; now on a rehab assignment)
4/5: RHP Ángel Heredia (Corpus Christi) placed on the 7-day DL (Instagram post in early August showed him as having had surgery)
4/5: RHP Nick Hernandez (Corpus Christi) placed on the 7-day DL (Tommy John)
ASTROS MILB RESTRICTED LIST
8/24: OF Carlos Diaz placed on the restricted list (suspended 56 games for testing positive for a PED)
Note that a 56 game suspension in short season ball will effectively wipe out Diaz's 2019 season. I would not be surprised to see the 14th round 2017 pick released by the Astros this offseason.
6/22: RHP Yoanys Quiala placed on the restricted list (80 game suspension for performance-enhancing substance); Quiala won't be eligible to play again until approximately mid-April of 2019.
I will be keeping track of all the releases, retirements, trades and signings for the 2018 season here.
ASTROS MILB STANDINGS
Up and down arrows represent increase/decrease in win percentage since the prior post. No arrow means that the win percentage remains unchanged.
FRESNO (Pacific Coast League) - ADVANCED TO POSTSEASON
🠉1st 77-55 .583 -.-GB W2
The Grizzlies eliminated Reno over the weekend to clinch the PCL Pacific Northern division title. They will face El Paso (San Diego) in the best-of-five PCL Pacific Conference Championship which will start next Wednesday, 9/5. Games 1 and 2 will be in El Paso. Fresno will host Games 3, 4 and 5 (if all are necessary). With eight games left in the regular season, Fresno will get a sneak preview of the Conference finals when they host El Paso for three games starting Tuesday.
The winners of the Pacific Conference Championship series will face the winner of the American Conference starting 9/11 in a best-of-five series. Memphis (Cardinals) will face off vs. TBD, likely the Oklahoma City Dodgers, for the American Conference title starting 9/5 as well.
The Grizzlies eliminated Reno over the weekend to clinch the PCL Pacific Northern division title. They will face El Paso (San Diego) in the best-of-five PCL Pacific Conference Championship which will start next Wednesday, 9/5. Games 1 and 2 will be in El Paso. Fresno will host Games 3, 4 and 5 (if all are necessary). With eight games left in the regular season, Fresno will get a sneak preview of the Conference finals when they host El Paso for three games starting Tuesday.
The winners of the Pacific Conference Championship series will face the winner of the American Conference starting 9/11 in a best-of-five series. Memphis (Cardinals) will face off vs. TBD, likely the Oklahoma City Dodgers, for the American Conference title starting 9/5 as well.
CORPUS CHRISTI (Texas League) - ADVANCED TO POSTSEASON
🠋1st 79-51 .608 -.-GB W2 (overall)
1st 36-25 .590 -.-GB W2 (second half)
1st 43-26 .623 -.-GB W5 (first half division winner)
The Hooks have made the playoffs as the first half winners of the Texas League South Division. They maintain a four-and-a-half game lead over Frisco in the second half with 8 games left to play in the regular season, four of those at Frisco. If Frisco manages to win the second half title, they will be the Hooks opponents for a best-of-five series starting Wednesday, 9/5 in Corpus Christi. If Frisco fails to win the second half (and Corpus Christi clinches both halves of the season), the Hooks will face the San Antonio Missions as the team with the second best record in the South Division in 2018. The Hooks will face the Missions for four of the remaining eight regular season games.
In the North Division, the Arkansas Travelers will face TBD (likely to be the Tulsa Drillers). The Texas League Championship (also a best-of-five) will start 9/11 at the South Division winner.
1st 36-25 .590 -.-GB W2 (second half)
1st 43-26 .623 -.-GB W5 (first half division winner)
The Hooks have made the playoffs as the first half winners of the Texas League South Division. They maintain a four-and-a-half game lead over Frisco in the second half with 8 games left to play in the regular season, four of those at Frisco. If Frisco manages to win the second half title, they will be the Hooks opponents for a best-of-five series starting Wednesday, 9/5 in Corpus Christi. If Frisco fails to win the second half (and Corpus Christi clinches both halves of the season), the Hooks will face the San Antonio Missions as the team with the second best record in the South Division in 2018. The Hooks will face the Missions for four of the remaining eight regular season games.
In the North Division, the Arkansas Travelers will face TBD (likely to be the Tulsa Drillers). The Texas League Championship (also a best-of-five) will start 9/11 at the South Division winner.
BUIES CREEK (Carolina League) - ADVANCED TO POSTSEASON
🠉2nd 74-55 .574 4.5GB W1 (overall)
2nd 37-23 .617 1.0GB W1 (second half)
2nd 37-32 .536 3.5GB L1 (first half)
Buies Creek also clinched a playoff berth over the weekend. What remains to be seen is whether the team will enter the playoffs as a wild card or as the second half winner. Trailing the Winston-Salem Dash by only one game in the second half, they will have eight games in which to overtake Winston-Salem for the second half crown in the Southern Division. None of their remaining games are against the Dash.
Under either scenario, the best-of-five playoff games for the Southern Division will start with games one and two played on Buies Creek turf with the remaining three (if all are necessary) being played in Winston-Salem. The Potomac Nationals will face TBD (likely the Lynchburg Hillcats for the Northern Division Title. The two division winners will face off starting 9/11 at the winner of the Southern Division.
2nd 37-23 .617 1.0GB W1 (second half)
2nd 37-32 .536 3.5GB L1 (first half)
Buies Creek also clinched a playoff berth over the weekend. What remains to be seen is whether the team will enter the playoffs as a wild card or as the second half winner. Trailing the Winston-Salem Dash by only one game in the second half, they will have eight games in which to overtake Winston-Salem for the second half crown in the Southern Division. None of their remaining games are against the Dash.
Under either scenario, the best-of-five playoff games for the Southern Division will start with games one and two played on Buies Creek turf with the remaining three (if all are necessary) being played in Winston-Salem. The Potomac Nationals will face TBD (likely the Lynchburg Hillcats for the Northern Division Title. The two division winners will face off starting 9/11 at the winner of the Southern Division.
QUAD CITIES (Midwest League) - ADVANCED TO PLAYOFFS
🠋2nd 75-58 .564 0.5GB L1 (overall)
3rd 35-28 .556 5.0GB L1 (second half)
1st 40-30 .571 -.-GB W6 (first half division winner)
The River Bandits have made the playoffs as the first half winners of the Midwest League Western Division. They will play Peoria for a best-of-three division quarterfinals series starting 9/5 at Peoria with games 2 and 3 at Quad Cities. The winner of the first half Western Division quarterfinals will face the winner of the second half Western Division quarterfinals (teams TBD) for a best-of-three Division Championship. The same procedures will apply in the Eastern Division. The two Division winners will face off in a best-of-five for the LCS.
Quad Cities has seven games remaining in the regular season, and they will be hosting Peoria for a division quarterfinals preview the final three games of the season.
TRI-CITY (New York-Penn League)
🠉1st 38-29 .567 -.-GB W1
Tri-City is the only Astros minor league team whose postseason fate has yet to be sealed. They are currently four-and-a-half games in front of second place Vermont and five games ahead of third place Lowell (with Connecticut nine games back and on the verge of elimination). With eight games left to play in the regular season, Tri-City will play their last six games against Tri-City (3 games) and Vermont (3 games) on the road.
The postseason format is a best-of-three Semi-Finals and a best-of-three LCS which I will flesh out more in next week's Farm Report.
GCL ASTROS (Gulf Coast League) - SEASON OVER
🠋2nd 27-28 .491 12.5 L2
DSL ASTROS (Dominican Summer League Northwest) - SEASON OVER
🠋6th 30-41 .423 21.0GB L3
3rd 35-28 .556 5.0GB L1 (second half)
1st 40-30 .571 -.-GB W6 (first half division winner)
The River Bandits have made the playoffs as the first half winners of the Midwest League Western Division. They will play Peoria for a best-of-three division quarterfinals series starting 9/5 at Peoria with games 2 and 3 at Quad Cities. The winner of the first half Western Division quarterfinals will face the winner of the second half Western Division quarterfinals (teams TBD) for a best-of-three Division Championship. The same procedures will apply in the Eastern Division. The two Division winners will face off in a best-of-five for the LCS.
Quad Cities has seven games remaining in the regular season, and they will be hosting Peoria for a division quarterfinals preview the final three games of the season.
TRI-CITY (New York-Penn League)
🠉1st 38-29 .567 -.-GB W1
Tri-City is the only Astros minor league team whose postseason fate has yet to be sealed. They are currently four-and-a-half games in front of second place Vermont and five games ahead of third place Lowell (with Connecticut nine games back and on the verge of elimination). With eight games left to play in the regular season, Tri-City will play their last six games against Tri-City (3 games) and Vermont (3 games) on the road.
The postseason format is a best-of-three Semi-Finals and a best-of-three LCS which I will flesh out more in next week's Farm Report.
GCL ASTROS (Gulf Coast League) - SEASON OVER
🠋2nd 27-28 .491 12.5 L2
DSL ASTROS (Dominican Summer League Northwest) - SEASON OVER
🠋6th 30-41 .423 21.0GB L3
NEWS AND LINKS
J.D. Davis earned PCL Player of the Week honors last week (Wonder who it will be this week? See below)
If you haven't been paying attention, the USA Women's team is doing quite nicely in the Women's Baseball World Cup (although I'm not sure anyone can beat the Japanese!).
Jim Bowden ($) gives the Astros farm system a B+ after the trade deadline.
The bad Beer puns continue as Seth makes his way up the MiLB ladder.
Kyle Tucker is kicking butts and taking names. (In his five games since being optioned to AAA, he is hitting .560/.593/1.280/1.873 with six home runs and 13 RBI.
Just love this ode to Extended Spring Training ...
“Extended” Official Video by Jeff Gardner! Must see! @ChrisRose @KMillar15 @IntentionalTalk @milbgrinders @markdero7 @ItsbuccnJoe59 @tonykemp @DimTillard https://t.co/3YsXmz9TiU— Austin Nicely (@anice1414) August 24, 2018
Quad Cities breaks a minor league record (and they still have a few games to go!)
And in case you missed any of these, here are my interviews from this season:
OF Alex McKenna (Tri-City, since promoted to Quad Cities)
RHP Peter Solomon (Quad Cities, since promoted to Buies Creek)
OF Seth Beer (Quad Cities, since promoted to Buies Creek)
RHP Jairo Solis and C Ruben Castro (Quad Cities)
RHP Corbin Martin (Corpus Christi)
3B Abraham Toro (Corpus Christi)
RHP Trent Thornton (Fresno)
OF Chas McCormick (Buies Creek, since promoted to Corpus Christi)
OF J.J. Matijevic (Buies Creek)
RHP Brandon Bielak (Buies Creek, since promoted to Corpus Christi)
LHP Brett Adcock (Buies Creek, since promoted to Corpus Christi)
SS Alex De Goti (Corpus Christi, since promoted to Fresno)
1B Taylor Jones (Corpus Christi, since promoted to Fresno)
RHP Brock Dykxhoorn (Corpus Christi, since promoted to Fresno)
And in case you missed any of these, here are my interviews from this season:
OF Alex McKenna (Tri-City, since promoted to Quad Cities)
RHP Peter Solomon (Quad Cities, since promoted to Buies Creek)
OF Seth Beer (Quad Cities, since promoted to Buies Creek)
RHP Jairo Solis and C Ruben Castro (Quad Cities)
RHP Corbin Martin (Corpus Christi)
3B Abraham Toro (Corpus Christi)
RHP Trent Thornton (Fresno)
OF Chas McCormick (Buies Creek, since promoted to Corpus Christi)
OF J.J. Matijevic (Buies Creek)
RHP Brandon Bielak (Buies Creek, since promoted to Corpus Christi)
LHP Brett Adcock (Buies Creek, since promoted to Corpus Christi)
SS Alex De Goti (Corpus Christi, since promoted to Fresno)
1B Taylor Jones (Corpus Christi, since promoted to Fresno)
RHP Brock Dykxhoorn (Corpus Christi, since promoted to Fresno)
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