Friday, August 3, 2018

Astros Farm Report: 8/3

Let's catch up on all the latest happenings in the Astros system...

[Note that I've been on the road for 16 days on a 4222.3 mile road trip so I've definitely got a lot of catching up to do. Lots of content coming soon!]

WISHING A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ...

Drew Ferguson - June 2018
Photo by Jayne Hansen

8/3: SS Jonathan Arauz (20)
8/3: OF Drew Ferguson (26)
8/4: RHP Jojanse Torres (23)

ROSTER MOVES/TRANSACTIONS

8/2: SS Carlos Correa sent to Corpus Christi on a rehab assignment
8/2: RHP Francis Martes (Fresno) sent to the GCL on a rehab assignment (has been on DL since 5/4)
8/1: OF Kyle Tucker optioned to Fresno
8/1: OF Jake Marisnick (Fresno) recalled to Houston
8/1: RHP Ernesto Jaquez assigned to the GCL from the DSL
7/31: RHP Brock Dykxhoorn assigned to Corpus Christi from Fresno
7/31: RHP Matt Ramsey activated from the Fresno 7-day DL
7/30: RHP Mike Hauschild (Fresno) released (2012 33rd round draft pick out of the University of Dayton); signed by the Blue Jays 8-2
7/30: OF Ronnie Dawson assigned to Corpus Christi from Buies Creek
7/30: RHP Ronel Blanco activated from the Corpus Christi 7-day DL
7/30: OF Seth Beer assigned to Buies Creek from Quad Cities
7/30: RHP J.B. Bukauskas assigned to Buies Creek from Quad Cities
7/30: RHP Hansel Paulino assigned to Quad Cities from Tri-City
7/30: RHP David Paulino (Fresno DL), RHP Hector Perez (Corpus Christi) and RHP Ken Giles (Fresno) traded to the Blue Jays for RHP Roberto Osuna
7/30: C Tim Federowicz opted to become a free agent rather than accept the assignment to Fresno
7/29: 1B Taylor Jones assigned to Fresno from Corpus Christi
7/29: IF Tyler White (Fresno) recalled to Houston
7/28: LHP Cionel Perez optioned to Fresno
7/27: RHP Jorge Alcala (Corpus Christi) and OF Gilberto Celestino (Tri-City) traded to the Twins for RHP Ryan Pressly
7/26: LHP Patrick Sandoval (Buies Creek) traded to the Angels (along with future considerations) for C Martin Maldonado
7/26: C Tim Federowicz designated for assignment
7/24: RHP Jesus Balaguer (Buies Creek) released (Cuban signed April 2017)

ASTROS MILB DISABLED LIST

7/11: RHP Forrest Whitley (Corpus Christi) placed on the 7-day DL
7/11: RHP Carlos Sierra (Corpus Christi) placed on the 7-day DL
6/19: OF Drew Ferguson (Fresno) placed on the 7-day DL (hand)
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
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)
4/5: RHP รngel 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

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.

MISSING IN ACTION

Now that all of the short season teams have started playing, I've gone through my records and the following players all show as "active" on MiLB, but they haven't played yet this season. If anyone has any info on the following players, please let me know.

RHP Hunter Martin
LHP Javier Navas - made his first appearance of the season for the GCL team 7/16, released 7/17
RHP Kyle Serrano - made his first appearance of the season for the GCL team 7/6

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.

FRESNO (Pacific Coast League)
๐Ÿ ‹1st 63-47 .573 -.-GB L2

The Grizzlies currently lead Reno by six games in the PCL Pacific Northern division.

CORPUS CHRISTI (Texas League)
๐Ÿ ‹1st 68-42 .618 -.-GB L1 (overall)
1st 25-16 .610 -.-GB L1 (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.

BUIES CREEK (Carolina League)
๐Ÿ ‹2nd 61-48 .560 3.5GB W1 (overall)
2nd 24-16 .600 -.-GB W1 (second half)
2nd 37-32 .536 3.5GB L1 (first half)

Buies Creek trails the 1st place Winston-Salem team by .005 points in the win percentage collumn.

QUAD CITIES (Midwest League)
๐Ÿ ‰2nd 61-48 .560 2.5GB W2 (overall)
4th 21-18 .538 5.5GB W2 (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.

TRI-CITY (New York-Penn League)
๐Ÿ ‹1st 25-20 .556 -.-GB L2

Tri-City leads Lowell by one-and-a-half games in the New York-Penn League Stedler division.

GCL ASTROS (Gulf Coast League)
๐Ÿ ‹2nd 19-17 .528 6.5GB W1

DSL ASTROS (Dominican Summer League Northwest)
๐Ÿ ‰6th 25-26 .490 11.0GB L1

NEWS AND LINKS

And in case you missed any of these, here are my interviews from this season:

OF Alex McKenna (Tri-City) - coming soon
RHP Peter Solomon (Quad Cities, since promoted to Buies Creek) - coming soon
OF Seth Beer (Quad Cities, since promoted to Buies Creek) - coming soon
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)
1B Taylor Jones (Corpus Christi, since promoted to Fresno)
RHP Brock Dykxhoorn (Corpus Christi, since promoted to Fresno)

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