Meet the 2019 Round Rock Express

The Houston Astros have announced the rosters of their full-season affiliates. Who's heading where to start the new season? I've already touched on the coaching staffs for each team, but now it's the team and the players that will have the spotlight in this post.

First up, the Round Rock Express.

Photo from Chris Creamer's SportsLogos.Net

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In 2019, the Round Rock Express will begin their second stint as a minor league affiliate of the Houston Astros after spending much of this decade as that other team's Triple-A affiliate.

Since their inception, the Express have called Dell Diamond home. They play in the Pacific Coast League's American Southern division with New Orleans (Marlins), Oklahoma City (Dodgers), and now San Antonio (Brewers), which has moved up from the Texas League and is technically a relocated team. Stay with me for a moment.

- The Colorado Springs Sky Sox moved to San Antonio and retained the Missions name.

- The Texas League team that had been the Missions is now the Amarillo Sod Poodles. 

- The Colorado Springs franchise is now playing in the Rookie-level Pioneer League and is now known as the Rocky Mountain Vibes. I'm not making this up, I swear.

Who will begin 2019 with Round Rock, how did they end up in the Astros organization, and where were they playing in 2018?

Oldest: Brady Rodgers (born September 17, 1990)

Youngest: Forrest Whitley (September 15, 1997)

Pitchers

Asterisk - left-handed pitcher

Rogelio Armenteros - International free agent (Cuba), 2014; played with Fresno in 2018

Akeem Bostick - Acquired from Rangers via trade for Carlos Corporán, 2015; Corpus/Fresno

Dean Deetz - 11th round, 2014 draft (Northeast Oklahoma A&M); Quad Cities/Corpus/Fresno/Houston

Kent Emanuel* - 3rd round, 2013 draft (North Carolina); Fresno

Ralph Garza Jr. - 26th round, 2015 draft (Oklahoma); Corpus/Fresno

Reymin Guduan* - International free agent (Dominican Republic), 2009; Fresno/Houston

Ryan Hartman* - 9th round, 2016 draft (Tennessee Wesleyan); Corpus

Corbin Martin - 2nd round, 2017 draft (Texas A&M); Buies Creek/Corpus

Brendan McCurry - Acquired from A's via trade for Jed Lowrie, 2015; Fresno

Cionel Perez* - Free agent (Cuba), 2016 - original international free agent contract was voided; Corpus/Fresno/Houston

Brady Rodgers - 3rd round, 2012 draft (Arizona State); Tri-City/Buies Creek/Fresno

Cy Sneed - Acquired from Brewers via trade for Jonathan Villar, 2015; Fresno

Forrest Whitley - 1st round, 2016 draft (Alamo Heights High School, San Antonio); Corpus

Catchers

Asterisk - bats/throws left-handed

Italics - switch hitter

Jamie Ritchie - 13th round, 2014 draft (Belmont); Corpus/Fresno

Garrett Stubbs* - 8th round, 2015 draft (USC); Fresno

Infielders

Alex De Goti - 15th round, 2016 draft (University of Tampa); Corpus/Fresno

Taylor Jones - 19th round, 2016 draft (Gonzaga); Corpus/Fresno

Jack Mayfield - Undrafted free agent, 2013 (Oklahoma); Fresno

A.J. Reed* - 2nd round, 2014 draft (Kentucky); Fresno/1 game with Houston

Nick Tanielu - 14th round, 2014 draft (Washington State); Corpus/Fresno

Outfielders

Yordan Alvarez* - Acquired from Dodgers via trade for Josh Fields, 2016; Corpus/Fresno

Drew Ferguson - 19th round, 2015 draft (Belmont), Rule 5 draft pick returned by Giants, 2018; Fresno, with a rehab stint with Tri-City

Derek Fisher* - 1st round, 2014 draft (Virginia); Fresno/Houston

Myles Straw - 12th round, 2015 draft (St. Johns River State College); Corpus/Fresno/Houston

Kyle Tucker* - 1st round, 2015 draft (Plant High School, Tampa); Fresno/Houston