Monday, May 13, 2019

Astros Farm Report: 5/13

Bringing you the latest news from down on the farm ...

In case you missed my latest interviews
OF Stephen Wrenn
OF Granden Goetzman
RHP Jose Hernandez-Urquidy and IF/OF Osvaldo Duarte
RHP Bryan Abreu and RHP Ronel Blanco

MAY TRANSACTIONS/ROSTER MOVES

Note: Some of the assignments to Tri-City are likely to be on paper only in order to help with roster management while some indicate players who have been sent back to extended Spring Training.

5-12: RHP Joey Gonzalez assigned to Quad Cities from Fayetteville
5-12: RHP Corbin Martin called up to Houston from Round Rock
5-12: RHP Brett Conine assigned to Fayetteville from Quad Cities
5-11: RHP Tyler Ivey (Corpus Christi) activated from the suspended list
5-11: RHP Ronel Blanco assigned to Round Rock from Corpus Christi
5-8: RHP Nick Hernandez (Corpus Christi) activated from the DL and assigned to Fayetteville
5-8: RHP Hunter Martin assigned from Fayetteville to Tri-City
5-7: OF Alex McKenna (Quad Cities) placed on the 7-day DL
5-7: OF Carlos Machado assigned to Quad Cities from extended spring training
5-7: RHP Jose Bravo assigned to Tri-City from Round Rock
5-6: RHP Jose Bravo assigned to Round Rock from Fayetteville
5-6: OF Stephen Wrenn assigned to Corpus Christi from Round Rock
5-6: OF Derek Fisher optioned to Round Rock From Houston
5-6: C Carlos Canelon (Corpus Christi) placed on the 7-day DL
5-6: RHP Akeem Bostick (Round Rock) activated from the temporary inactive list
5-6: RHP Tanner Duncan assigned to Fayetteville from Round Rock
5-6: LHP Brett Adcock assigned to Corpus Christi from Tri-City
5-4: 1B A.J. Reed (Round Rock) activated from the DL
5-4: OF Derek Fisher recalled to Houston from Round Rock
5-4: RHP Joey Gonzalez assigned to Fayetteville from Quad Cities
5-4: IF Michael Wielansky assigned to Quad Cities
5-4: RHP Felipe Tejada assigned to Tri-City from Quad Cities
5-4: RHP Cody Deason assigned to Quad Cities from Tri-City
5-3: OF Stephen Wrenn assigned to Round Rock from Corpus Christi
5-3: RHP Akeem Bostick (Round Rock) placed on the temporary inactive list
5-3: OF Carmen Benedetti (Corpus Christi) activated from the DL
5-3: RHP Cesar Rosado (Fayetteville) placed on the 7-day DL
5-3: OF Marty Costes (Quad Cities) placed on the 7-day DL
5-3: RHP Matt Ruppenthal assigned to Quad Cities from Tri-City

Players who started the 2019 season on the DL
C Ruben Castro
RHP Nick Hernandez - activated 5-8
RHP Alex House
OF Alex McKenna - activated 4-29; back on 5/7
RHP Hansel Paulino
RHP Erasmo Pinales
RHP Abdiel Saldana
RHP Kyle Serrano
RHP Jairo Solis

Restricted List
RHP Francis Martes (80-game suspension)
1B/OF J.J. Matijevic (50-game suspension)

An ongoing list of all of the 2019 season transactions and roster moves can be found here.

2019 STANDINGS

Up and down arrows denote an increase or decrease in win percentage over the last week.

AAA ROUND ROCK (Pacific Coast League/American Southern Division)
🠉 1st 23-13 .639 -.-GB W5

AA CORPUS CHRISTI (Texas League/South Division)
🠉 3rd 17-18 .486 3.5GB L1

ADV A FAYETTEVILLE (Carolina League/Southern Division)
🠋 4th 16-20 .444 10.5GB L2

LOW A QUAD CITIES (Midwest League/Western Division)
🠉 1st 21-10 .677 -.-GB W9

WATCH THIS SPACE

I plan to use "this space" to feature players who are currently flying below the radar, but who deserve a look.

Brett Conine - July 2018
Photo by Jayne Hansen

RHP Brett Conine was drafted by the Astros in the 11th round in 2018 out of Cal State Fullerton and quickly mastered short season A in his first season (1.99 ERA, 1.074 WHIP, 31.2 IP). Conine is carrying that early success over into his sophomore season, going 3-2 with a 1.91 ERA and a 0.758 WHIP in six games (five starts) for the Low A Quad Cities River Bandits (6 BB:40 K in 33 IP). With that kind of success, it is not surprising that Conine was promoted to Advanced A Fayetteville over the weekend. Watch this space ...

FORMER ASTRO UPDATE

Jon Kemmer - June 2016
Photo by Jayne Hansen

Originally drafted by the Astros in the 21st round in 2013 out of Brewton-Parker College, OF Jon Kemmer quickly became a fan favorite. During his sixth season with the Astros in 2018, Kemmer was traded to the Twins but was released by that organization in March 2019. Kemmer quickly landed in the Mexican League where is is currently playing for the Generales de Durango. In six seasons in the minors, he hit .277/.346/.490 and in his first 29 games in the Mexican League, he is hitting .357/.447/.643 with 11 doubles and seven home runs.

RANDOM PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Puu Ualakaa State Park
Overlooking Diamondhead
Oahu, Hawaii - 2005
Photo by Jayne Hansen

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