Showing posts with label Aneury Rodriguez. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aneury Rodriguez. Show all posts

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Happy Birthday - 12/13

Happy Birthday to ~

LHP Austin Nicely (20)
A 10th round draft pick by Houston in 2013, Nicely played for the Greeneville Astros in 2014. In 12 games (10 starts), he was 2-6 with a 3.88 ERA and a 1.664 WHIP.

A few former Astros also celebrate the day ~

RHP Ron Taylor (77)
Taylor came to Houston in a June 1965 trade with the Cardinals and pitched in 68 games for the Astros in 1965 and 1966 with a 6.03 ERA and a 1.496 WHIP. Following his playing career, he went back to school at the University of Toronto, got his medical degree and became the team doctor for the Blue Jays.

SS/3B Dale Berra (58)
A first round pick by the Pirates in 1975, Berra came to Houston as a free agent in August 1986 and played in only 19 games for the Astros in 1987 at the end of his major league career. He hit .178/.296/.244. According to Baseball-Reference, Berra was once quoted in talking about his father Yogi as saying, "Our similarities are different."

RHP Aneury Rodriguez (27)
Originally signed by the Rockies as a NDFA out of the Dominican Republic in 2005, the Astros acquired Rodgriguez from Tampa Bay in the Rule 5 draft in 2010. After spending all season on the Astros roster as a Rule 5 draft pick in 2011, Rodriguez spent the vast majority of his 2012 season at Oklahoma City with only one start in Houston. In 44 games (nine starts) for Houston, he was 1-6 with a 5.12 ERA and a 1.303 WHIP.

Friday, December 13, 2013

Happy Birthday - 12/13

Happy Birthday to ~

LHP Austin Nicely (19)
A 10th round draft pick by Houston in 2013, Nicely saw limited action in his first professional season. In six appearances (four starts) for the Gulf Coast League Astros, Nicely went 0-2 with a 4.91 ERA and a 1.418 WHIP in 18+ innings.

Former Astros with birthdays today ~

RHP Ron Taylor (76)
Taylor came to Houston in a June 1965 trade with the Cardinals and pitched in 68 games for the Astros in 1965 and 1966 with a 6.03 ERA and a 1.496 WHIP. Following his playing career, he went back to school at the University of Toronto, got his medical degree and became the team doctor for the Blue Jays.

SS/3B Dale Berra (57)
A first round pick by the Pirates in 1975, Berra came to Houston as a free agent in August 1986 and played in only 19 games for the Astros in 1987 at the end of his major league career. He hit .178/.296/.244. According to Baseball-Reference, Berra was once quoted in talking about his father Yogi as saying, "Our similarities are different."

RHP Aneury Rodriguez (26)
Originally signed by the Rockies as a NDFA out of the Dominican Republic in 2005, the Astros acquired Rodgriguez from Tampa Bay in the Rule 5 draft in 2010. After spending all season on the Astros roster as a Rule 5 draft pick in 2011, Rodriguez spent the vast majority of his 2012 season at Oklahoma City with only one start in Houston. In 44 games (nine starts) for Houston, he was 1-6 with a 5.12 ERA and a 1.303 WHIP.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Off-Season Transactions

According to twitter sources and subsequently verified by Baseball America this morning, Free Agent RHP Aneury Rodriguez has been signed by the Samsung Lions of the Korean Baseball Organization. Rodriguez struggled with the AAA Oklahoma City Redhawks in 2012 and became a free agent after the season. He started 8 games for the Toros del Este in the Dominican Winter League during the off-season with a 3-1 record, a 3.38 ERA and a 1.219 WHIP. He walked 8 while striking out 29.

According to my records, the following 2012 Astros minor leaguers remain unsigned free agents at this time:

RHP Erick Abreu
RHP Jorge de Leon
RHP Enerio del Rosario
RHP Dayan Diaz
C Jair Fernandez
RHP Adalberto Flores
OF Drew Locke
RHP Sergio Perez
C Landon Powell
RHP Jose Trinidad
RHP Henry Villar

I have updated the Off-Season Transaction list to include this signing.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Happy Birthday - 12/13

Happy Birthday to ~

RHP Aneury Rodriguez (25)
Originally signed by the Rockies as a NDFA out of the Dominican Republic in 2005, the Astros acquired Aneury from Tampa Bay in the Rule 5 draft in 2010. After spending all season on the Astros roster as a Rule 5 draft pick in 2011, Rodriguez spent the vast majority of his 2012 season at Oklahoma City with only one start in Houston. In 29 games (13 starts) with the Redhawks, he was 4-7 with a 6.60 ERA and a 1.878 WHIP. In his only start for Houston, he allowed two runs on two home runs over six innings. He is pitching for the Toros del Este team in the Dominican Republic this winter, and as of 12/12, he was 3-1 in eight starts with a 3.38 ERA and a 1.219 WHIP. He is currently a free agent.

Former Astros with birthdays today ~

RHP Ron Taylor (75)
Taylor came to Houston in a June 1965 trade with the Cardinals and pitched in 68 games for the Astros in 1965 and 1966 with a 6.03 ERA and a 1.496 WHIP. Following his playing career, he went back to school at the University of Toronto, got his medical degree and became the team doctor for the Blue Jays.

SS/3B Dale Berra (56)
A first round pick by the Pirates in 1975, Berra came to Houston as a free agent in August 1986 and played in only 19 games for the Astros in 1987 at the end of his major league career. He hit .178/.296/.244. According to Baseball-Reference, Berra was once quoted in talking about his father Yogi as saying, "Our similarities are different."

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Roster Moves

Houston/Oklahoma City
RHP Armando Galarraga was designated for assignment.
RHP Hector Ambriz had his contract purchased by Houston and is being called up.
RHP Aneury Rodriguez was activated from the temporary inactive list.

Lancaster
RHP Zach Grimmett was placed on the 7-day DL.
LHP Pat Urckfitz was activated from the 7-day DL.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Roster Moves

Oklahoma City
RHP Aneury Rodriguez was placed on the Temporary Inactive List.
RHP Hector Ambriz was activated from the DL.

Corpus Christi
C Jair (Jay) Fernandez was assigned from Oklahoma City to Corpus Christi.

Lexington
C Ryan McCurdy was assigned from Corpus Christi to Lexington.

DSL
Angel Heredia was activated from the restricted list.
LHP Erick Hurtado was assigned to the DSL.
RHP Jesus Castillo was assigned to the DSL.


Sunday, July 29, 2012

Roster Moves

Houston/Oklahoma City
The Astros claimed utility player Steve Pearce off waivers from Baltimore. In order to make room on the 40-man roster for Pearce and for RHP Armando Galarraga, RHP Aneury Rodriguez and RHP Enerio del Rosario were outrighted (removed from the 40-man roster) to Oklahoma City. In order to make room on the active 25-man roster for Galarraga, LHP Fernando Abad was optioned to Oklahoma City. A corresponding move to the 25-man roster will have to be made before today's game in order to activate Pearce. Got all that? Phew.

Oklahoma City
RHP Jarred Cosart has been placed on the 7-day DL (blister problems again).

Corpus Christi
C Ryan McCurdy was assigned from Lexington to Corpus Christi (made official)

Lancaster
RHP Jose Trinidad was placed on the 7-day DL.
OF Drew Muren was assigned from Corpus Christi to Lancaster (made official).

Lexington
C Cristian Moronto was assigned from Greeneville to Lexington.

GCL
LHP Chris Lee was assigned from Greeneville to the GCL.

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Roster Moves - 5/5

OKC
RHP Jarred Cosart assigned from CC to OKC made official.
RHP Rhiner Cruz assigned from HOU to OKC for rehab purposes

CC
LHP Wes Musick assigned from LAN to CC

It was also announced that RHP Aneury Rodriguez will be called up to Houston to make a start in place of the injured Kyle Weiland on Tuesday.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Minor League Schedule and Results

THURSDAY'S GAMES

Lexington at Greenville at 6:05 CST
Probable Pitchers:  LHP Luis Cruz (1-1, 4.44) and LHP Miguel Pena (1-2, 2.33)
Available on MiLB.tv

Corpus Christi at Midland at 7:00 CST
Probable Pitchers: RHP Ross Seaton (1-2, 4.29) and RHP Daniel Straily (0-2, 3.21)
Available on MiLB.tv

Oklahoma City at Albuquerque at 7:35 CST
Probable Pitchers: RHP Paul Clemens (2-1, 2.05) and RHP Will Savage (4-0, 2.55)
Available on MiLB.tv

Lancaster at Bakersfield at 9:15 CST
Probable Pitchers: RHP Ruben Alaniz (2-0, 2.90) and RHP Kyle Lotzkar (3-0, 1.25)

WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS

Midland over Corpus Christi 3-2
When you can only manage to get three hits, it's just not easy to get a win even if one of those hits is a Jose Martinez home run. Starting pitcher Jarred Cosart actually lowered his ERA from 3.38 to 2.84 and still got charged with the loss. Only one of Cosart's three runs was earned, thanks to a hit batter and one of two errors from Jonathan Villar.  The four walks didn't help. At some point you have to tip your cap to the opposing pitcher.  A.J. Griffin earned his win for Midland.

Lexington over Greenville 4-2
Mike Foltynewicz (W, 4-1) wasn't exactly overwhelming but he was effective giving up one run (no earned runs) on four hits with two walks and two strikeouts. The Legends hitters did what good teams do.  They took advantage of mistakes. Lexington scored four runs, thanks in large part to two errors and two wild pitches. Murilo Gouvea pitched two innings giving up one run and Dayan Diaz was perfect in the ninth. Zach Johnson went 2x4 with a triple; Jordan Scott and Mike Kvasnicka both hit doubles.

Bakersfield over Lancaster 7-2
Jose Trinidad pitched four innings in a spot start in place of the injured David Martinez, followed by three innings by Andrew Robinson. Trinidad and Robinson kept the Jethawks in the game, but Bakersfield scored four against Brian Streilein in relief to break away. Brad Dydalewicz stopped the bleeding, but it was too late. Domingo Santana had a huge 4x4 night with a double and Jonathan Meyer provided the only runs for Lancaster with a two-run home run.

GAME OF THE DAY
Oklahoma City over Albuquerque 4-1

What went right:  A furious two-out ninth inning rally!!! When I went to bed last night, OKC was on the wrong side of a 1-0 pitcher's duel.  With two outs in the ninth, doubles by Brett Wallace and Jimmy Paredes (scoring one) and walks by Brad Snyder and Carlos Corporan set things up nicely for a pinch hit Justin Ruggiano bases clearing double. Jose Valdez then pitched an efficient ninth for the save. But it was Aneury Rodriquez' strong start that kept the team in striking distance. Adalaberto Flores got the win in relief.

Aneury Rodriguez - 7IP 7H 1R 1BB 6SO
Adalberto Flores (W, 1-0) - 1IP 0H 1BB
Jose Valdez (S, 5) - 1IP 0H 1SO

Fernando Martinez - 2x4 2B SO
Brett Wallace - 1x4 2B SO R
Jimmy Paredes - 2x4 2B RBI SO R
Justin Ruggiano - 1x1 2B 3RBI

What went wrong: Not much offense in the pitcher's duel, but since they got the hits when they needed them, we're good.

PITCHER OF THE DAY
Aneury Rodriguez added six more strikeouts to his total and leads the Pacific Coast league with 37. Not too shabby.

PLAYER OF THE DAY
A 4x4 night? Yeah, Domingo Santana it is!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Final Winter League Recap

DOMINICAN WINTER LEAGUE FINALS

Escogido over Aguilas 6-5 to win the Championship
Aneury Rodriguez pitched 3.2 innings in relief in game nine of this best of nine series.  He gave up three hits, no runs, no walks and had three strikeouts to end the playoffs with a 1.29 ERA.  And he gets bragging rights at Spring Training, along with the Arizona Fall League Astros who won their championship, and Jimmy VanOstrand who won a gold medal in the Pan-Am games. 

Other good playoff appearances by pitchers ~
Enerio del Rosario - 10 games with an 0.00 ERA
Sergio Escalona - 5 games with an 0.00 ERA
Arcenio Leon - 4 games with a 2.45 ERA
Gabriel Garcia - 7 games without giving up a run, before getting hit in the 8th game to end with a 4.91 ERA

In case you missed my wrap up on how your Astros did in the regular season of the fall and winter leagues, here are my notes on the Arizona Fall League, the Dominican League, Venezuelan League, and the Puerto Rican League.  Cumulative stats for all Astros for the regular season in the fall and winter leagues can be found here.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Winter League Finals

We're at the point where I think the only Astros player who may still be playing in the winter league finals is Aneury Rodriguez.  He pitched 4 innings on Saturday and 4 innings on Tuesday so as long as he didn't wrap things up early to come home, he'll probably be pitching again this weekend for Escogido.  (Escogido leads the best of 9 finals 3-2 over Aguilas after losing to Aguilas last night.)

Aneury Rodriguez has had a very strong winter.  During the regular season for Escogido, he had a 2.48 ERA, 0.857 WHIP and 5BB:32SO over 8 appearances (32.2 IP).  During the finals, he has a 1.56 ERA, 1.269 WHIP and 3BB:13SO over 17.1 IP so far.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Happy Birthday - 12/13

RHP Aneury Rodriguez (24)
Originally signed by the Rockies as a NDFA out of the Dominican Republic in 2005, the Astros acquired Aneury from Tampa Bay in the Rule 5 draft in 2010.  He pitched in 43 games for the Astros in 2011, with 8 starts and 85.1 innings pitched.  He had a 5.80 ERA and a 1.438 WHIP as a starter and a 4.80 ERA and a 1.267 WHIP as a reliever.  He is currently pitching for the Toros del Este team in the Dominican Republic and as of 12/12, he was 2-0 in seven games (six starts) with a 2.93 ERA and a 0.904 WHIP.  He has 26 strikeouts in 27.2 innings.

Former Astros with birthdays today

RHP Ron Taylor (74)
Pitched in 68 games for Houston in 1965 and 1966

SS Dale Berra (55)
Played in 19 games for Houston in 1987