Happy Birthday - 10/12

Happy Birthday to ~

RHP Jandel Gustave (22)
A non-drafted free agent out of the Dominican Republic, Gustave spent his 2014 season with the Low A Quad Cities River Bandits. In 23 appearances (14 starts), he was 5-5 with a 5.01 ERA and a 1.557 WHIP. He walked 29 batters and struck out 82 in 79 innings of work.

C Brett Booth (24)
Drafted in the 34th round in 2013 out of the University of Alabama, Booth also spent his season with the River Bandits. In 56 games (38 at catcher and 18 at DH), he hit .242/.322/.390 and had a caught stealing rate of 40%.

One former Astro with a birthday today ~

LHP Sid "El Sid" Fernandez (52)
The Hawaiian-born pitcher was the third round pick of the Dodgers in 1981. He was best known, however, for the ten years he spent pitching for the Mets from 1984 to 1993. He was an All-Star for New York in 1986 and 1987. He went on to play for Baltimore and Philadelphia, before pitching in one game for the Astros in 1997. His one start for Houston, a win, proved to be his last major league appearance.

Happy Birthday - 10/12

Happy Birthday to ~

RHP Jandel Gustave (21)
A non-drafted free agent out of the Dominican Republic, Gustave spent his 2013 season with the Greeneville Astros. In 10 starts, he was 2-3 with a 2.68 ERA and a 1.397 WHIP. I have long been intrigued by Gustave since his 2011 season resulted in a 12.10 ERA, a 3.000 WHIP, 21 wild pitches and five hit batters in only 19+ innings. This year he had four hit batters and only two wild pitches in 43+ innings.

C Brett Booth (23)
Drafted in the 34th round in 2013 out of the University of Alabama, Booth split his first professional season between the Gulf Coast League and Tri-City. In 42 games, he hit .269/.379/.351 and had a caught stealing percentage of 44%.

One former Astro with a birthday today ~

LHP Sid "El Sid" Fernandez (51)
The Hawaiian-born pitcher was the third round pick of the Dodgers in 1981. He was best known, however, for the ten years he spent pitching for the Mets from 1984 to 1993. He was an All-Star for New York in 1986 and 1987. He went on to play for Baltimore and Philadelphia, before pitching in one game for the Astros in 1997. His one start for Houston, a win, proved to be his last major league appearance.

Happy Birthday - 10/12

RHP Jandel Gustave (20)
A non-drafted free agent out of the Dominican Republic, Gustave just finished his third season in the Astros system and his first with the GCL Astros. He ended the season going 2-1 with a 5.79 ERA and a 1.821 WHIP in 10 appearances (four starts). That might not sound that impressive until you consider that last season he had a 12.10 ERA and a WHIP of 3.000. He also had 21 wild pitches (plus five hit batters) in only 19 and a third innings last season. This year he lowered that to only three hit batters and seven wild pitches in 28 innings. Baby steps.

One former Astro with a birthday today ~

LHP Sid "El Sid" Fernandez (50)
The Hawaiian born pitcher was the third round pick of the Dodgers in 1981. He was best known, however, for the ten years he spent pitching for the Mets from 1984 to 1993. He was an All-Star for New York in 1986 and 1987. He went on to play for Baltimore and Philadelphia, before pitching in one game for the Astros in 1997. His one start for Houston, a win, proved to be his last major league appearance.

Happy Birthday - 10/12

RHP Jandel Gustave (19)
A non-drafted free agent out of the Dominican Republic, Gustave just finished his second season with the DSL Astros.  I'm sorry.  I have finally met my match.  This kid is just awful.  I try to find something good to say on their birthdays but nobody can spin a 12.10 ERA and a WHIP of 3.000, not to mention a SO/BB ratio of 0.56 and 21 wild pitches in only 19.1 IP.  I got nuthin'.  Sorry, Jandel.  You have defeated me.  But Happy Birthday anyway.

Former Astro with a birthday today:

LHP Sid "El Sid" Fernandez (49)
Pitched in 1 game for Houston at the end of his career