Astros Farm Report: 2/20

Catching you up on the latest Astros MiLB offseason news ...

WISHING A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO

Rodrigo Ayarza - July 2016

Photo by Jayne Hansen

2-19: OF Josh Reddick (31)
2-20: IF Rodrigo Ayarza (23)
2-20: C Brian McCann (34)
2-20: RHP Justin Verlander (35)
2-23: Marco Van der Wijst (20)

ROSTER MOVES/TRANSACTIONS

Again, nothing exciting happening this past week. The only Astros-related transaction I've seen is that free agent Reid Brignac, former Fresno Grizzlies infielder, signed a minor league deal with the Nationals.

You can check the cumulative Astros offseason transaction list here to see if you've missed any of the posted moves this offseason.

NEWS AND LINKS

Forgot to post this last week. Do you prefer Woodpeckers or Fatbacks?

Another name change, but this one is temporary. The Corpus Christi Hooks will become the Blue Ghosts for one weekend in June.

In case you missed it, I've been gathering the Astros Top Prospect info in one place and will put together a consensus list when everyone has weighed in. Updated with Baseball America's Top 30 going into 2018.

Here is the Astros Spring Training broadcast schedule. Yes, Astros baseball will be available on your radio and/or TV starting this Friday!!!

Lefty Brett Adcock is ready for the coming season. h/t to Sam Levitt

Thomas Eshelman, an under-the-radar piece of the Ken Giles trade to the Phillies, is ready for his close up.

And one last non-baseball item. High-fives to the Shibutani duo!

via GIPHY

In case you missed it, I started a "Beyond the Top 30" series, looking at both those Astros players who are considered Top 30 prospects and others at each position who may not be top talents (or may grow to be), but will be interesting to watch nonetheless. So far we've looked at ...

Shortstops
Second Basemen
First Basemen
Third Basemen
Center Field
Right Field
Left Field - Coming this week

Astros Minor League Roster Moves, July 1-7

The new month has brought about roster movement in the system. This post will cover moves made in the Houston Astros organization between July 1 and July 7

FRESNO GRIZZLIES
7/5: LHP Mitch Lambson traded to the Atlanta organization
7/5: OF Domingo Santana optioned to Fresno
7/1: IF Tyler White assigned to Fresno from Corpus Christi
7/1: RHP Dan Straily recalled to Houston to start on Friday @ Boston

CORPUS CHRISTI HOOKS
7/6: IF Jack Mayfield assigned from Lancaster to Corpus Christi
7/5: RHP Scott Feldman began rehab assignment
7/5: C Roberto Peña placed on temporarily inactive list
7/5: LHP Josh Hader placed on temporarily inactive list
7/2: LHP Reymin Guduan assigned from Lancaster to Corpus Christi
7/2: RHP Michael Feliz optioned to Corpus Christi
7/2: OF Brandon Meredith activated from 7-day DL
7/1: RHP Joe Musgrove placed on the 7-day DL

Peña and Hader will be participating in the 2015 Pan American Games from Toronto. It's like the Olympics, but only involves the countries in North America and South America. Peña will represent Puerto Rico, while Hader is on Team USA.

LANCASTER JETHAWKS
7/5: LHP Jordan Mills assigned to Lancaster from Quad Cities
7/3: LHP Evan Grills activated from the 7-day DL

TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS
7-2: RHP Zac Grotz assigned from Greeneville to Tri-City

GREENEVILLE ASTROS
7-3: RHP Jose Montero began rehab assignment
7-3: RHP Andrew Thome assigned to Greeneville from the GCL
7-2: 1B Hector Roa assigned to Greeneville from Tri-City
7-2: RHP Joselo Pinales assigned to Greeneville from Tri-City

GCL ASTROS
7/3: IF Rodrigo Ayarza assigned to the GCL from Greeneville
7/3: OF Daz Cameron assigned to the GCL.
7/1: RHP Thomas Eshelman, the Astros' 2nd-round pick out of Cal State Fullerton, formally signed his contract with the Astros and was assigned to the Gulf Coast League.
7/1: RHP Andrew Thome assigned to the GCL

DSL ASTROS 
7/3: OF Edgar Lorenzo assigned to the DSL Blue team from the GCL.
7/1: RHP Carlos Pizzolato assigned to the DSL Orange team.

Astros Draft Pick/Undrafted Free Agent Twitter Accounts

Let's welcome the Class of 2015 to the Houston Astros organization!

This page contains the Twitter accounts of the Astros' 2015 Draft Class. Accounts for undrafted players will be added later on. I'm sure some of them are on Instagram as well, but there's also probably a good chance that their Instagram accounts are private. In the event that they are not on Twitter, their Instagram page, if they have one, will be listed instead.

Names in RED have signed according to the Astros website (as of 6:30 p.m. on 6/24)

Round 1, Pick 2: Alex Bregman, SS, LSU - @ABREG_1
Round 1, Pick 5: Kyle Tucker, OF, Plant High School (Tampa) - @KTuck30
Competitive Balance A, Pick 37: Dazmon Cameron, OF, Eagle's Landing Christian Academy (McDonough, Georgia)  - @daz_cameron16
Round 2, Pick 46: Thomas Eshelman, RHP, Cal State Fullerton - @ThomasEshelman1
Round 3, Pick 79: Riley Ferrell, RHP, TCU - @riley_ferrell12
Round 4, Pick 109: Anthony Hermelyn, C, Oklahoma - @anthonyhermelyn
Round 5, Pick 139: Trent Thornton, RHP, North Carolina - @Trent_Thornton1
Round 6, Pick 169: Nestor Muriel, CF, Carlos Beltrán Baseball Academy (Florida, Puerto Rico) -  @NestorMuriel
Round 7, Pick 199: Michael Freeman, LHP, Oklahoma State - @MikeTheFreeMan_
Round 8, Pick 229: Garrett Stubbs, C, USC - @GarrettStubbs
Round 9, Pick 259: Zac Person, LHP, LSU - @Zac_Person
Round 10, Pick 289: Scott Weathersby, RHP, Ole Miss - @S_Weathersby40
Round 11, Pick 319: Patrick Sandoval, LHP, Mission Viejo High School (Mission Viejo, California) - @P_Sandoval16
Round 12, Pick 349: Myles Straw, OF, St. John's River State College - @mylesstraw
Round 13, Pick 379: Kevin McCanna, RHP, Rice - @kmccanna23
Round 14, Pick 409: Johnny Sewald, OF, Arizona State - @johnnysewald
Round 15, Pick 439: Pat Porter, RF, Ohio State - @Pat_Porter3
Round 16, Pick 469: Adam Whitt, RHP, Nevada - @abomb34
Round 17, Pick 499: Justin Garcia, LF, Nova Southeastern - @JustinGarcia106
Round 18, Pick 529: Kevin Martir, C, Maryland - Not on Twitter, but he is on Instagram at @kevloso32
Round 19, Pick 559: Drew Ferguson, CF, Belmont - @_drewferguson
Round 20, Pick 589: Makay Nelson, RHP, College of Southern Idaho - @MakayNelson26
Round 21, Pick 619: Alex Winkelman, LHP, Southeast Missouri State - @winks_253
Round 22, Pick 649: Cole Sands, RHP, North Florida Christian High School (Tallahassee, Florida) - @ColeSands; his account is private.
Round 23, Pick 679: Matt Bower, LHP, Washington State - @BOWER16
Round 24, Pick 709: Chris Murphy, RHP, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Round 25, Pick 739: Jorge Martinez, C, Carlos Beltrán Baseball Academy (Florida, Puerto Rico) - @JLMR_28
Round 26, Pick 769: Ralph Garza Jr., RHP, Oklahoma - @La_Garza_32
Round 27, Pick 799: James Carter, RHP, UC-Santa Barbara - @JTC_23_
Round 28, Pick 829: Zac Grotz, RHP, Embry-Riddle - @zacgrotz
Round 29, Pick 859: Brooks Marlow, 2B, Texas - @Bmarlow8
Round 30, Pick 889: Bobby Wernes, 3B, Arkansas - @bobbywernes
Round 31: Pick 919: Keach Ballard, SS, Oklahoma Baptist - @THE_DKB2
Round 32: Pick 949: Aaron Mizell, OF, Georgia Southern - @aaron_mizell
Round 33, Pick 979: Kolbey Carpenter, 2B, Oklahoma - @KolbeyA
Round 34, Pick 1009: Conor Biggio, OF, Notre Dame - @GETBIGgio10
Round 35, Pick 1039: Kody Clemens, SS, Memorial High School (Houston) - @KClemens2203
Round 36, Pick 1069: Ryan Deemes, RHP, Nicholls State - @Ryan_Deemes_6; his account is private.
Round 37, Pick 1099: Luken Baker, RHP, Oak Ridge High School (Shenandoah, Texas) - @lukenb9
Round 38, Pick 1129: Nick Rivera, 1B, Florida Gulf Coast - @NickRivera35; his account is private.
Round 39, Pick 1159: Alex Vargas, RHP, Monroe Community College
Round 40, Pick 1189: Steve Naemark, LHP, Angelo State - @GrandpaSteve1

Undrafted Free Agents

Christian Correa, C, Nicholls State - @chrisbaseball7
Jacob Dorris, RHP, Texas A&M—Corpus Christi - @JacobDorris38
David Schmidt, RHP, Stanford - I haven't seen a twitter for him yet.
Andrew Thome, RHP, North Dakota - @Thome_Hawk
Ford Stainback, IF, Rice - @FordStainback