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Title: AFL Rosters
Post by: Uncle Charlie on September 01, 2015, 05:11:41 pm
AFL Rosters announced.  Below is a link for the Houston Astros affiliated Desert Dogs:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/afl/club.jsp?team_id=454

Pitchers: Cotton, Minnis, West and Yuhl
Infielders: Moon, Davis, Reed
Outfield: Fisher

I must say, Minnis is a bit of a headscratcher.
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: mrpink on October 22, 2015, 02:43:32 pm
AFL Stats through 10/21:

Cotton: 2IP, 2H, 1R, 4K, 0BB
Minnis: 2.67IP, 4H, 1R, 4K, 0BB

Davis: .182/.250/.455
Reed: .077/.294/.077
Fisher: .182/.438/.273
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: Jacksonian on October 22, 2015, 04:10:44 pm
AFL Stats through 10/21:

Cotton: 2IP, 2H, 1R, 4K, 0BB
Minnis: 2.67IP, 4H, 1R, 4K, 0BB

Davis: .182/.250/.455
Reed: .077/.294/.077
Fisher: .182/.438/.273

I think Reed has started slow at every stop in the minors.
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: pots on October 26, 2015, 12:45:24 pm
1B/DH Tyler White - .333/.481/.714 in 6 games (http://whattheheckbobby.blogspot.com/2015/10/astros-farm-report-1025.html)

ho-hum
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: GreatBagwellsBeard on October 26, 2015, 02:59:06 pm
1B/DH Tyler White - .333/.481/.714 in 6 games (http://whattheheckbobby.blogspot.com/2015/10/astros-farm-report-1025.html)

ho-hum

Isn't he also getting some time behind the plate as well?
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: Jacksonian on October 26, 2015, 03:33:14 pm
Isn't he also getting some time behind the plate as well?

He did at instructs but not so far in the Dominican.
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: mrpink on October 27, 2015, 08:54:35 am
Through 10/26
AFL
Cotton: 3.67IP, 3H, 1ER, 4K, 0BB
Holmes: 8IP, 2H, 0ER, 4K, 6BB
Minnis:4.67IP, 5H, 1ER, 5K, 0BB

Davis: .200/.238/.400
Fisher: .200/.400/.267
Moon: .000/.222/.000
Reed: .280/.419/.480

Venezuela
Hoyt: 8.33IP, 7H, 1ER, 12K, 1BB

Vasquez: .292/.340/.479

Dominican
Buchanan: 7IP, 2H, 0ER, 7K, 2BB
Guduan: 3.33IP, 0H, 0ER, 2K, 3BB
Gustave: 2.67, 2H, 0ER, 3K, 1BB
Heredia: 2IP, 3H, 3ER, 1K, 2BB
Minaya: 4IP, 5H, 3ER, 5K, 0BB

Heineman: .100/.250/.100
White: .280/.419/.600
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: Reuben on November 05, 2015, 12:08:50 pm
Drellich says the Astros have shut down AJ Reed. Want him to rest up and come to ST in good condition.
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: Duman on November 07, 2015, 03:05:55 pm
Your one stop shop for stats for all Astros guys in the winter leagues.  (http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/org.jsp?id=hou)
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: pots on November 21, 2015, 09:46:45 pm
White, mired in a 0-15 slump, jacked a 2 run homerun with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th to tie it up.  The Estrellas eventually won it in 10.  He did walk 4 times during that slump though.

Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: Nate Colbert on November 24, 2015, 12:43:52 am
A.J. Reed #9 on MLB.com's Top 20 Prospects in the AFL.

Ex-bus rider Josh Hader #8 on that list.

Link (http://m.mlb.com/news/article/158015830/arizona-fall-league-top-20-prospects)
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: juliogotay on November 24, 2015, 07:41:15 am
A.J. Reed #9 on MLB.com's Top 20 Prospects in the AFL.

Ex-bus rider Josh Hader #8 on that list.

Link (http://m.mlb.com/news/article/158015830/arizona-fall-league-top-20-prospects)

Wow, Sale and Bumgarner comps for Hader.
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: moriartp on November 24, 2015, 08:18:46 am
Wow, Sale and Bumgarner comps for Hader.
I assume the Sale comp is based on the funky delivery, not on talent level. Hader has never been mentioned as that level of prospect before.
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: Mike S. on November 24, 2015, 10:56:39 am
Sale comparison here:

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/26271672/v48208683/top-prospects-josh-hader-lhp-brewers

Don't remember his fastball getting up to 98mph, though.
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: Jacksonian on November 24, 2015, 11:08:51 am
I assume the Sale comp is based on the funky delivery, not on talent level. Hader has never been mentioned as that level of prospect before.

He's done nothing but mature.  He's the one the Astros will miss in this deal.  If he'd gone to college this spring would have been his junior year.  Considering how well he handled AA hitters I don't think it's a stretch at all to say he would have been utterly dominant against college hitters.
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: pots on December 05, 2015, 10:08:31 am
Fun in the Dominican (http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l131&lid=131&t=l_bat)
White:
OPS - 1st
OBP - 2nd
Slugging - 1st
HR - tied for 1st
Doubles - 2nd
RBI - 2nd
Runs - 1st
AVG - 7th
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on December 10, 2015, 05:30:06 am
Fun in the Dominican (http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l131&lid=131&t=l_bat)
White:
OPS - 1st
OBP - 2nd
Slugging - 1st
HR - tied for 1st
Doubles - 2nd
RBI - 2nd
Runs - 1st
AVG - 7th

He really needs to work on that AVG. stat.
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: pots on December 21, 2015, 05:36:04 pm
White gets the front page at winterball (http://m.mlb.com/news/article/160148920/astros-tyler-white-rolling-in-winter-leagues?topicid=151437456)
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: Nate Colbert on December 21, 2015, 09:46:55 pm
White gets the front page at winterball (http://m.mlb.com/news/article/160148920/astros-tyler-white-rolling-in-winter-leagues?topicid=151437456)

Also named MVP of the league (http://www.ligadom.com/noticias/1-portada/13037-tyler-white-gana-el-mvp-de-lidom-2015-2016).
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: Navin R Johnson on December 22, 2015, 07:25:23 am
At some point does White's actual production on the field push him higher up the prospect rankings?
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: VirtualBob on December 22, 2015, 08:48:37 am
White gets the front page at winterball (http://m.mlb.com/news/article/160148920/astros-tyler-white-rolling-in-winter-leagues?topicid=151437456)
Intereting that Aplin was the leader of Los Tigres too.
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: mrpink on December 22, 2015, 09:40:17 am
At some point does White's actual production on the field push him higher up the prospect rankings?

I'm hoping he won't be eligible for much longer.  .325/.442/.496 at AA/AAA last year is just ridiculous.
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: Reuben on December 22, 2015, 05:01:03 pm
At some point does White's actual production on the field push him higher up the prospect rankings?
We all know that high-AVG 1B/DH types without big HR numbers don't do well in prospect rankings. That said, he's hit homers more often (I think) in AAA and the Dominican than he did even in AA, so I suppose we can hope that he's learning how to tap into his power and elevate the ball more.
Title: Re: AFL Rosters
Post by: Nate Colbert on December 30, 2015, 04:16:47 pm
Nice profile on White in a writeup at BA (http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/longshot-white-ready-pay-astros/).

“It’s to the point Tyler White has to prove he can’t do it in the big leagues,” a scout said. “But I do think he has a place on the roster. (But) where is he going to play?” Another scout compared White to Matt Adams, the Cardinals’ hefty power hitter, but [Astros scout Tim] Bittner says White has improved his conditioning. “He wasn’t in the best shape, but he’s done a complete 180,”  Bittner said. “There are not very many guys who can go and get in shape in minor league ball with the schedule they’re on and with some of the places they have to eat. “He’s gotten his body in tremendous shape. It’s a different player.”