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Chalk another one up that's headed for Greeneville. I am excited about this signing.
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/varsitynews/entries/2008/06/18/dydalewicz_make.html
Pinwheel repeated his assertion that the Astros already know who they're going to pick at #10 and they're talking dollar parameters with the kid (basically, the scout is asking the kid "what is it going to take to sign you?"). He also said that 1-10 are slot money type of deals so even though the kid can ask for more, the scout can tell him what sort of money he can reasonably get going that high in the draft.
Signability is always an issue, but Pinwheel said they think they can get this done.
All that I could think is that Shooter Hunt has to be who they're talking to with right now.
I'm hearing Hunt's stock is falling quick as he seems to be fading down the stretch. I've got some feelers out on Crow and others. We'll see if anyone wants to talk.
Yep. Trouble is this draft isn't overly deep in catchers. There will probably be 3 maybe 4 taken in round 1. After that just a sprinkling between supp 1 and round 4 or 5. However, there's an Ivy Leaguer (Yale) that could go in round 5 or 6.
Actually it's picks #10, 38, 56, 88, 110, 122 and then every 30 thereafter to the end so 152, 182...
ETA: Astros history probably doesn't mean much now with the new regime.
Having said that, there was one kid last year (the third baseman from Ohio?) who told the scout one thing, then after the Astros drafted him, he asked for double the amount they had ready to give him. The rumor is that the scout who urged them to draft the LSU football player did not do his homework when it came to money wanted. He basically told the Astros they could sign him for X and they were shocked when he asked for much more than that.
I notice that Brian Pellegrini has joined the Legend and started in LF last night. He spent a little time at Tri City last year, mostly at 1B. I was a little surprised that he would be next in line.
I didn't see any other roster move, but I expect Duman or someone will inform us when that is public.
b/c that's all Sean and John understand.
I don't pay for their content so I don't know what he said.
Chris Johnson is no longer on the North Shore Honu roster. The HWL official site list him as having left the team for "injury/personal reasons".
It's amazing what can happen if you do a little search before posting. I was just going to post a link to your thread. Jacksonian you never get near enough credit for the great job you do here. I just wanted to say thanks.
I'm still trying to get more info on Jones as well.
Paying $100 for a $20 pair of jeans isn't good negotiating, even if they were being sold for $200.
As regards Dietrich and Eibner, I've just gotten another source (outside the Astros) to confirm they were demanding first and second round money respectively. His conclusion: same as everyone else. They were poorly advised and will probably regret it. They were the unreasonable negotiators.
In these two particular players' cases the reported 1st and 2nd round money was unjustified. I suspect Purp actually offered top of their respective round money rather than the specific slot money mlb suggested. Not a single team thought Dietrich or Eibner were worth taking in the first and second round despite neither being signability risks going into the draft. As a business man you're not going to pay a potential employee 2 or 3 times what you think he's worth just to have him on board. With Jones however, if his real asking price was equivalent to end of the first round or supplemental first round money then the Astros should have bit, IMO. He definitely slid on signability from about that range.
There is much more to a draft than signing or not signing players. In 2002, we signed 21 of the top 23 picks and we re drafted one of those we missed the 2 years later (he fell 32 rounds by the way and lasted one year of rookie ball before being released). So by your business plan, that is a successful draft.
5 years is when you evaluate drafts. I know there are plans for a thorough analysis of this draft in the off season but so far, only one player signed in this draft is in the bigs. Mark McClamore. One pick was traded away in the Jennings deal (Talbot). Of the other 20 signed, only Shortell (A+), McClemore (HOU), Douglass (AAA), Mackor (AA), Gothreaux (AAA). Further down the list you find a DFE who later signed Ryan McKeller who is still in the org at Salem. That is it. Only 6 players are still in the org 5 years later. Only one has made it to the show. Does that look like success? They signed em?
Other news of note. Expect a new name on the roster tomorrow: Bryan Brown, who played at Fl. Southern with Brett Robinson has signed with the Astros as a NDFA. He is a middle infielder.
Pence was going to get brought up to the Astros sometime this season as long as he played well at Round Rock. The chances of Burke, Lane and Scott all hitting well this season were close to zero.
I used to think the Astros were overly careful with developing prospects, but I've changed my mind. The reason that perception exists is because lately there haven't been very many prospects who were good enough to advance quickly. Think back over the last few years, the good ones made it quickly. This season, the Hooks roster looks a lot different than it did at the beginning of the season because several guys who were playing well at Salem have been promoted. Iorg would probably also be in Corpus already also if he hadn't been injured. We're seeing right now why Ensberg, Lane, Scott and Burke were called up relatively late.
No he didn't. He didn't dominate AA. He was wildly inconsistent in the first half and a .280 hitter in the second half. Nothing he did last year portended his very successful 2007.
There's much more wrong with your assertions.
Who should have been brought up faster? And, to replace what player?
I read and hear a lot of people say the Astros don't move players up fast enough. The reality is those guys who beat the "usual" developmental curve are rare. There's also something to this that the Astros haven't often drafted in the top 10. The top 10 or so each year are your best bet to beat the developmental curve.
Read more. Post less. Pay attention and you might learn some things. One of the things you may learn (especially on the main talk zone board which gets more action) is that the term "credible publication" is very nearly an oxymoron. Here you will find that much (or even most) of the opinion is based on direct and knowledgeable observation ... not the stats pages. You will also find a low tolerance for self-appointed experts who criticize the professionals without having established their own credibility.
If you have nothing left to learn feel free to forward your resume to the Astros.
I am sure that the Astros would move said player faster if it dictated it by his play. Look at how fast Roy moved through the system. Or Biggio. Or even Pence. The real issue is that unfortunately the Astros prospects have fallen flat more often then they have exceeded expectation.Pence is 24 years old. If Burke would not have played so terrible the first month this year, Pence would still be in AAA, turning 25 in April, and never having a taste of the big leagues as of yet. That makes me want to puke. Pence has been dominating everyone ever since high school and took way to long to be brought up. Thank God that Burke stumbled, and he got his chance. He is a great player.
ETA: Moving someone through the system faster does NOT mean they develop faster.
Have no problem with your rotation except Paulino will be at AAA more than likely. You have 2 guys on your team who have not mastered Low A ball much less caught a whiff of High A ball (Clemens & Van Ostrand) and one who has had success at High A for a very short period of time and keeps being sent back down (Torres).
There are several guys I would move up ahead of them Sutil, and Johnson (depending on his second half) off the top of my head.
Have no problem with your rotation except Paulino will be at AAA more than likely. You have 2 guys on your team who have not mastered Low A ball much less caught a whiff of High A ball (Clemens & Van Ostrand) and one who has had success at High A for a very short period of time and keeps being sent back down (Torres).
There are several guys I would move up ahead of them Sutil, and Johnson (depending on his second half) off the top of my head.
)Usually it means injured but I have no concrete knowledge of that in his case. The astros don't release alot of that info. For example, David Dinelli is in Greeneville and injured but is not even on the roster. I get most of that info from local papers.
More disappointing than unexpected. Pressure's on now to get Dietrich and Eibner.