Went to the noon game today. Didn't take notes but happy to offer my observations... just keep them in the proper perspective.
Castros - Behind the plate, seems to be a very smooth receiver. His arm is not all that impressive, from what I could tell, but he was noticeably better than the Sound catcher in both regards. At the plate, he was lucky to see a first pitch fastball. After that, it was nothing but off-speed stuff, and he was out in front or swinging through on ever one. He had a big 0 fer today. He made a nice play with bases loaded, on a dribbler back to the pitcher. Stepped on home plate and fired a missile to Shelton to end the inning, saving Bazardo from logging a horrible inning, otherwise.
Bourgeois looks good, nice player. Made me wonder what Houston has in mind for this kid. Insurance? Trade bait? Looked solid at the plate, didn't try to do too much. 1-4 on the day.
Bogusevic... yeah... I think he's had better days. 0-fer at the plate. In the field, he doesn't look as lost as Pence, but I can see he might have issues with routes on well hit balls.
I was not impressed by Meyer's range at 2B.
Maysonet had a solid game.
Kata is a good defensive player and showed it on some balls hit to 3B.
Shelton... eh, I see why there is a shortage of 1B prospects in the Astros system. Hit a HR, but otherwise, made a bad play on a 1 hopper that eventually led to the Sound putting up 2 runs in the 1st.
Delome, solid game, but not much hit his way.
Banks seemed to get better as the game progressed.
Bazardo looked smooth in his mechanics but gave up hit after hit. I think he gave up the hardest hit balls all day.
Corcoran looked good.
That's my first game in RR, I hope to see some more this year, before they become... gasp... a Rangers affiliate.
