Author Topic: GCL Astros - 2011 (Read 8146 times)

OregonStrosFan · « **on:** June 20, 2011, 12:32:42 am »

Your one stop shop for all things 2011 Gulf Coast League Astros.

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #1 on:** June 20, 2011, 12:35:18 am »

GCL Astros action starts Monday 6/20. Schedule LINK

The preliminary roster is here (via Steve Campbell, Houston Chronicle): Preliminary Roster LINK

Jacksonian · « **Reply #2 on:** June 20, 2011, 08:58:32 am »

Official roster is up: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ros&cid=1998

Duman · « **Reply #3 on:** June 20, 2011, 12:57:31 pm »

Notice Wilton Infante is listed as pitcher. The former outfielder is joining E. Rosario, Y. Ramirez, & J. DeLeon as position players trying to make the move to pitcher.

Duder · « **Reply #4 on:** June 20, 2011, 01:53:35 pm »

The GCL 'Stros dropped their first game today 5-2. BOX

Michael Feliz started and went five innings. He gave up four runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four. Jean Batista and Yonathan Mejia each collected two hits with one of Mejia's being a double. Seventh round pick Javaris Reynolds played center and went 0-3 with three strikeouts.

Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #5 on:** June 20, 2011, 02:11:58 pm »

Interesting to see JCB playing 2nd instead of SS.

Duder · « **Reply #6 on:** June 22, 2011, 11:36:24 am »

Telvin Nash appears to be rehabbing with the GCL Astros. He's batting cleanup and has a hit in his only AB so far. Box Score

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #7 on:** June 22, 2011, 11:43:21 am »

Quote from: Duder on June 22, 2011, 11:36:24 am

Telvin Nash appears to be rehabbing with the GCL Astros. He's batting cleanup and has a hit in his only AB so far. Box Score

Good catch, thanks!

BudGirl · « **Reply #8 on:** June 28, 2011, 09:11:07 am »

Can fans go watch these games?

VirtualBob · « **Reply #9 on:** June 28, 2011, 11:56:39 am »

Dydalewicz has surfaced, but may be going down for the third time. He faced 4 batters in the top of the 7th of a tie game ... walk, wild pitch, single, walk, walk, hook. He took the loss and my Excel sheet is still trying to calculate his ERA.

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #10 on:** July 01, 2011, 04:06:25 pm »

Adrian Houser made his second professional start today and went 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 SO. BOX SCORE

Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #11 on:** July 01, 2011, 05:07:07 pm »

NICE!

moriartp · « **Reply #12 on:** July 01, 2011, 06:01:58 pm »

Quote from: OregonStrosFan on July 01, 2011, 04:06:25 pm

Adrian Houser made his second professional start today and went 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 SO. BOX SCORE

Four called, three swinging. Only hit was a ground ball up the middle.

Duman · « **Reply #13 on:** July 01, 2011, 09:24:45 pm »

Quote from: OregonStrosFan on July 01, 2011, 04:06:25 pm

Adrian Houser made his second professional start today and went 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 SO. BOX SCORE

Call him up to Gville we could use some pitching here.

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #14 on:** July 01, 2011, 09:27:22 pm »

Quote from: AppyAstros on July 01, 2011, 09:24:45 pm

Call him up to Gville we could use some pitching here.

If you could just get 'em to start calling the game complete after B5, I think the G-Stros'd be just fine...

Duman · « **Reply #15 on:** July 01, 2011, 09:50:18 pm »

Yep, bullpen has been rough. Hope to go see them Monday, maybe they can get a win then.

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #16 on:** July 03, 2011, 01:07:49 am »

Quote from: moriartp on July 01, 2011, 06:01:58 pm

Four called, three swinging. Only hit was a ground ball up the middle.

Seems to have a legit repertoire. I have it on good authority that it is as follows:

Houser throws:
2 and 4 seam fb, knucklecurve, slurve, changeup;
His fastball is usually 91-95, and tops out at 96-97;
Both breaking balls can be tight usually are;
Knucklecurve is 12-6, and slurve is 3-8;
changeup has good change in velocity and dives into RHBs.

astrosfan76 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 12, 2011, 08:14:52 pm »

Huge offensive day in Kissimmee, with the Astros winning 17-11 over the Mets. Among the Astros with RBI was Jason Bourgeois, who went 1-3 with 2 RBI, a walk, and a K.

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #18 on:** July 14, 2011, 03:21:04 pm »

Adrian Houser with his first professional win today. BOX SCORE

5.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 SO, 0 HR. 2.87 ERA

Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #19 on:** July 14, 2011, 04:29:36 pm »

After the rough pro debut, he has stringed together several nice starts in a row. Over those three starts, 13.2 IP, 11 H, 3 ER, 3BB, 18Ks.

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #20 on:** July 15, 2011, 01:02:55 pm »

Tanner Bushue had a rehab start in the GCL today. Let's just say he's had better starts... http://bit.ly/pMFHEb

Line: 1.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 SO, 45.00 ERA.

juliogotay · « **Reply #21 on:** July 15, 2011, 02:45:07 pm »

what was his injury?

Jacksonian · « **Reply #22 on:** July 29, 2011, 10:46:03 pm »

Hyphen and Abad had rehab appearances today.

jbm · « **Reply #23 on:** August 10, 2011, 08:29:59 pm »

Shirley in his second appearance of the year. Still don't know what the injury was.

MikeyBoy · « **Reply #24 on:** August 11, 2011, 10:33:45 am »

Quote from: jbm on August 10, 2011, 08:29:59 pm

Shirley in his second appearance of the year. Still don't know what the injury was.

Surley, it wasn't serious?

Duman · « **Reply #25 on:** August 11, 2011, 03:50:12 pm »

Quote from: jbm on August 10, 2011, 08:29:59 pm

Shirley in his second appearance of the year. Still don't know what the injury was.

Coming back from knee surgery

VirtualBob · « **Reply #26 on:** September 06, 2011, 06:23:18 am »

Season in Review – GCL Astros

Record: 20-34
Hitting: .231/.308/.314 13HR 468K 160BB 61SB 31CS 40GIDP
Pitching: 4.19ERA 1.45WHIP 20HR 404K 198BB

Offensive Leaders
Justin Shults - G/PA/AB/2B/HR(5)/RBI/BB(tie)/TB
Chris Epps – 3B(tie)/BB(tie)/OBP/SLG
Javaris Reynolds – R/SB/CS/HBP/Sac(tie)
Jose Fernandez – 3B(tie)/K/Sac(tie)
Jean Batista – 3B(tie)/GIDP(tie)
Yonathan Mejia – H/AVG

Pitching Leaders
Frederick Tiburcio – GS(tie)/IP/K/HB/BF/WHIP
Michael Feliz – GS(tie)/ERA(4.32)
Pedro Gomez – W-L
Justin Gill – G
Blake Ford – GF/SV

As the season progresses
June: 3-6 (.333)
July: 8-18 (.308)
August: 9-10 (.474)

Outfield
June LF: McKinney; CF: Reynolds; RF: Epps
July LF: Epps; CF: Reynolds; RF: McKinney
August LF: Vizcaino/Marte; CF: Reynolds/Vizcaino; RF: W.Gonzalez
Chris Epps was promoted to Tri-Coty after hitting .304/.426/.491 in June & July and leading the team (then) with 4 HR. At 22, he was old for this league and showed it. Kelvin Vizcaino took his place in the starting 9 with 16 OF starts in August, splitting time between LF & CF. Ydarqui Marte got 43 of his 48 PA’s in August and saw time in LF, while Jarrod McKinney became the 4th/5th OF after he improved his .167/.211/.167 June to hit .207/.253/.256 in July. (He finished the season below the Mendoza line at .182/.233/.231. It was a pretty inept group at the plate, with the apt exception of Epps.

Infield
June 1B: Shults/Nash; 2B: Batista(Martone/Mejia); 3B: Redinger; SS: Fernandez
July 1B: Shults; 2B: Martone(Batista/Mejia); 3B: Redinger(Batista); SS: Fernandez(Batista)
August 1B: Shults; 2B: Martone (Mejia); 3B: Redinger; SS: Fernandez
Jean Batista got the call to Greeneville after hitting .243/.270/.354 in 38 games split evenly among three IF positions. Justin Shults finally began to pick things up in August, batting .246/.303/.464 (3 HR) and cutting his K-rate down to 17 in 76 PA’s. At 23, though, his full season total of .224/.317/.379 does not seem much of a threat to challenge Singleton as the 1B of the future. 18-year-old Yonathan Mejia, who spent most of his time at DH, was the only real offensive threat on the team (.329/.357/.384), although Luca Martone, who was repeating the league but still only 18, hit .314/.385/.386 in 70 AB’s. The biggest disappointment was probably Kyle Redinger. Repeating the league he roared out of the gate at .056/.292/.056 in June with 9 K in 18 AB and finished at .148/.239/.197. He also made 10 errors in 38 games at 3B.

Catcher
June A.Gonzalez (Meskin/Diaz/K.Gonzalez)
July A.Gonzalez (Meskin/K.Gonzalez/Diaz/Witkowski)
August A.Gonzalez/Meskin/K.Gonzalez/Diaz
Alfredo Gonzalez got almost half the reps at receiver, and he better be pretty good at that part of the job description, because his .172/.202/.269 hitting line speaks for itself. He did throw out 12 of 36 potential base-stealers, but 15 passed balls in 30 games does not sound too good. Of course, he is only 18.

Rotation
June Tiburcio/Franco/Feliz/Ramirez/Houser
July Tiburcio/Franco/Feliz/Ramirez/Houser (plus Bushue in 3 rehab starts)
August Tiburcio/Franco/Feliz/Ramirez/Grills (plus several rehabilitators)
Adrian Houser was moved to Greenville in late July, and Francis Ramirez followed in mid-August. Houser’s 4.03 ERA and 25K in 22.1IP was the closest thing to “dominant” that any of them could muster until August. Michael Feliz & Frederick Tibucio had their best starts in August and Evan Grills had a 1.84ERA for the month to give him an even 3.00 for the year, mosgtly in relief.

Bullpen – by IP
June Holley/Hardoin/Ford/Gill/Baso/Gomez/Mojica/Dennison/Infante
July Grills/Gomez/Mojica/Ford/Dennison/Gill/Holley/Hardoin/Infante
August Gomez/Gill/Ford/Walter/Kellogg/Holley/Hardoin/Dennison/Pettus
Blake Ford was the closer and finished 4-2 with 8 saves and a 1.90 ERA. At 23, though, he is old for this level. Juan Mojica (repeating the level at age 22) also had pretty good stats: 1.42 ERA and 19K in 19IP, while 19-year-old Krishawn Holley finished with 23K in 16.2 IP, but struggled with control, walking 11. Andrew Walter showed well in 4 late season appearances.

In sum: This was a pretty bad team as reflected in both the win/loss record and the lack of high-caliber individual performances. Before we get too discouraged, though, we should remember that this is supposed to be about learning, not stats … especially at this level. The two starters who were promoted had a combined ERA near 5, so they did not earn their promotions on stats.

Duman · « **Reply #27 on:** September 06, 2011, 09:07:27 am »

Thanks for the detailed look. I know that took some time.

Reuben · « **Reply #28 on:** September 06, 2011, 09:27:25 am »

Thanks, that was a great overview. I ended up following the minor leaguers probably closer this year than ever before, yet I still knew virtually nothing about this GCL squad, so I really appreciate the summary and analysis, and look forward to the others.