Releases

[moriartp]

From BA's minor league transactions page:

[Astros released] LHP Travis Blankenship, LHP Colton Pitkin, LHP Shane Wolf, C Federico Hernandez, SS Hector Rodriguez, OF Kellen Kiilsgaard

According to Astros County (quoting @whattheheck57 on twitter), Pitkin was one of three players left in the organization from the '07 draft. Kyle Greenwalt and Collin DeLome are the two left standing.

[astrosfan76]

The article also mentions the club signing 1B/OF Jordan Brown. With the amount of depth the club has at the upper levels in the OF, it's not hard to imagine Delome being squeezed out before camp breaks.

[VirtualBob]

BA has a few more:

Houston Astros
Released: RHP Wander Alvino, RHP Michael Ness, C Jordan Comadena, C Bubby Williams, OF Bryce Lane, OF Jose Vargas

I saw somewhere that Greenwalt was cut, too, but could not find confirmation.  That leaves only Colin DeLome (the highest player signed) from the 2007 draft.  What a draft.

[astrosfan76]

BA has a few more:

I saw somewhere that Greenwalt was cut, too, but could not find confirmation.  That leaves only Colin DeLome (the highest player signed) from the 2007 draft.  What a draft.

Read a couple of days ago that Gaston was released, also.

[VirtualBob]

There are a few more absences from the rosters announced ... any word on Jay Austin, for instance?

[moriartp]

There are a few more absences from the rosters announced ... any word on Jay Austin, for instance?

Saw somewhere he got injured this spring.

[Duman]

Broken hand early in ST.  I expect he will spend some rehab time in extended spring before being added to Lan or CC.