Author Topic: Week 8/25 - 8/31: Ask And Ye Shall Maybe Receive vol. XXIX (Read 25095 times)

Jacksonian · « **on:** August 25, 2005, 03:28:34 pm »

New week. Minor league seasons are coming to a close soon.

Duman · « **Reply #1 on:** August 25, 2005, 10:44:22 pm »

Beau Torbert just hit his 3rd HR in 3 games.

Any idea who they will send to Lex now that they are down to 3 outfielders?

Fletch · « **Reply #2 on:** August 26, 2005, 01:08:42 am »

4 IP
1 H
1 W
6 SO
0 R

Duman · « **Reply #3 on:** August 26, 2005, 06:44:28 am »

Sammy Gervacio who had been Greeneville's closer has been called up to Lexington to fill the roster spot left by Juan G. when he was promoted to Salem

The Link
At the very bottom

Froback · « **Reply #4 on:** August 26, 2005, 12:53:52 pm »

The following Astros' prospects are on the AFL team in Surprise.

Pitchers:
Philip Brazilla
Jason Hirsh
Aaron Williams

Postion Players:
Wade Robinson
Josh Anderson
Charlton Jimerson

Link

Jacksonian · « **Reply #5 on:** August 26, 2005, 01:00:17 pm »

Quote:

The following Astros' prospects are on the AFL team in Surprise.

Pitchers:
Philip Brazilla
Jason Hirsh
Aaron Williams

Postion Players:
Wade Robinson
Josh Anderson
Charlton Jimerson

Link

Oh, ye of little faith. The Link

Yeah, my list was unofficial, but my source was dead on.

Jp Mc · « **Reply #6 on:** August 26, 2005, 01:18:08 pm »

The Link

Has some info about lexigton good to check it out

stubbyc · « **Reply #11 on:** August 28, 2005, 11:20:35 pm »

Hernandez and Hirsh were each pulled out of their games early tonight. Are they injured or is the club looking to call either one of them up anytime soon?

Greg D · « **Reply #13 on:** August 29, 2005, 09:45:05 am »

According to the local Austin rag (I don't see the article posted online yet), Hernandez's injury was a strained left quad and it appears he's gonna be out awhile.

And yet another Express starter goes down as Fernando Nieve underwent an emergency appendectomy late Saturday.

Greg D · « **Reply #14 on:** August 29, 2005, 10:34:31 am »

that will be competing in the 2005 World Cup tournament in the Netherlands from Sept. 2-18. His place on the Salem roster will be taken by Edwin Maysonet, who gets bumped up from Lexington.

I guess the post-season surgery on the torn meniscus in his knee will just have to wait a little longer.

See 'da information-scarce blurb here.

Jacksonian · « **Reply #16 on:** August 29, 2005, 11:03:40 am »

He's been pulled from the AFL. Too many innings. He could end up this Texas League season with more than 170 innings pitched.

Uncle Charlie · « **Reply #18 on:** August 29, 2005, 02:59:28 pm »

Congrats to Salem's Mike Floyd who had a career night last night:

5-5, 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 4 R and whopping 14 TB.

He's certainly not a prospect, but a great performance on this night.

Duman · « **Reply #23 on:** August 30, 2005, 11:58:13 pm »

I am out of town but my wife has heard that Koby has been or is about to be moved to tri cities. May just be a rumor but thought I would throw it out here.

Greg D · « **Reply #24 on:** August 31, 2005, 09:53:25 am »

Clemens does join the V-Cats for their last 9 games while current V-Cat players Wlad Sutil, German Melendez and Luke Barganier get moved up to Lexington.

The Link

Greg D · « **Reply #25 on:** August 31, 2005, 10:17:20 am »

Jimerson got the callup to RR (replacing Luke Scott) and made a PH appearance in last night's game vs. the Isotopes.

He singled.

Tralfaz · « **Reply #26 on:** August 31, 2005, 10:44:25 am »

May have missed it, but did Bagwell PH in Chorpus last night?

jasonact · « **Reply #29 on:** August 31, 2005, 11:24:48 am »

I haven't been able to follow the minors as much this year as I wanted to, but I'd like to get an idea of whose stock has risen/fallen the most.

I know it's not quite over for most minor league teams, but could someone give a quick and dirty assessment of a few players this year? Specifically, I'm interested in how these players faired, aside from stats:
Taylor Buckholz (has he completely fallen off the radar?)
Hunter Pence
Josh Anderson
Troy Patton
Fernando Nieve
Mitch Einerston
Charlton Jimerson
Tony Pluta
some of the Astros' 2005 draftees
anyone else whose stock may have risen/fallen dramatically this year

Nothing fancy needed, just a gut reaction from you guys who have followed the minors this season and might have an "in" on how the organization is thinking. Thanks.

jaklewein · « **Reply #30 on:** August 31, 2005, 04:08:45 pm »

I don't have an "in" with the organization but will take a stab at your question.

Bucholtz - hurt off and on all year (mainly shoulder I think); pitched pretty well before latest injury; Stock the same.
Pence - I'm guessing he exceeded even the Astros expectations this season; Probably Stros #1 prospect as far as ceiling; Stock way the fuck up.
Anderson - Has played well...pretty much the same as last year, but at a higher level (now AA). Lotta speed, no pop if you go by the numbers; Stock the same.
Patton - Pitched extremely well 1st half, earing an invitation to the Futures game; was shelved for a couple weeks with tendinitis in shoulder I think; Pitched well afterwards but hasn't pitched past 3IP since; Stock way up.
Nieve - Pitched well enough to earn a promotion to AAA RR, and was fairly successfull there; recently lost for the season due to an appendectomy. Did as expected IMO; Stock up.
Einerston - played below expectations all year; ran into some personal problems causing him to miss few weeks of the season; Performed well below expectations based on last year's numbers, but this was expected if you're an OWA member due to Jacksonian's "in" during the offseason; Stock down.
Jimerson - Same story. Big time talent...big time strike out numbers; Stock the same.
Pluta - Extremely wild, but at least he's healthy. No where to go but up after Tommy John surgery, so; Stock up.

Others with a "Stock up"
Zobrist, Gutierrez, Barthmeier, Hirsh, Sutil

"Stock down"
Albers (personal problems, but has rebounded in last month), Whiteman, Gothreaux (shoulder problems?)

There you go...Jacksonian's you're man though...he'll probably correct half the shit I've said so walk softly with the information I've given you.

Jacksonian · « **Reply #31 on:** August 31, 2005, 04:13:27 pm »

Nah, you're fine.

I'm mulling over how much time I have to do a full blown minors season recap.

jaklewein · « **Reply #35 on:** September 01, 2005, 12:24:21 am »

Good call on Ash and Towles Duman. Don't know how I missed them. Brain-fart I guess.

Nice commentary on the drafted players as well.

Duman · « **Reply #37 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:01:19 am »

Anthony Dewitt had been given leave from the team to go look for his wife and daughter who he had not heard from since Katrina had hit near their home of Pass Christian Mississippi. He was able to locate them Wednesday.

The Link

Fletch · « **Reply #38 on:** September 02, 2005, 12:16:21 pm »

Picked up the win last night in Salem. He pitched 6 innings giving up 1 run and 4 hits.

I also did not realize that Salem lost Zobrist all ready. I thought they would keep him for the playoff run.

jasonact · « **Reply #41 on:** September 03, 2005, 07:08:34 pm »

Thanks to everyone who replied. Great info.

I was glad to see that Nathan Warrick did well. I knew him a few years ago when he was a 14-year-old kid in my church youth group. I know he's having fun, no matter where this takes him.

Duman · « **Reply #42 on:** September 04, 2005, 07:25:14 am »

A few weeks ago, he had been sent to Houston to have his knee examined. I think they decided at the time to wait till the end of the season for some possible surgery. Based on that info, I find it a bit suprising that he will play for Team USA. Does anyone know the current status of his knee?

Greg D · « **Reply #43 on:** September 06, 2005, 08:06:53 pm »

.429/.714/.857 through 3 games. Of course, the entire USA team has similar gaudy numbers as they've plastered Colombia and Spain (invoking the 10-run mercy rule in both cases) and edged Australia by a 6-4 score.

The Link

Duman · « **Reply #47 on:** September 07, 2005, 03:50:56 pm »

Instead of just doing a top 10 list, I would like to see people's opinions of the top 5 prospects AA & AAA and the top 5 High A and below.

Here is my shot at it

AA & up five
Hirsh
Nieve
Anderson
Buchholz

?

High A and Below (much more to choose from here)
Patton
Pence
Barthmier
Zobrist
Sutil

How does your list compare?

lonm · « **Reply #48 on:** September 07, 2005, 07:14:00 pm »

Here's my 2 cents:

AA & AAA

Hirsh
Nieve
Anderson
Conrad
Rivera

High A and Below

Patton
Pence
Barthmier
Gutierrez
Iorg

Duman · « **Reply #50 on:** September 16, 2005, 06:11:07 pm »

I am providing links to a site called On Deck that has their own way of evaluating talent. I would love to see any feedback of how you think they have ranked Astro's guys:

Appy The Link
NY Penn The Link
SALLY The Link
Carolina The Link
Texas The Link
PCL The Link

bigred · « **Reply #51 on:** September 19, 2005, 12:41:05 pm »

the NYP recaps are NOT Post-season, they are more like mid first half. the best pitcher Tri-City had was McKeller, once the ratings become final he should probably fall in the top 10-15 in the league.

Duman · « **Reply #52 on:** September 19, 2005, 09:35:11 pm »

I knew some of them were not updated. I forgot to mention that, sorry.

Duman · « **Reply #53 on:** September 20, 2005, 09:07:03 am »

If you look at the top left above the ratings numbers, you will see the date of the report. NY Penn was updated on 8/3

Greg D · « **Reply #54 on:** September 20, 2005, 11:06:10 am »

based on a poll of league managers included the following Greeneville players on the list:

#8 OF Josh Flores
#14 OF Eli Iorg
#16 3B Koby Clemens
#19 RHP Ryan Mitchell

The 4 Astros' prospects named to the list represents a league-high, with Elizabethton (Twins) and Johnson City (Cardinals) tied for second with 3.

'da link

Duman · « **Reply #55 on:** September 21, 2005, 12:13:06 am »

John Sickles list Jimmy Barthmier as the top start in the SAL>

The Link

Greg D · « **Reply #56 on:** September 21, 2005, 11:39:07 pm »

were named and Wlad Sutil wasn't on it. He evidently just missed the cut. The NY-P had a strong group of shortstops this year, with 5 of 'em named to the list. 1st round picks Tyler Greene and Jed Lowrie were in that group, as was former UT SS Michael Hollimon (who finished up his college career at Oral Roberts) who put up some very nice offensive numbers for Oneonta.

In other non-news, Brian Bogusevic also wasn't on the list.

Der Link

Greg D · « **Reply #57 on:** September 26, 2005, 05:00:12 pm »

have been released and includes the following Lex players on the list:

#4 LHP Troy Patton
#11 RHP Jimmy Barthmaier
#15 OF Hunter Pence

Not a bad representation for the organization considering there are 16 teams in the SAL. Rome (Braves) tied with Lexington for most players on the list with 3. 3 teams had 2 players on the list, 8 clubs had 1 player each, and 3 organizations were shut out.

El Linko

Froback · « **Reply #58 on:** September 27, 2005, 11:18:32 am »

I find it very hard to understand how they think 7 hitters were better than Pence in the SAL last year? He had 102 hits in 80 games, and even though he only played a touch more than half the games he still was in the top 5 in HRs. His OPS was the highest in the league (I think) and he had a really good KO/BB ratio. Very odd. Was his defense THAT bad? Or a they giving extra points to those who played the whole season in the SAL?

Froback · « **Reply #60 on:** September 28, 2005, 12:38:21 pm »

Lots of questions about the Astros prospects in the chat with the guy who did the list:

Link

BTW, anyone pay the BBA fee, want to give us a clip of the write-ups on the Astros' players?

Froback · « **Reply #62 on:** September 28, 2005, 03:28:59 pm »

Who was the pitcher who was "sat down" because of undisclosed issues... I think he missed a start or two... Wasn't that Gutierrez?

Fletch · « **Reply #63 on:** September 28, 2005, 06:53:32 pm »

I believe it was Ronnie Martinez.

Greg D · « **Reply #64 on:** September 29, 2005, 12:06:04 am »

are announced and Salem's only rep is Hunter Pence (15th best prospect in the Sally and now 18th best prospect in the Carolina). And Chance Douglass, who led the Carolina League in ERA by nearly half a run, will just have to do the same thing next year in the Texas League before he gets 'da love (from BA, anyway).

Linque

Fletch · « **Reply #66 on:** September 29, 2005, 07:01:39 pm »

Chance was brought up in the chat and was said to be #21 on the list.

Duman · « **Reply #68 on:** October 02, 2005, 12:54:34 am »

The astros have named their system wide MVPs

The Link

Greg M · « **Reply #69 on:** October 02, 2005, 03:22:46 am »

Those guys can really hit the long ball. Listend homerun totals from that link are 60 for Pence, 50 for Sellers, 25 for Flores, 34 for Quintero and 36 for Zazueta.

Duman · « **Reply #70 on:** October 02, 2005, 10:51:29 pm »

I think they got the RBI column mixed up.

Josh hit 8 dingers and had 25 RBI's for Greeneville. 6 of those homers came in the last month.

Pence hit 25 HR and had 60 RBI's at Lexington in 80 games.

Sellers had 11 HR's and 60 RBI's.

Duman · « **Reply #73 on:** October 04, 2005, 03:07:35 pm »

Checked BA's site today and found this new toy. It is a great way to gather stats on players to compare for next year.

"NEW! Look up complete statistics for any 2005 minor league player -- including OPS, ground ball/fly ball ratio for pitchers, totals across levels and much, much more."

The Link

Duman · « **Reply #74 on:** October 08, 2005, 07:44:52 am »

BA has announced it's all star teams for each classification. The Astros have the following reps:

AA - Jason Hirsh
Low A - Hunter Pence, Jimmy Barthmier, Troy Patton, Tim Bogar- Manager of the Year
Rookie Level - Josh Flores

Patton & Barthmier were also listed in statistacal leaders for being #4 & #5 overall in minors ERA.