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The Bowling Green Hot Rods (7-9) split a doubleheader with the Asheville Tourists (7-9), losing the first game 7-2, while rallying for three runs in the top of the seventh to secure a win in game two, 7-5, on Wednesday at Bowling Green Ballpark.
The moves around Friday's deadline indicated some shifts in the way teams think about the players they do or don't decide to protect from the Rule 5 Draft.
50 Billed as the best collegiate defensive player in the 2018 Draft, Peña has since added 20 pounds of muscle and now has modest, but relevant power. After looking uncharacteristically mistake-prone during the 2019 Fall League, he was the Dominican Winter League’s best infield defender in 2020 and should be a plus big league defender at shortstop. While he isn’t as deft and precise with the barrel, Peña’s swing shares some common rotational elements with fellow Astro Yuli Gurriel. Peña can pull his hands in and get the fat part of the bat on pitches on the inner half, which should en...
Quick Hits on Astros Prospects in Spring Training Share this story Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images Spring Training games are often the first time that many fans see their favorite club’s minor leaguers in action. Roughly half of the Astros’ roster for spring is made up of prospects, so let’s take a quick look at each and what to expect from them in the team’s upcoming contests. Bryan Abreu - A highly athletic righty hurler, Abreu can touch the upper 90s and sports two different swing and miss breaking balls. His stuff is of a front of the rotation quality, but Abreu has never develop...
Copy Link This is the fifth in a six-part Toolshed series that uses FanGraphs' Steamer 600 projections to look at how prospects would fare over a full Major League season in 2021. The system bases its forecast on 600 plate appearances for position players, 450 plate appearances for catchers, 200 innings for This is the fifth in a six-part Toolshed series that uses FanGraphs' Steamer 600 projections to look at how prospects would fare over a full Major League season in 2021. The system bases its forecast on 600 plate appearances for position players, 450 plate appearances for catchers, 200 inn...