MiLB 4/15

AAA - Paul Clemens
AA - Allen Webster

MiLB has him listed, but he actually was recalled by TB last night and put in the pen.

5.2IP 5H 2ER 1BB 6K 5-3 GO-FO

Looking very good.

5 IP 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Matt Lipka - 1-4, BB, K

Tommy La Stella - 2-3, 2B, HBP, still has not struck out this season

Nick Ahmed - 2-4, 2 BB

Evan Gattis - 5-6, 2B, HR, 6 RBI

Edward Salcedo - 3-6, 2 2B, HR, 2 K

Alen Hanson - 3-4, HR, K
Gregory Polanco (On fire right now) - 1-4, HR
Josh Bell - 1-4

Nick Kingham - 4 IP, 3H, ER, BB, 3K

Finally a decent start

I have run out of words to describe him, almost a dash or Rickie Henderson and Ichiro

But at last check Schoop and Machado each had a pair of hits, with double each.

3.2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 K

It’s early on but he might have been better off starting the first half of the season in AA.

Paul Clemens- 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 5 K. Lucas Harrell’s first start was fun, but I think he’s more of a pen arm since he really only has two pitches. Paulie needs a shot in the rotation ASAP, he has been brilliant in AAA and had a great spring.

Jake Buchanan- 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K. He’s not easy to get excited about, but he generates ground balls and works very efficiently. He survived Lancaster last season (he posted the best ERA a Lancaster SP has ever had in 2011) and is holding his own in AA. He added a 2 seamer in the offseason and it has gotten good reviews. I see him a nice back of the rotation workhorse type and the Astros could really use one of those.

1 for 3, HR, 2 BB

His approach looks night and day better this year, and I think he’s got 15 HR power in that bat. He’s a strong little guy.

This is J.J. Hoover’s line as an RP since the beginning of Aug last season. He just pitched a perfect inning with 1 K, pushing this season’s totals to 5 IP, 10K, 1 BB, 2 H (1 single, 1 double) — those #s are included in the totals above. I am not sure what is going on with him exactly, but it is pretty insane.

I would just like to point out that JD Martinez currently sports a .371/.436/.714 slash line and has hit safely in all 9 games this year. He’s been pretty awful in the field but hasn’t made any awful errors or anything, just takes some funky angles and generally looks unathletic. That said I think he’s going to be a rock as the Astros’ 3 hitter for quite some time.

1-3, 2 BB, 1 K

Hitting .302 with a .452 OBP. a 9/6 BB/K ratio. No extra base hits though.

2-4, hr, bb. Tearing it up in the early going.

5.0 ip 4 h 1er 5bb 2 k

4.1 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR

faced 24 batters against the Dbacks today

I’ve said this before, but I really think there’s legitimate concern about whether Pomeranz will be able to sit at the top of a rotation. It always worries me when a guy racks up strikeouts in the minors when his only plus secondary is a curveball. 1) Curveballs just don’t generate a lot of swings and misses, and 2) you also need a pitch that can handle opposite-handed hitters. As good as his curveball was today, the Dbacks mostly just didn’t swing at them, and waited for a poorly located 90-91 mph fastball (bound to happen in any given outing) to hit.

Overall, was just unimpressed by Pomeranz today.

4IP 3H 2R 1ER 2BB 6K

4 for 5, double, homer, walk.

2 for 3 with a walk

2 for 4 with a double and a strikeout

2 for 5 and on a nice four-game streak. 10 for his last 17. I’m not in the camp thinking he deposes Cozart anytime soon, but he’s building value.

2 for 4 with a double, two strikeouts, one walk

2 for 3. Noteworthy as he’s started very slowly on an aggressive promotion to High-A. Great reports from instructs and I expect him to pick it up.

why Robbie Erlin hasn’t made his second start this season?

the nature of Yasmani Grandal’s injury? He sure got off to a good, albeit small, start.