Another year leads to another terrible season for the Astros. This time, however, they finished worse than last in the NL Central. They finished worst in the entire major leagues. As you might expect with such a record, the Astros played a handful of rookies. The diminuitive Jose Altuve won some hearts, but he wasn’t particularly good. Jordan Lyles made a valiant effort, and while the peripherals looked good, he got batted around a bit. JD Martinez had a better go of it, but he’s probably a fringe-regular. The Astros Rule 5 pick, Aneury Rodriguez, also had similar peripheral/results issues. The best rookie performance was by former Yankee Mark Melancon, who cemented a spot in the back-end of the Astros bullpen. None of the performances were bad, per se, but none of them scream “future core”.
The farm system looked much worse, but some mid-season trades bolstered it, somewhat. The Astros traded Hunter Pence for Jarred Cosart, Jonathan Singleton, Domingo Santana, and Josh Zeid, but w...
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The Outside Corner:
PLAYERS:
Jose Altuve,
Jordan Lyles,
J.D. Martinez,
Aneury Rodriguez,
Mark Melancon,
Hunter Pence,
Michael Bourn,
Brett Oberholtzer,
Paul Clemens,
Jordan Schafer,
Jonathan Villar,
Delino DeShields,
Wandy Rodriguez
TEAMS: Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves
TEAMS: Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves
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