Climbing Tal's Hill » Jim Callis http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sun, 26 May 2013 02:58:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Astros Make It Official, Sign Carlos Correa http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/06/07/astros-make-it-official-sign-carlos-correa/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/06/07/astros-make-it-official-sign-carlos-correa/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 22:08:05 +0000 Brian Hamilton http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=3935 The Astros held a 3:30pm CST press conference to announce the signing of the number one overall pick in the 2012 MLB Draft, Carlos Correa. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, however, Moisekapenda Bower of Fox Sports Houston reported earlier todaythat Correa will sign for $5.135 mil. That is roughly $2 mil less than the [...]

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]]> The Astros held a 3:30pm CST press conference to announce the signing of the number one overall pick in the 2012 MLB Draft, Carlos Correa. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, however, Moisekapenda Bower of Fox Sports Houston reported earlier todaythat Correa will sign for $5.135 mil. That is roughly $2 mil less than the slotted amount of $7.2 mil allotted to the first overall pick. Those savings will pay huge dividends that I will get to after the jump. After being selected first-overall, Correa becomes the highest-drafted Puerto Rican ever.

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/06/07/astros-make-it-official-sign-carlos-correa/feed/ 0 A very early look at the 2012 MLB draft for the Astros http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/02/06/a-very-early-look-at-the-astros-and-the-2012-mlb-draft/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/02/06/a-very-early-look-at-the-astros-and-the-2012-mlb-draft/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:30:33 +0000 Alex Sandoval http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=3054 The Astros will get their reward for the miserable 2011 season in June when MLB holds its annual amateur draft. The Astros, as most know, have the #1 pick in the entire draft and in every subsequent round. With the new CBA in place, the rules by which teams go building their entire draft has changed and affected the [...]

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]]> The Astros will get their reward for the miserable 2011 season in June when MLB holds its annual amateur draft. The Astros, as most know, have the #1 pick in the entire draft and in every subsequent round. With the new CBA in place, the rules by which teams go building their entire draft has changed and affected the way many scouts and general managers view their possible selections. The Astros will have a little over 11 million dollars to spend on the top 10 rounds without finding a lump of coal in their stocking given to them by Bud Selig. The reality is that the rule changes won’t effect the Astros as much as other organizations early on, as the top picks are pretty much locked in to sign with whoever picks them. With college baseball and high school baseball about to get going, lets take a very early peak at who might intrigue Jeff Luhnow and Bobby Heck. (more…)

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