Climbing Tal's Hill » Michael Costanzo http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:19:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Astros Catcher Situation http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/05/26/astros-catcher-situation/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/05/26/astros-catcher-situation/#comments Sat, 26 May 2012 14:35:44 +0000 Brian Hamilton http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=3822 When Ed Wade was hired as Astros GM in late 2007, the first thing he did was trade closer, Brad Lidge to the Philadelphia Phillies for Michael Bourn, Geoff Geary and Michael Costanzo. One of the next moves he made, was to completely revamp our scouting department. This move was a very unsung move and [...]

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]]> When Ed Wade was hired as Astros GM in late 2007, the first thing he did was trade closer, Brad Lidge to the Philadelphia Phillies for Michael Bourn, Geoff Geary and Michael Costanzo. One of the next moves he made, was to completely revamp our scouting department. This move was a very unsung move and one that was long overdue. He brought in Bobby Heck as our director of amateur scouting and a year later Heck was promoted to assistant General Manager/Director of Scouting. Before joining the Astros, Heck served for eight seasons as the Milwaukee Brewers Eastern Scouting Supervisor, and was involved with the drafts of 2000-2007 which included drafting some of the Brewers core players such as Rickie Weeks, Corey Hart and former Brewer, current Detroit Tiger, Prince Fielder. Needless to say, Heck has an eye for talent and a successful track record.  His first draft pick as scouting director for the Astros came in 2008 as the Astros selected Jason Castro, a catcher from Stanford, with the tenth overall pick in the first round.

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