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Player Profile: Wesley Wright
Lefty reliever Wesley Wright is the subject of our final installment in the player profile series. Wright turns 27 later this week and will be entering his fifth season with the Astros. Wright was selected…Read More
New Year, New Links
The Ball has dropped in Times Square. Most of the 270 college Bowl games are over. So let’s get back to some baseball news. Recently there’s been a lot of talk about the Hall of Fame Class…Read More
Player Profile: Bud Norris
The Astros will be counting on Bud Norris to continue to improve as a pitcher in 2012. Norris has shown flashes of brilliance but has yet to find consistency. Could this be the season that Norris puts…Read More
Player Profile: Brandon Lyon
Brandon Lyon signed a three-year $15 million Free Agent contract with the Astros prior to the 2010 season. His first season in Houston was outstanding. Lyon earned six wins and 20 saves while posting a…Read More
Player Profile: Carlos Lee
Carlos Lee (A.K.A. El Caballo) is not a very popular figure among Astros fans these days. Many feel that Lee has failed to live up to the six-year $100 million contract he signed with the Astros prior…Read More
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Player Profile: Chris Johnson
Brad Mills has declared Jimmy Paredes as his starting 3B going into the 2012 season. That leaves Chris…Read More
Player Profile: J.A. Happ
James Anthony Happ is an enigma wrapped in a conundrum. The big lefty was acquired, along with Jonathan…Read More
Astros Weekend Links
What’s new with the Astros? Let’s take a look around the web with some weekend links. »…Read More
Player Profile: David Carpenter
Righty reliever David Carpenter was originally drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals as a catcher. A twelfth…Read More
Player Profile: Brian Bogusevic
Brian Bogusevic split time between Houston and AAA Oklahoma City in 2011. The speedy outfielder had a…Read More
Player Profile: Jose Altuve
Jose Altuve began the 2011 season as a member of the Lancaster Jethawks, Houston’s entry in the High-A California League. Altuve quickly earned a promotion to AA Corpus Christi and was the Astros…Read More
Player Profile: Fernando Abad
In the upcoming weeks we here at Climbing Tal’s Hill will be featuring a series of player profiles. We will cover every member of the 40-man roster as well as key non-roster invitees. Players will…Read More
2011 Prospect Preview: 31-42
A lot of these guys are inter-changeable. For instance, when you have 6 or so guys who all project as decent-but-not-great relievers, trying to rank them quickly approaches the ‘splitting hairs’ territory.…Read More
2010 Prospect Review: 10-6
10. Ross Seaton, RHP (20); Seaton struggled mightily at High-A ball in 2010. Over 146.1 innings, the 20 year old struck out just 85 and had an ERA of 6.64. I’d like to consider it a simple matter…Read More
2010 Prospect Review: 15-11
15. Polin Trinidad, LHP (25); Trinidad struck out 93 and walked 40 in 123 innings between Double and Triple-A in 2010. That’s decent control but very weak K/9 stuff. He was used mostly as a starter…Read More
2010 Prospect Review: Fringe III
Erik Castro, 3B (22); Castro was originally a third baseman before being forced to catch while at school in San Diego State. What makes catching even harder when it’s not your natural position? Catching…Read More
2010 Prospect Review: Fringe II
The Astros Organization is extremely deep in outfield talent which is the main reason these first two prospects failed to make any high profile lists coming into 2010: Telvin Nash, OF (19); Nash has as…Read More
2010 Prospect Review: Fringe
I wasn’t writing for this site last offseason so I don’t have personal 2010 prospect rankings to look back on. I will however, use the preseason rankings from this past season offered by minorleagueball.com…Read More
Organizational Overview
Tomorrow I will release the first installment of my2010 prospects year-in-review. Tonight, I’m providing an organizational overview of the Astros system as a primer and resource for any league, team,…Read More
Delino DeShields Jr. Review
83 plate appearances isn’t a very large sample. In fact, it’s a pretty small one. But I wanted to give you all a review of how the Astros 2010 first round pick did in his inaugural professional…Read More
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