There were a lot of nuggets of information tweeted and written about over the last few days. As you wait for the Astros to play a late night game tonight, here are some good reads to help you through the day.
- Brian T. Smith, the Astros Beat Writer for the Houston Chronicle (a must follow on twitter @ChronAstros), wrote about several George Springer, Jake Buchanan/David Martinez, and Justin Maxwell:
1. George Springer article click here.
Corpus Christi hitting coach Garland on George Springer: "The guy can do some amazing things. ... The sky’s the limit with this young man."
— Chronicle Astros (@ChronAstros) June 11, 2013
2. Jake Buchanan and David Martinez article click here.
3. Justin Maxwell article click here.
- The Astros signed four of their draft picks yesterday:
Astros sign: OF James Ramsay (7th round), RHP Kyle Westwood (13th round), LHP Sebastian Kessay (22nd round) and C Brett Booth (34th round).
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) June 11, 2013
- The San Francisco Giants have checked in on Bud Norris according to Danny Knobler of cbssports.com. Click here for the article.
- Jim Bowden of ESPN thinks the Astros are building the team the right way. Click the link in the tweet for the video.
Houston Astros are building the team the right way: http://t.co/auEuEs1wPW #Astros
— Jim Bowden⚾️ (@JimBowdenGM) June 11, 2013
- Our friends at The Crawfish Boxes talked about the Astros draft strategy here.
- The Hooks will send six players to the Texas League All-Star Game:
Congrats to TL All-Stars Jake Buchanan, David Martinez, Mike Foltynewicz, George Springer, Rene Garcia & Domingo Santana! #cchooks #astros
— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) June 11, 2013
- The JetHawks will send four players to the California League All-Star Game:
Congrats to OF Preston Tucker, OF Andrew Aplin, 3B Matt Duffy and RHP Brady Rodgers on being named Cal League All-Stars! #JetHawks #Astros
— Jason Schwartz (@jasondschwartz) June 7, 2013
- The RiverBandits will send three players to the Midwest League All-Star Game:
Three @QCRiverBandits were named to the 2013 MWL All-Star Game: SS Carlos Correa, RHP Jordan Jankowski, RHP Lance McCullers - congrats!
— Quad Cities River Bandits (@QCRiverBandits) June 5, 2013
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