baseballamerica.com - 1/29/2009
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Kary Booher January 16, 2009 Baseball America's Top 10 Prospects lists are based on projections of a player's long-term worth after discussions with scouting and player-development personnel. All players who haven't exceeded the major league rookie standards of 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched ...
bizofbaseball.com - 1/23/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
The Houston Astros announced today that the club
has come to a four-year agreement, including a two-year...
mutual option, with Clear Channel Radio Houston that will keep Astros games on KTRH (740 AM) through at least the 2012 season. Financial terms were not released. “The Astros are extremely ...
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Astros Reach Broadcast Deal with Clear Channel Through 2012
sports.espn.go.com - 1/22/2009
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sports.espn.go.com —
Here's a set of rankings showing the top
10 prospects at each position, including separate lists for...
right- and left-handed pitchers. I've combined second basemen and shortstops due to the intrinsic lack of second-base prospects in the minors; second ...
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Keith Law: Top 10 prospects by position
bizofbaseball.com - 1/28/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
The Houston Astros announced today that the club
has signed right-handed pitcher Geoff Geary and left-handed pitcher...
Wandy Rodriguez to one-year contracts. Geary will earn $1.7 million plus incentives, while Rodriguez will make $2.6 million, plus ...
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Astros Reach 1-Year Deals with Geary and Rodriguez, ...
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Parker is Top Diamondback’s Prospect
Baseball in Fort Wayne —
... be a bit pessimistic:
It wouldn’t be shocking to see 2007 first-rounder Jarrod Parker . . . in the big leagues at some point this year.
And while we are on the topic of Baseball America prospect rankings, a couple former Wizards have shown up in with their current organizations:
Luis Cruz (Pirates) - Best Defensive Infielder
Jon Link (White Sox) - Best Slider
Yordany Ramirez (Astros) - Best Outfield Arm ...
Baseball America's Projected 2012 lineup for the Astros
The Crawfish Boxes —
... The article is a couple weeks old, and the content is pretty standard:
our farm system is terrible
maybe Ed Wade/Bobby Heck are turning it around
Drayton McLane is cheap in a lot of ways
What I found to be interesting, is that they project each team's lineup in 2012, based on current contract commitments and minor league players advancement to the big league club. I included each player's age during the 2012 season, and for the current Astros I included their PECOTA projection for that year.
Catcher: Jason Castro, ...
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