HOUSTON ASTROS 2013
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•2012-13 OFFSEASON PREVIEW •2012-13 OFFSEASON TRANSACTIONS
•Players on the 40-man roster: BOLD.
•Players who are injured: +
•2012 Draftees: (round-pick)
•Assigned to 2012 Arizona Fall League: AFL
•Baseball America '13 pre-season prospect rankings: BLUE#
•Baseball Prospectus '13 pre-season prospect rankings: GREEN#
•FREE AGENT/ARBITRATION LIST at bottom of page
'MLBDepthCharts (offseason) Magazine' includes this roster projection feature but also includes additional info, such as player age, 2012 stats, 2013 salary and contract info, and more in an easy-to-read, printer-friendly pdf file and excel spreadsheet.
*40-man roster total (39)
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PROJECTED 25-MAN ROSTER
(*indicates left-handed batter **indicates switch-hitter)
Projected 'Go-To' Starting Lineup (Click HERE to see last 7 lineups)
1 2B Jose Altuve
2 1B Brett Wallace*
3 DH Carlos Peña*
4 LF Chris Carter
5 RF Fernando Martinez* vs RHP
6 CF Justin Maxwell
7 C Jason Castro*
8 SS Ronny Cedeño
9 3B Matt Dominguez
Projected Bench
IF Marwin Gonzalez**
OF Rick Ankiel*
OF Brandon Barnes vs LHP
Projected Starting Rotation
1 RHP Bud Norris
2 RHP Lucas Harrell
3 RHP Phil Humber
4 RHP Brad Peacock BA#4-OAK
5 LHP Erik Bedard
Projected Bullpen
CL RHP Jose Veras
SU LHP Wesley Wright
SU RHP Hector Ambriz
MID LHP Xavier Cedeño
MID RHP Alex White
MID RHP Josh Fields RULE 5
LR RHP Rhiner Cruz
On the Outside Looking In
(Players invited to big league camp)
Position Players (Highest level played in 2012)
2B/OF Jimmy Paredes** MLB optioned
SS Jonathan Villar** BP#6 AA optioned
IF Jake Elmore MLB optioned
OF Robbie Grossman** AA optioned
OF J.D. Martinez MLB optioned
C Rene Garcia AA
IF Jose Martinez AAA
IF/OF Brandon Laird MLB
OF Trevor Crowe** AAA
Starting Pitchers (Highest level played in 2012)
RHP Jose Cisnero AAA optioned
RHP Paul Clemens AAA optioned
RHP Jarred Cosart BA#7 BP#5 AAA optioned AFL
RHP John Ely optioned
RHP Jordan Lyles MLB optioned
RHP Ross Seaton AAA optioned
LHP Dallas Keuchel MLB optioned
LHP Brett Oberholtzer AAA optioned
LHP Rudy Owens AAA optioned
RHP Edgar Gonzalez MLB
Relief Pitchers (Highest level played in 2012)
RHP Sam Demel optioned
RHP Chia-Jen Lo A+ optioned
RHP Jose Valdez MLB
LHP Kevin Chapman AA
Notable Minor Leaguers
Catchers (Highest level played in 2012)
C Tyler Heineman** (8-249) A-
C Jason Jaramillo** AAA
C Jobduan Morales** A
C Carlos Perez A+
C Max Stassi A+
C Chris Wallace AAA
Infielders (Highest level played in 2012)
1B Erik Castro* A+
1B/OF Marc Krauss* AAA
1B Jonathan Singleton BA#2 BP#1 AA AFL SUSPENDED 50 GAMES
1B/3B Jesse Wierzbicki A
2B Delino Deshields, Jr. BA#6 BP#4 A+
2B Austin Elkins** (19-579) A-
3B Matt Duffy A
3B Rio Ruiz* BA#8 BP#8 (4-129) APPY
SS Carlos Correa BA#1 BP#2 (1-1) APPY
SS Nolan Fontana* BA#10 (2-61) A
SS Jiovanni Mier A+ AFL
IF Jean Batista** A-
Outfielders (Highest level played in 2012)
OF Andrew Aplin* (5-159) A+
OF Bobby Borchering** AA AFL
OF Chris Epps* A+
OF Jake Goebbert* AAA
OF Teoscar Hernandez A
OF/C Mike Kvasnicka A
OF Che-Hsuan Lin MLB
OF Brandon Meredith A
OF/1B Telvin Nash A+
OF Ariel Ovando* APPY
OF Brett Phillips* (6-189) GCL
OF Domingo Santana BP#7 A+
OF George Springer BA#3 BP#3 AA AFL
OF Preston Tucker* (7-219) A-
Starting Pitchers (Highest level played in 2012)
RHP Ruben Alaniz A+
RHP Jack Armstrong, Jr. DNP + TOMMY JOHN SURGERY ON 5/7/12
RHP Jake Buchanan AA
RHP Kevin Comer A-
RHP Chris Devenski A
RHP Bobby Doran AA
RHP Michael Foltynewicz BA#5 BP#10 A
RHP Alex Gillingham A
RHP Matthew Heidenreich AA
RHP Adrian Houser APPYRHP Lance McCullers, Jr. BA#4 BP#9 (1-41) APPY
RHP Daniel Minor (9-279) APPY
RHP Joseph Musgrove APPY
RHP David Rollins A
RHP Nick Tropeano BA#9 A+ AFL
RHP Vincent Velasquez A-
RHP Asher Wojciechowski AA
LHP Colton Cain A+
LHP Luis Cruz A
LHP Blair Walters A+
Relief Pitchers (Highest level played in 2012)
RHP Travis Ballew (23-699) A-
RHP Jason Chowning A+
RHP C.J. Fick MLB
RHP Murilo Gouvea A
RHP Jordan Jankowski (34-1029) APPY
RHP Cameron Lamb A-
RHP Carlos Quevedo A+
RHP Andrew Robinson A+
RHP Brady Rogers (3-96) A-
RHP Jason Stoffel AA
RHP Josh Zeid AA
LHP Sergio Escalona + TOMMY JOHN SURGERY ON 3/27/12
LHP Theron Geith A+
LHP Mitchell Lambson A
LHP Kenny Long (22-669) A+
LHP Thomas Shirley A
LHP Alex Sogard AA AFL
LHP Pat Urckfitz A+Free Agents
Position Players
C Chris Snyder $4M mutual option DECLINED signed w/WAS
Pitchers
None
Arbitration Eligible
Position Players
None
Pitchers
P. Humber ARB 1 2012 Salary: $530K 2013 Salary: $800K
P. Humber ARB 1 2012 Salary: $530K 2013 Salary: $800K
B. Norris ARB 1 2012 Salary: $511K 2013 Salary: $3M
W. Wright ARB 1 2012 Salary: $512K 2013 Salary: $1.025M
2012 HITTING STATS
2012 PITCHING STATS
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31 comments:
The Astros will have to nontender, DFA, or outright release between a 1/2 dozen and a dozen players to make room for a slew of players they will have to protect from the Rule V Draft.
Yep. I haven't researched to get an estimate on how many they'd likely want to protect but I imagine they have more than most. Some players removed will be no-brainers but they'll also have a few tough decisions to make, as will many teams.
I saw a rough list the other day that had 12 on it, though I don't think they'll have the ability to protect that many...which will make some tough decisions.
Seaton, Oberholtzer, Cosart, Cisnero, Stoffel, Villar, Perez, Grossman, Krauss off the top of my head are all eligible to be drafted in the Rule V.
Next offseason they'll probably have 12 more. All of these fringe esque players on the current roster had better prove themselves quickly.
Sounds about right. All the guys they've acquired who played in AA in 2012 were the guys I had in mind since they've been around for more than a few years and most are worth protecting. It will be fun tracking and projecting this roster over the next few months.
I think Che-Hsuan Lin will be on the big leauge roster opening day as a backup outfielder.
Definitely in the mix but I don't see any reason to have him on the projected roster just yet. Barnes is also good defensively. Neither can hit.
Didn't Scott Moore automatically become a six year minor league free agent when outrighted?
I think he has a few days to decide so I figured I'll wait before making a projection change. A bit of a surprise. He was one of their more productive hitters once he got the call. I thought his versatility would at least earn him a bench job. It's not like they needed the roster spot. Maybe he decides to stay once he looks around the league and realizes that the Astros might be his best chance to win a job.
Wilton Lopez was traded
The trade fell through. Might've been concern over Lopez's elbow.
Jason,
Assuming they don't make another DH acquisition (possible) I have to assume Brett Wallace takes over the DH role, Freiman starts at 1B, FMart is in RF, and Paredas on the bench. Though, I'm sure all will see starting time.
Ideally you wouldn't project a rule V pick to be a starter but the Astros have no intentions of competing next year and Nate will be 26 years old with 4 years of college and 3 years of pro ball under his belt. Wallace (and his 270 lbs) is the ideal DH on the roster at this point. They didn't take Freiman to be a bench player.
Not that it won't happen -- this lineup has more question marks than any team in the majors so I wouldn't rule anything out -- but teams actually don't draft Rule 5 picks to be regulars in the lineup. If they were good enough to be a big league regular, they wouldn't be left unprotected.
Generally, they have holes in their game and have potential to be starters down the road. In this case, the team tries to hide them on the bench and only utilize their strengths (i.e. pinch-running, defense, vs LHP, etc). In other cases, the players is already close to their ceiling, which could be as a decent bench player or middle reliever. In Freiman's case, his ceiling is limited but he's not the prototypical power hitting 1B prospect with a long swing that would totally get worked over in the majors. I think he has the kind of compact swing where he has a chance to be a decent bench player who pinch hits and starts 1-2 times per week. Don't think he'd be able to handle really good right-handed pitching.
Wallace probably fits best at DH, but it sounds like they're trying to find a DH in free agency and Lance Berkman is one of their targets.
I think you completely missed my point, most of the time you'd be right about what teams do with their rule V selections, but in this case if it's between putting Nate into an everyday lineup by replacing Paredas' and getting the better defender on 1st I think that's what HOU will do...barring no signing of another DH.
I hear you. This is a very tough team to project as currently constructed so anything can happen. I'm pretty sure Paredes doesn't end up in the lineup, but I'm also pretty confident Freiman ends up on the bench, if he makes the team, with Wallace at 1B and TBD as the DH. There are too many veteran options out there that will still be available at a cheap price later this winter. Makes more sense to project it this way for now.
Let me put my 2 cents into your comversation guys, I think what you'll see is Freiman at least platoon with Wallace at 1B the first half (Freiman vs. lefties and Wallace vs. Righties). If Freiman is doing well I could see him take over 1B regularly about midseason - his defense greatly improved last season but he has to show that he can hit righties at the big league level consistently before winning a starting job.
please project freiman in the starting lineup
Ankiel makes the squad over barnes and adds the lefty power presence in a platoon role
Way ahead of you! Just kidding, I changed it two minutes ago so not really WAY ahead of you.
Still thinking about how those platoons would work on this particular projection, though. Not sure if there are any straight platoons unless Ankiel wins a starting job and JD Martinez or Justin Maxwell play only vs LHP.
Jason, you need to start putting some polls up to drive some extra daily traffic.
Poll #1 - Do the Stros win at least 49 games this year?
They went 23-58 over the 2nd half of last year, and managed to win just 38 of their last 117 games in 2012.
And that was with 2 division members sucking it up as well; PIT went 34-47 over the 2nd half and CHI went 30-51 over the 2nd half.
In 1961, major league baseball expanded the regular season to 162 games. Since that time only two major league teams have managed to finish a full season with a sub .300 W%. The 1962 New York Mets (.250 W%) and the 2003 Detroit Tigers (.265 W%).
I'm waiting to move everything over to Baseball Prospectus so I'm holding off on new features for now. Remind me if I forget once I get over there. It's a great idea. Thanks!
The Las Vegas O/U on Astros wins in 2013 is now 50.
could freiman be looked at at other positions in addition to 1B snd DH in the Spring?
I've seen Freiman play in person. The dude is almost 7 feet tall (Ok he's only 6-foot-8). Don't think he could play anywhere else.
im pretty much shocked u think bedard will beat out white for that 5th spot. bedard is A serious bum. they r going to let white get the ball in my opinion. why would they waste time on bedard when the could start putting time into whites development?
Luhnow already said he expects Bedard to be in the rotation. They probably don't have an issue letting White develop in Triple-A. With that said, I'm sure there will be some competition for that spot between a few guys.
Looks like Carter is still spending most of his ST time at 1B... and Wallace is getting a lot of time at 3B... are you still not buying into that??
Manager Bo Porter confirmed recently that Carter would likely start in LF. But it makes sense to take a lot at all options right now. Wallace at 3B and Carter at 1B would be a possibility.
Looks like Altuve will be leadoff hitter according to manager
Not surprising he changed his mind on Greene/Gonzalez hitting leadoff.
Read Ankiel is starting. But since this team is so bad, they might have meant rhe rotation.
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