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I think it should be similar to what Wade got for Pence. Both players had 2 more years of team control and I actually think they have similar value, as both came with manageable salaries, question...

Rule 5 Implications The Rule 5 Draft is more important to Houston than it is to other franchises, given the degree of their rebuilding effort and the depth of their minor league system. They...

Now that the minor league rosters have been announced, I figured it might be a good time to review the drafts to see how the FO's have done. All players not listed have been released or traded.

Fighting some boredom, MiLB rosters will be set in 43 days. Where do you think everyone ends up? Here's my guess: Houston: SS Greene 2B Altuve DH Pena LF Carter RF F Martinez 1B Wallace C...

Now that Houston has a Top 5 farm system, it would reason that the extraordinary depth lends itself to some prospects not being talked about enough and being vastly underrated. Here's my list to...

Been interested in y'all's thoughts on Luhnows comments about having 8 starters in each minor league rotations. I understand the concept of having too many starters and wanting to develop as many...

Houston has compiled a nice list of elite or near-elite prospects at virtually every position, but many won't be ready for a few years, so where does Houston need veterans in the mean time?

Read a recent series of articles from Minor League Ball reviewing Sickels' grades for prospects that ended up being among the top 30 players and pitchers in WAR, and was surprised by how accurate...

Per Ken Rosenthal.

What do you guys think the odds are of each player on the 40 man getting traded, and what are they worth? My thoughts after the jump.

We're a month into the season, so I thought I'd start some discussion about which players have been the most pleasant surprises and which players have been the biggest disappointments.

Generally I've been extremely pleased with the moves Jeff Luhnow and the Astros have made this offseason. They filled a gaping hole at shortstop in the Melancon trade. They got 2 decent prospects...

I was in Kissimmee on Thursday, so I thought I'd share some observations.

So the final tally: C- 26th – I think we’ll be higher; Snyder will get more than 250ABs and Castro will outperform projections1B- 26th – I think we’ll be higher;Lee will be a better fielder...

Wanted to toss around who you all thought would make the opening day roster.Guaranteed: Due to their guaranteed salaries, these players, if healthy, are virtually guaranteed to be on the 25 man...

Warning: this post is 4300 words long, so it's probably more for newbies than TCB regulars. I remember when I first started following the astros, I wasn't able to find a good in depth resource...

This is a fun game...

While trying to make myself feel better about our 100 loss, tradition-abandoning, low-payroll, middling-farm-system team, I realized that between finishing with the league-worst record and having C...

MLB - Age - Profile (Assuming no injuries)Brett Myers - 31 - Wandy more likely to be moved, and I doubt they move both. He's an innings eater who can be a good #4 on a playoff team and will make...

2012 will mark the 4th full year for the 2008 draft class, which is the current front office's first and for many fans marked the point at which the farm system began to improve. Of the 52 players...

I did a quick look at the rosters for the playoff bound teams (focusing on OPS and ERA...I know, I know) trying to narrow down exactly why Houston was so terrible. Really, what's the difference...

The final review of the Houston farm teams...

Reviews keep on going...

Here's a review of how the boys in hitter-friendly High A Lancaster performed in 2011:

Let's look at how the Houston farmhands at class A Lexington did this season:

The minor leagues wrapped up, so I'm gonna keep posting my thoughts on each farm team to have a place to discuss.

As I did for the GCL and DSL teams, here's a post to discuss the Rookie Level Greeneville Astros farm team.

The GCL wrapped up its season today, so I thought I'd write a review like I did for the DSL team.