Posts Tagged ‘Jonathan Meyer’

Let’s Look at Draft Picks Instead of the Cubs’ Game

The Cubs have scored 35 runs against the Astros in 4 days. That’s enough talk about that. Let’s look at something more encouraging.
Since my July 7 post, there have been 3 promotions (Wikoff, Martinez and Migl) and statistics have changed quite a bit. Brandon Wikoff has really [...]

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Astros See No Mercy at Home

The astros return home from a 9-game road trip today having gone 5-and-4 against some quality teams.  While it wasn’t a huge success, Houston appears to be performing better this year in inter league play than they have in the past few years.
I was especially happy going 2-and-1 against the Twins who I feel are [...]

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Astros Take High School Shortstop at No. 21

For their first pick in the 2009 Draft, the Astros have selected Jiovanni Mier, a shortstop from Bonita High School in La Verne, CA.  The MLB scouting report on Mier is:
“Mier looks like a young Nomar Garciaparra on the field. He’s a free swinger that should generate a little pop as he matures. Defensively, he’s [...]

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