{"id":36540,"date":"2025-05-18T15:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T15:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/36540\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T15:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T15:12:11","slug":"astros-prospect-report-may-17th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/36540\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros Prospect Report: May 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another day of Astros minor league baseball in the books! See the results below. Check out the previous day\u2019s recap here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (26-18) won 9-3 (BOX SCORE<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Sugar Land jumped out to a huge lead early scoring 8 runs in the first inning on bases loaded walks to Price and Guillorme, a Castro grand slam and a Corona 2 run HR. Blubaugh started for Sugar Land and went 6 innings allowing 3 runs. Sugar Land picked up a 9th run in the 3rd inning on an error. Tamarez and Whitley shut it down with scoreless outings as Sugar Land won 9-3.<\/p>\n

Note: Castro is hitting .441 in Triple-A.<\/p>\n

Zack Short<\/a>, 3B: 0-for-3, 2 BB<\/p>\n

Shay Whitcomb<\/a>, RF: 0-for-4, R, BB<\/p>\n

Jacob Melton<\/a>, DH: 0-for-4, R, BB<\/p>\n

Jesus Bastidas<\/a>, SS: 0-for-3, R, BB<\/p>\n

Collin Price<\/a>, C: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB<\/p>\n

Luis Guillorme<\/a>, 2B: 2-for-2, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB<\/p>\n

Luis Castro<\/a>, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 4 RBI<\/p>\n

Tommy Sacco<\/a>, LF: 0-for-1, R, 3 BB<\/p>\n

Kenedy Corona<\/a>, CF: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI<\/p>\n

AJ Blubaugh<\/a>, RHP: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (WIN)<\/p>\n

Misael Tamarez<\/a>, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K<\/p>\n

Forrest Whitley<\/a>, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K<\/p>\n

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (12-26) won 6-4 (BOX SCORE<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The Hooks got on the board in the 2nd inning on a Deming RBI double. In the 4th they got 2 more runs on a Ferreras solo HR and Wrobleski RBI single. Dombroski got the start and went 5 innings allowing 3 runs. The RouchRiders took the lead in the 6th. The Hooks would rally though tying the game in the 7th on a Cole RBI double. In the 8th, they took the lead on a Garcia 2 run single. Sanchez closed it out tossing 2.1 scoreless innings as the Hooks won 6-4.<\/p>\n

Note: Cole has a .750 OPS this season.<\/p>\n

Colin Barber<\/a>, RF: 2-for-4, BB<\/p>\n

Zach Cole<\/a>, CF: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI, SB<\/p>\n

Pascanel Ferreras<\/a>, SS: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI<\/p>\n

Bryan Lavastida<\/a>, DH: 3-for-3, 3 R, 2 2B, BB<\/p>\n

Ryan Wrobleski<\/a>, LF: 2-for-4, R, 2 SB<\/p>\n

Austin Deming<\/a>, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI<\/p>\n

John Garcia<\/a>, C: 1-for-4, 2 RBI<\/p>\n

Trey Dombroski<\/a>, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K<\/p>\n

Alejandro Torres<\/a>, RHP: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K<\/p>\n

Wilmy Sanchez<\/a>, RHP: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (WIN)<\/p>\n

A+: Asheville Tourists (16-20)<\/p>\n

Game 1 – lost 13-0 (BOX SCORE<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Guedez got the start in game one but struggled allowing 10 runs over 3 innings of work. He was relieved by Rodriguez who allowed 3 runs over 3 innings. The offense collected 6 hits but were unable to score as they fell 13-0.<\/p>\n

Note: Sullivan has 36 walks in 34 games this season.<\/p>\n

Jose Guedez<\/a>, RHP: 3.0 IP, 9 H, 10 R, 10 ER, 3 BB, 3 K<\/p>\n

Julio Rodriguez<\/a>, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 K<\/p>\n

Game 2 – won 4-1 (BOX SCORE<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Asheville got on the board in the first inning on a Gomez 2 run single. Pena started for Asheville and went 3.1 innings allowing 1 run. The offense got a run in the 4th on a Vogel solo HR and one more in the 6th on a Bush RBI double. Gillis closed it out tossing 3 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts.<\/p>\n

Note: Gillis has a 3.22 ERA this season.<\/p>\n

Chase Jaworsky<\/a>, SS: 0-for-3, SB<\/p>\n

Garret Guillemette<\/a>, C: 2-for-4, R<\/p>\n

Cristian Gonzalez<\/a>, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B<\/p>\n

Kenni Gomez<\/a>, RF: 2-for-3, 2 RBI<\/p>\n

Drew Vogel<\/a>, DH: 2-for-3, R, HR, RBI<\/p>\n

Will Bush<\/a>, 1B: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI<\/p>\n

Alain Pena<\/a>, RHP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K<\/p>\n

Colby Langford<\/a>, LHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)<\/p>\n

Brett Gillis<\/a>, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (SAVE)<\/p>\n

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (19-19) won 18-6 (BOX SCORE<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The Woodpeckers offense got going early and often. Carrillo put them on the board in the first on an RBI double. They got 3 runs in the 2nd inning on a Schiavone RBI double, Villarroel sac fly and Carrillo sac fly. In the 3rd, they scored 4 runs on a Villarroel grand slam. The offense would add 4 more runs in the 4th on a Valencia single and Hernandez 3 run HR. Cruz got the start and went 4 innings allowing 2 runs. Hernandez added a solo HR in the 6th. In the 7th, they got 2 more runs on a Hernandez bases loaded walk and Schiavone HBP. Luciano capped off the game with a 3 run HR in the 8th inning. Mercedes closed it out tossing 3 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts.<\/p>\n

Note: Villarroel has a .819 OPS this season.<\/p>\n

Jancel Villarroel<\/a>, C: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, 5 RBI, BB<\/p>\n

Drew Brutcher<\/a>, RF: 3-for-6, 3 R, BB<\/p>\n

Caden Powell<\/a>, SS: 1-for-4, R<\/p>\n

Waner Luciano<\/a>, 2B: 1-for-1, R, HR, 3 RBI<\/p>\n

Oliver Carrillo<\/a>, DH: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB<\/p>\n

Alberto Hernandez<\/a>, 2B-SS: 1-for-4, R, 2 RBI, BB<\/p>\n

Esmil Valencia<\/a>, CF: 1-for-6, R<\/p>\n

Cesar Hernandez<\/a>, RF: 3-for-5, 4 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, BB, SB<\/p>\n

Jason Schiavone<\/a>, 1B: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB<\/p>\n

Justin Trimble<\/a>, 3B: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2 BB, SB<\/p>\n

Anthony Cruz<\/a>, RHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K<\/p>\n

Tyler Ras<\/a>, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 7 K (WIN)<\/p>\n

Abel Mercedes<\/a>, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (SAVE)<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s minor league starters:<\/p>\n

SL: Tyler Ivey<\/a> – 2:05 CT<\/p>\n

CC: Manuel Urias<\/a> – 6:05 CT<\/p>\n

AV: Anderson Brito<\/a> – 1:05 CT<\/p>\n

FV: TBD – 12:00 CT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another day of Astros minor league baseball in the books! See the results below. Check out the previous…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2389],"tags":[42,5,3232,3231,181,139,54,3211,1287,3323,4,994,3322,2586,173],"class_list":{"0":"post-36540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-astros","8":"tag-astros","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-boxes","11":"tag-crawfish","12":"tag-front-page","13":"tag-houston","14":"tag-houston-astros","15":"tag-houstonastros","16":"tag-may","17":"tag-minor-league-recaps","18":"tag-mlb","19":"tag-prospect","20":"tag-report","21":"tag-th","22":"tag-the"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114529484406352255","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}