{"id":597858,"date":"2026-02-28T09:54:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/597858\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T09:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:54:59","slug":"astros-spring-prospect-profiles-miguel-ullola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/597858\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros Spring Prospect Profiles: Miguel Ullola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Over the next couple of weeks, I\u2019ll be rolling out a series of prospect previews for Spring Training. This week we looking at an arm that could help in 2026: Miguel Ullola<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ullola is the latest in a long line of international arms developed by the Astros that also signed for a pretty small bonus. The 23-year-old features a strong fastball that sits in the mid-90s and generates plenty of swings and misses. The command has long been an issue for him and something he has to get figured out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ullola has posted ridiculous strikeout rates in the minors striking out 120 in 72 innings in 2022, 116 in 90.2 innings in 2023, 171 in 130.1 innings in 2024 and 131 in 113.2 innings last season. Despite the strong strikeout numbers for his minor league career he has a 6.1 BB\/9 and it was 6.2 BB\/9 last year in Triple-A.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ullola appears to have the raw stuff to profile as an very good bullpen arm, though the Astros remain committed to developing him as a starter for now. The fastball and slider are his two best offerings, but he also mixes in a curveball. Overall, Ullola is in a position to help the Astros in 2026, but he will have to get better command of his pitches and throw more strikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the next couple of weeks, I\u2019ll be rolling out a series of prospect previews for Spring Training.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2389],"tags":[42,5,139,54,41663,31511,3211,4],"class_list":["post-597858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston-astros","tag-astros","tag-baseball","tag-houston","tag-houston-astros","tag-houston-astros-minor-league-news","tag-houston-astros-prospects-minor-leagues","tag-houstonastros","tag-mlb"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116147658677063758","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597858","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=597858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}