He adds this award to his season MVP award

In addition to his offensive season which has been discussed here, they give some defensive info in the press release:

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Spending most of his time in center field for the Salem (VA) Avalanche, Einertson tied for the league lead in assists by an outfielder with 14. The California native saw significant playing time in both left field and right field.

Einertson Goes Deep Twice, Barthmaier Gets Win « on: October 30, 2007, 08:43:37 AM »

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Einertson went deep to lead off the fifth, smacked a two-run shot in the eighth and ripped a two-RBI single in the ninth before scoring the winning run on Jarret Hoffpauir’s base hit as Mesa overcame a 12-6 deficit in the final frame. The 21-year-old Astros outfield prospect matched a career high with five RBIs.

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Astros farmhand Jimmy Barthmaier (1-1) struck out the only batter he faced in the ninth to pick up the win.

From BA:

Astros outfielder/first baseman Jimmy Van Ostrand, who played in the Futures Game, is also on the team. The 23-year-old hit .289/.360/.455 for Lexington in the low Class A South Atlantic League.

Texas League Co-Executive of the Year Michael Wood has been named general manager of the Corpus Christi Hooks, team President J.J. Gottsch announced Tuesday at the league meetings.

Wood, 38, who assumes day-to-day operational leadership of the club, is one of four original Hooks employees.

Mitch Einertson’s MVP season in the carolina league is highlighted by his local paper in California. Here are some quotes on & by Mitch:

Bennett:

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“Mitch is the one guy in our organization who has put his best foot forward this season,” said Ricky Bennett, Houston’s assistant general manager and director of player personnel.

“He had an unbelievable offensive year.
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I have been tracking the Astros minor league system since their rookie affiliate move to Greeneville in 2004. This year, 4 players from that team were promoted to Houston. That sounded impressive to me but I had no frame of reference so I went back and checked the promotion rates of the rookie league teams in the Astros system back to 1991.

I found that this is the first time 4 players have been promoted to Houston from the same team in their careers much less in the same year. There have been teams that have put 7 players in the majors (95, 96 & 97). The only team to put 3 players in Houston unis prior to the 2004 Greeneville team is the 1996 GCL Astros, who placed Wade Miller (99), Tony McKnight (00), & Jerome Robinson (02). That is 3 players in 3 different years. (more…)