He adds this award to his season MVP award
Archive for October, 2007
Einertson Goes Deep Twice, Barthmaier Gets Win
On October - 30 - 2007
VanOstrand named to team Canada
On October - 23 - 2007
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.
Hooks Front Office Changes
On October - 3 - 2007
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.
Bennett – “Einertson put best foot foward this year”
On October - 3 - 2007
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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Rookie Teams History of Promoting to the Majors
On October - 3 - 2007
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. Read the rest of this entry »
