Houston Astros minor league players

This a partial list of Minor League Baseball players in the Houston Astros system and the rosters of their minor league affiliates:

Players

Brett Conine

Brett Conine
Houston Astros
Pitcher
Born: (1996-10-16) October 16, 1996 Orange, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Brett Michael Conine (born October 16, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization.

Conine attended El Modena High School in Orange, California, where he played three years of varsity baseball.[1] In 2013, his sophomore year, he pitched to a 1.94 ERA over ​43 ¹⁄₃ innings.[2] Undrafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at California State University, Fullerton where he played college baseball.

In 2016, Conine's freshman year, he made 15 appearances (three starts) in which he went 3–3 with a 5.10 ERA, striking out 24 batters over thirty innings.[3] That summer, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Wareham Gatemen.[4] As a sophomore in 2017, Conine moved into the closer role, compiling 15 saves and a 1.39 ERA over 31 relief appearances.[5][6] He returned to the Cape Cod League and the Gatemen that summer.[7] In 2018, his junior season, he appeared in 32 games in relief, going 4–2 with a 4.09 ERA. After the season, he was selected by the Houston Astros in the 11th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[4]

Conine signed with the Astros and made his professional debut that year with the Tri-City ValleyCats, going 1–1 with a 1.99 ERA over ​31 ²⁄₃ innings.[8] In 2019, he began the year with the Quad Cities River Bandits[9] before being promoted to the Fayetteville Woodpeckers in May.[10] After 15 games with Fayetteville, he was promoted to the Corpus Christi Hooks in August, with whom he finished the year.[11] Over 25 games (15 starts) between the three clubs, Conine went 8–4 with a 2.20 ERA, striking out 134 batters over ​114 ¹⁄₃ innings.[12]

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Kent Emanuel

Kent Emanuel
Houston Astros – No. 64
Pitcher
Born: (1992-06-04) June 4, 1992 Woodstock, Georgia
Bats: Left Throws: Left

Kent Jeffrey Emanuel (born June 4, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros organization.

Emanuel attended Woodstock High School in Woodstock, Georgia. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 19th round of the 2010 MLB draft, but did not sign.[13] Emanuel attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and played college baseball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. In 2011, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[14] In 2013, Emanuel was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year.[15]

The Houston Astros selected Emanuel in the third round, with the 74th overall selection, of the 2013 MLB draft.[16] He pitched 9 scoreless innings for the GCL Astros in 2013. He split the 2014 season between the Quad Cities River Bandits and the Lancaster JetHawks, going a combined 9–7 with a 4.21 ERA over 124 innings. He spent the 2015 season with the Corpus Christi Hooks, going 1–1 with a 3.68 ERA over ​14 ²⁄₃ innings. He returned to Corpus Christi in 2016, going 6–4 with a 5.23 ERA over ​82 ²⁄₃ innings. He split the 2017 season between Corpus Christi and the Fresno Grizzlies, going a combined 6–7 with a 5.72 ERA over 116 innings. He spent the 2018 season with Fresno, going 5–4 with a 5.59 ERA over ​83 ²⁄₃ innings. Emanuel spent the 2019 season with the Round Rock Express of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, going 8–2 with a 3.90 ERA over ​101 ²⁄₃ innings.[17]

Emanuel was added to the Houston 40-man roster on November 4, 2019.[18]

On August 6, 2020, Emanuel was suspended 80 games after testing positive for Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.

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• North Carolina Tar Heels bio

Drew Ferguson

Drew Ferguson
Houston Astros
Outfielder
Born: (1992-08-03) August 3, 1992 Knoxville, Tennessee
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Andrew Thomas Ferguson (born August 3, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Houston Astros organization.

Ferguson attended the Knoxville Catholic High School in Knoxville, Tennessee and played college baseball at Belmont University as a walk-on.[19] He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 19th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft.[20]

Ferguson spent his first professional season with the Tri-City ValleyCats and Quad Cities River Bandits, compiling a combined .297 batting average with four home runs and 27 RBIs in 61 games. He played for the Lancaster JetHawks and Corpus Christi Hooks in 2016, slashing .315/.408/.542 with 17 home runs and 76 RBIs in 105 games, and he played with Corpus Christi (earning Texas League All-Star honors) and the Fresno Grizzlies in 2017 where he posted a combined .275 batting average with nine home runs and 41 RBIS in 113 games,[21] He spent the 2018 season with Fresno,[22] batting .305 with four home runs and 29 RBIs in 65 games.[23]

Ferguson was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 2018 Rule 5 draft, and was returned to the Astros organization on March 22, 2019.[24] He spent 2019 with the Round Rock Express. Over 115 games, he slashed .281/.395/.440 with 11 home runs, 57 RBIs, and 27 stolen bases.

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Tyler Ivey

Tyler Ivey
Houston Astros
Pitcher
Born: (1996-05-12) May 12, 1996 Rowlett, Texas
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Tyler Cade Ivey (born May 12, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization.

Ivey attended Rockwall-Heath High School in Heath, Texas.[25] As a freshman, he was on the 2012 4-A State Champion Rockwall-Heath baseball team that also included future major league pitcher Jake Thompson.[26] Ivey was undrafted out of high school in 2015 and enrolled at Texas A&M University to play college baseball for the Aggies.[27] He posted a 2–3 record with a 3.56 ERA in 43 innings over 11 games during the 2016 season.[28] During that season, he was involved in an incident that almost caused a post-game brawl vs. the University of Texas, when he taunted the UT dugout with a horns down gesture.[29] Ivey transferred to Grayson County College in Denison, Texas for his sophomore season of 2017.[30] With Grayson, Ivey posted a 9–0 record with a 2.08 ERA in 78 innings over 12 games.[31] Ivey was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round, with the 91st overall selection, of the 2017 MLB draft and signed with them for a $450,000 signing bonus.[32][33]

Ivey split the 2017 season between the Gulf Coast League Astros and the Tri City ValleyCats of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League, posting a combined 0–3 record with a 5.63 ERA in 38 innings.[34] He split the 2018 season between the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League and the Buies Creek Astros of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, posting a combined 4–6 record with a 2.97 ERA and 135 strikeouts over 112 innings.[35] He split the 2019 season between the GCL Astros, Fayetteville Woodpeckers, and Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League, going a combined 4–0 with a 1.38 ERA and 68 strikeouts over 52 innings.[36][37]

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• Texas A&M Aggies bio

Brendan McCurry

Brendan McCurry
Houston Astros
Pitcher
Born: (1992-01-07) January 7, 1992 Stillwater, Oklahoma
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Brendan Scott McCurry (born January 7, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization.

McCurry played college baseball at Howard College and Oklahoma State University. McCurry was an infielder at Howard before transitioning into a pitcher at Oklahoma State.[38] At Oklahoma State he set a school record with 27 career saves.[39]

McCurry was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 22nd round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. During his first professional season, he spent time with the Arizona League Athletics, Beloit Snappers and Stockton Ports, posting a combined 2–0 record with a 0.31 ERA in ​28 ²⁄₃ innings between the three teams. McCurry spent 2015 with both the Stockton Ports and the Midland RockHounds where he posted a 1–3 record with a 1.86 ERA, striking out 82 batters over 63 relief innings.[40][41]

On November 25, 2015, McCurry was traded from the Athletics to the Houston Astros for Jed Lowrie. He began 2016 with the Corpus Christi Hooks before being promoted to the Fresno Grizzlies. He finished 2016 with a 3–5 record and a 3.07 ERA over 56 relief appearances.[42] On December 22, 2016, McCurry was suspended for 50 games after testing positive for methamphetamine.[43] After his suspension, he returned to Fresno, going 4–2 with a 4.43 ERA in 35 appearances in relief.[44] In 2018, McCurry once again returned to the Grizzlies, pitching to a 6–7 record with a 3.69 ERA in 46 relief appearances.[45] He spent 2019 with the Round Rock Express, pitching to a 3–5 record with a 4.23 ERA over ​55 ¹⁄₃ innings, striking out 68.

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Alex McKenna

Alex McKenna
Houston Astros
Outfielder
Born: (1997-09-06) September 6, 1997 Lancaster, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Alexander McKenna (born September 6, 1997) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Houston Astros organization.

McKenna attended Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills, California, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. In 2015, as a senior, he batted .402.[46] He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 38th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign, instead choosing to attend California Polytechnic State University where he played college baseball for the Cal Poly Mustangs.[47]

As a freshman at Cal Poly in 2016, McKenna batted .261 with six home runs in 45 games.[48] In 2017, as a sophomore, he started all 56 of Cal Poly's games and compiled a .360 batting average with five home runs, 31 RBIs, 13 steals, 45 runs scored, 11 doubles, and two triples.[49] He was named to the All-Big West First Team after the season.[50] That summer he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox where he batted .298 with nine doubles, 16 RBIs, and seven stolen bases in 124 at-bats.[51] In 2018, as a junior, McKenna batted .339[52] with five home runs, 31 RBIs, and a .930 OPS in 57 games. He was named the 2018 Big West Field Player of the Year[53] along with being named to the All-Big West First Team for the second straight year.[54]

McKenna was drafted in the fourth round by the Houston Astros in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft,[55] and he signed for $432,500.[56] He made his professional debut that year for the Tri-City ValleyCats[57] and was named a New York-Penn League All-Star.[58] He was promoted to the Quad Cities River Bandits in August. In 44 games between Tri-City and Quad Cities, McKenna hit .311/.394/.512 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs.[59] In 2019, McKenna returned to Quad Cities, but played in only 65 games due to injury; over those games, he batted .252/.327/.303 with one home run and twenty RBIs.

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Jeremy Peña

Jeremy Peña
Houston Astros
Shortstop
Born: (1997-09-22) September 22, 1997 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Jeremy Joan Peña (born September 22, 1997) is a Dominican-American professional baseball shortstop in the Houston Astros organization.

Peña was born and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, before he and his family moved to Providence, Rhode Island, when he was nine years old.[60] He attended Classical High School in Providence, playing baseball and running track and cross country. In 2014, his junior year, he batted .352.[61] As a senior in 2015, he hit .390 with two home runs.[62] Following his senior year, he was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 39th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft.[63] He did not sign and instead enrolled at the University of Maine where he played college baseball.

As a freshman at Maine in 2016, Peña started and played in 55 games, batting .283 with one home run, 15 RBIs, and 11 stolen bases,[64] earning a spot on the America East Conference All-Rookie Team.[65] That summer, he played in the New England Collegiate Baseball League with the Plymouth Pilgrims. In 2017, Peña's sophomore year, he started 54 games and hit .319 with six home runs and 32 RBIs.[66] Following the season, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Chatham Anglers, earning All-Star honors.[67] In 2018, as a junior, he once again started 54 games, slashing .308/.393/.469 with five home runs, 28 RBIs, and ten stolen bases, earning American East Second-Team honors. After the season, he was drafted by the Houston Astros in the third round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[68][69]

Peña signed with Houston and made his professional debut with the Tri-City ValleyCats, batting .250 with one home run and ten RBIs over 36 games, earning New York-Penn League All-Star honors.[70] In 2019, Peña began the year with the Quad Cities River Bandits, with whom he was named a Midwest League All-Star,[71] before being promoted to the Fayetteville Woodpeckers in June.[72][73] Over 109 games between the two teams, he slashed .303/.385/.440 with seven home runs, 54 RBIs, and twenty stolen bases. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League with the Peoria Javelinas.[74]

Peña's father, Gerónimo Peña, played in Major League Baseball.[75]

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Full Triple-A to Rookie League rosters

Triple-A

Round Rock Express roster

Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 12 Brandon Bielak 58 Ronel Blanco 38 Riley Ferrell 57 Ralph Garza 25 Ryan Hartman 61 Carson LaRue 13 Brendan McCurry 50 Colin McKee 40 Kit Scheetz 53 Gabriel Valdez 26 Forrest Whitley		Catchers 19 Lorenzo Quintana  6 Jamie Ritchie Infielders  9 Alex De Goti -- Osvaldo Duarte 14 Anibal Sierra 21 Nick Tanielu Outfielders  5 Ronnie Dawson 20 Drew Ferguson 10 Chas McCormick  2 Stephen Wrenn		Manager 17 Mickey Storey Coaches -- Ryan Engels (development) 15 Drew French (pitching) 18 Ben Rosenthal (hitting) 7-day injured list * On Houston Astros 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated February 7, 2020 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • Pacific Coast League → Houston Astros minor league players

Double-A

Corpus Christi Hooks roster

Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 28 Brett Adcock 19 Brandon Bailey 31 Willy Collado 33 Brett Conine 25 Tommy DeJuneas 44 Chad Donato 38 Justin Ferrell 24 Nick Hernandez 18 Tyler Ivey 36 Erasmo Pinales 21 Yohan Ramirez 53 Carlos Sanabria 29 Andre Scrubb		Catchers  7 Carlos Canelon 15 Chuckie Robinson Infielders  6 Jake Adams 23 J. J. Matijevic 12 Colton Shaver Outfielders -- Carmen Benedetti  9 Bryan De La Cruz  3 Corey Julks 11 Jacob Meyers		Manager -- Gregorio Petit Coaches 35 Graham Johnson (pitching)  4 Tim LaMonte (hitting) 7-day injured list * On Houston Astros 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated November 20, 2019 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • Texas League → Houston Astros minor league players

Class A-Advanced

Fayetteville Woodpeckers roster

Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 10 Jacob Billingsley 41 Riley Cabral 44 Humberto Castellanos 15 Yeremi Ceballos 22 Cody Deason 43 Shawn Dubin 14 J.P. France 31 Luis Garcia 38 Austin Hansen 27 Parker Mushinski 13 Leovanny Rodriguez 46 Cesar Rosado 23 Abdiel Saldana 22 Peter Solomon 39 Jojanse Torres		Catchers 21 Ruben Castro  9 Scott Manea 28 Michael Papierski Infielders 48 David Hensley  2 Jeremy Peña 45 Scott Schreiber  3 Miguelangel Sierra 36 Emmanuel Valdez Outfielders 30 Ross Adolph  6 Marty Costes 11 Cal Stevenson 17 Chandler Taylor		Manager 20 Nate Shaver Coaches -- Rafael Pena (hitting) 26 Thomas Whitsett (pitching) 7-day injured list * On Houston Astros 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated February 8, 2020 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • Carolina League → Houston Astros minor league players

Class A

Quad Cities River Bandits roster

Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 22 Valente Bellozo 26 Jonathan Bermudez 28 Jose Bravo -- Lupe Chavez 41 Devin Conn 19 Brett Daniels 11 Luis De Paula 36 R.J. Freure 29 Garrett Gayle 10 Joey Gonzalez 43 Layne Henderson 37 Juan Pablo Lopez -- Mark Moclair 13 Jose Alberto Rivera 27 Matt Ruppenthal -- Jairo Solis 44 Felipe Tejada		Catchers 16 Oscar Campos 14 Alex Holderbach 10 Cesar Salazar 31 C.J. Stubbs Infielders  3 Trey Dawson 35 Austin Dennis  9 Grae Kessinger 18 Freudis Nova 15 Michael Wielansky Outfielders 21 Wilyer Abreu 17 Carlos Machado  4 Alex McKenna  1 Ramiro Rodriguez		Manager 12 Ray Hernandez Coaches  6 Erick Abreu (pitching) -- Sean Godfrey (hitting) 7-day injured list * On Houston Astros 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated February 16, 2020 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • Midwest League → Houston Astros minor league players

Short A

Tri-City ValleyCats roster

Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 26 Shea Berry 43 Peyton Battenfield 45 Hunter Brown 15 Danny Cody 21 Brayan De Paula 24 Miguel Figueroa 33 Ryan Gusto  6 Blair Henley 44 Michael Horrell 32 Ernesto Jaquez 17 Jairo Lopez 14 Angel Macuare 39 Cole McDonald 11 Christian Mejias 47 Peyton Plumlee 30 Manny Ramirez 37 Edgardo Sandoval  3 Kyle Serrano 48 Derek West		Catchers 35 Korey Lee 16 Juan Paulino 25 Nathan Perry Infielders 38 Bryan Arias -- Zach Biermann 23 Deury Carrasco -- AJ Lee  2 Joe Perez  4 Yeuris Ramirez  7 Luis Santana  4 Ronaldo Urdaneta Outfielders 34 Matthew Barefoot 22 Jordan Brewer -- Kenedy Corona  8 Luis Guerrero 12 James Nix 31 Preston Pavlica  5 Juan Ramirez 36 E.P. Reese		Manager -- Wladimir Sutil Coaches -- Ernesto Irizarry (hitting) 27 John Kovalik (pitching) -- Tanner Lubbach (development) 7-day injured list * On Houston Astros 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated February 16, 2020 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • New York–Penn League → Houston Astros minor league players

Rookie

Gulf Coast League Astros roster

Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 44 Gerardo Bojorquez 46 Chandler Casey 14 Jervic Chavez 27 Franny Cobos 47 Kevin Dickey 48 Whit Drennan 52 Kevin Holcomb 37 Alfredi Jimenez 36 Fredy Medina 38 Alex Palmer 29 Jherson Pereira 41 Julio Robaina 55 Elian Rodriguez -- Jayson Schroeder 35 Misael Tamarez 37 Diosmerky Taveras 70 Heitor Tokar		Catchers  6 Jose Alvarez  8 Gerry Castillo 56 Tyler Krabbe 58 Nerio Rodriguez Infielders 22 Yorbin Ceuta 10 Rolando Espinosa 12 Dexter Jordan 20 Victor Mascai 13 Jose Mendoza  3 Sean Mendoza Outfielders 15 Colin Barber 23 Yefri Carrillo 16 Abraham Castillo 17 Yimmi Cortabarria 18 Adonis Giron 21 Franklin Pinto 53 Rainier Rivas		Manager 11 Wladimir Sutil Coaches 43 Jose Rada (pitching)  4 Rene Rojas (hitting) 7-day injured list * On Houston Astros 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated November 6, 2019 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • Gulf Coast League → Houston Astros minor league players

Foreign Rookie

Dominican Summer League Astros roster

Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 38 Edinson Batista 19 Daniel Bello 54 Reimy Beltre 66 Jose Betances 66 Carlos Calderon 44 Juan De Los Santos 27 Marcos Eusebio 30 Ronny Garcia 47 Ricardo Leon 64 Bryan Martinez -- Jaime Melendez 18 Cristofer Mezquita 56 Jeremy Molero 36 Jose Nodal 73 Daniel Pacheco 59 Miguel Padilla 78 Johangel Ramirez 29 Fabricio Reina 82 Danny Subero -- Luis Vega		Catchers  4 Freddy Guilamo 41 Carlos Hurtado 43 Miguel Palma 58 Ricardo Toro Infielders 16 Ricardo Balogh 13 Cristian Gonzalez 45 Sebastian Grullon  2 Sebastian Gruillon  9 Junior Marte 15 Yohander Martinez 48 Ayendy Ortiz Outfielders 31 Omar Diaz -- Jairo Jose 28 Jesus Liranzo 21 Roilan Machandy 20 Andres Monzon 26 Frank Perez 35 Tomas Ramirez		Manager 56 Carlos Lugo Coaches -- Erik Acevedo (coach) -- Rick Aponte (pitching) -- Sean Aquino (coach) -- Ernesto Irizarry (hitting) -- Alejandro Martinez (coach) -- Gerardo Olivares (pitching) -- Luis Reynoso (coach) -- Starlyng Sanchez (coach) 7-day injured list * On Houston Astros 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated November 6, 2019 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • Dominican Summer League → Houston Astros minor league players

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