Winter Weekly: Singleton, Springer Sharp in AZ
Top Astros prospects Jon Singleton and George Springer are off to strong starts in the Arizona Fall League.
Singleton is batting .350 (7-for-20) with one triple, one double, two home runs and five RBIs in five games for the Mesa Solar Sox. Springer, who was hitless in his first four at-bats, went 4-for-5 with a double, triple, home run and six RBIs over the weekend.
Lefty reliever Alex Sogard has picked up one of Mesa’s three victories, tossing 2.1 scoreless innings over two appearances.
Jarred Cosart was Mesa’s opening day starter last Tuesday at Salt River. The League City native was touched for a pair of runs on three hits thru 3.1 frames. Cosart fanned two and did not walk a batter, throwing 31 of 50 pitches for strikes.
Former Hook Chia-Jen Lo followed up a rough one-inning outing on Wednesday, in which he yielded a solo home run, with a shutout frame Friday at Mesa.
Lo, signed by the Astros as a non-drafted free agent in 2008 out of Pingtung County, Taiwan, posted a 0.90 ERA in 19 appearances and five starts between the Gulf Coast League and Lancaster this season. The 26-year old right-hander struck out 31 and walked six in 30.0 innings.
Lo had appeared in nine games since 2009, recovering from Tommy John surgery. He was considered among the organization’s best relief prospects following a stellar 2009 campaign at Corpus Christi. He averaged one strikeout per inning with the Hooks, holding the Texas League to a .213 batting average while notching a 2.31 ERA in 30 appearances.
Astros Winter Batting Stats
| PLAYER | CLUB | LEAGUE | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes, Brandon | Leones del Caracas | VWL | .286 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .412 | .500 | .912 | |||||||||
| Borchering, Bobby | Mesa Solar Sox | AFL | .100 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .650 | |||||||||
| Martinez, Jose | Tigres de Aragua | VWL | .188 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .250 | .438 | |||||||||
| Mier, Jiovanni | Mesa Solar Sox | AFL | .143 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .143 | .365 | |||||||||
| Singleton, Jonathan | Mesa Solar Sox | AFL | .350 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .435 | .800 | 1.235 | |||||||||
| Springer, George | Mesa Solar Sox | AFL | .444 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .643 | 1.111 | 1.754 | |||||||||
| Villar, Jonathan | Aguilas Cibaenas | DWL | .333 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
Astros Winter Pitching Stats
| PLAYER | CLUB | LEAGUE | W-L | ERA | G | GS | IP | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WP | GO/AO | WHIP | AVG | HLD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abreu, Erick | Gigantes del Cibao | DWL | 0-0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | .250 | 0 |
| Cosart, Jarred | Mesa Solar Sox | AFL | 0-0 | 5.40 | 1 | 1 | 3.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.50 | 0.90 | .214 | 0 |
| Garcia, Gabriel | Navegantes del Magallanes | VWL | 0-0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 0.60 | .200 | 1 |
| Leon, Arcenio | Aguilas del Zulia | VWL | 0-0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 2.00 | .250 | 0 |
| Lo, Chia-Jen | Mesa Solar Sox | AFL | 0-0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.50 | 1.50 | .143 | 0 |
| Mock, Garrett | Naranjeros de Hermosillo | LMP | 0-0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 3.00 | .000 | 1 |
| Perez, Sergio | Navegantes del Magallanes | VWL | 1-0 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.50 | 1.00 | .235 | 0 |
| Rodriguez, Aneury | Toros del Este | DWL | 0-0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.00 | 1.00 | .250 | 0 |
| Sogard, Alex | Mesa Solar Sox | AFL | 1-0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 | 2.57 | .364 | 0 |
| Tropeano, Nick | Mesa Solar Sox | AFL | 0-0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | 0.00 | .000 | 0 |