Astros Announce Skeeters Preliminary Roster
(SUGAR LAND, TX) - The Sugar Land Skeeters’ preliminary Opening Day roster has been set by the Houston Astros ahead of their first game on May 6 at Albuquerque. The Skeeters’ Opening Day roster features seven players with Major League service time: Ronnie Dawson, Alex De Goti, Taylor Jones, Nivaldo
(SUGAR LAND, TX) - The Sugar Land Skeeters’ preliminary Opening Day roster has been set by the Houston Astros ahead of their first game on May 6 at Albuquerque.
The Skeeters’ Opening Day roster features seven players with Major League service time: Ronnie Dawson, Alex De Goti, Taylor Jones, Nivaldo Rodriguez, Garrett Stubbs, Abraham Toro and Hector Velazquez.
The Skeeters have four players ranked inside the Astros’ top-30 overall prospect lists by Baseball America and MLBPipeline: Tyler Ivey, Brett Conine, Shawn Dubin, Jojanse Torres.
The Skeeters open their season — their first as the Triple A affiliate of the Houston Astros — with a six-game road series against the Albuquerque Isotopes (Triple A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies), beginning at 7:35 p.m on May 6.
SKEETERS 2021 OPENING DAY ROSTER
Pitchers (14)
Blanco, Ronel
Conine, Brett
Dubin, Shawn
Ferrell, Riley
Garza Jr., Ralph
Hansen, Austin
Hartman, Ryan
Ivey, Tyler
Martinez, Seth
McKee, Colin
Rodriguez, Nivaldo
Scheetz, Kit
Torres, Jojanse
Velazquez, Hector
Position Players (13)
Dawson, Ronnie
De Goti, Alex
De La Cruz, Bryan
Hinojosa, C.J.
Jones, Taylor
Meyers, Jake
Papierski, Michael
Quintana, Lorenzo
Shaver, Colton
Sierra, Miguelangel
Siri, Jose
Stubbs, Garrett
Toro, Abraham
Individual tickets for 2021 Skeeters home games will begin to go on sale next week. The Skeeters open at home at 7:05 p.m. on May 20 vs. the El Paso Chihuahuas (Triple A affiliate of the San Diego Padres).