Minor-league cuts

It was rumored that there were some major minor-league cuts (see what I did there? Bam!) on Monday night, and Baseball America confirmed it. Players no longer with the Astros are:

Casey Hudspeth
Ben Paxton
Jordan Powell
Spencer Hylander
Antonio Noguera
Kirkland Rivers
Craig Corrado
Mike Diaz
Gabe Suarez
Sean Barksdale

This makes me sad. Spencer Hylander had a good year. The Astros signed Paxton at the end of November - what the heck could have happened? And Gabe Suarez signed in May via the Long Island Ducks.

I really need one of these "sources"

Farmstros has a few things of note from a source in Florida. First, a report from yesterday that RHPs Scott Migl and Jack Tilghman have been cut. There were also apparently numerous cuts taking place on Monday night, but the only one confirmed by Farmstros was LHP Michael Hacker.

This is in addition to a report that Casey Hudspeth and Jordan Powell were cut.

Which is building on this report that seven younguns were cut: Sean Barksdale, OF; Craig Corrado, IF; Michael Diaz, IF; Spencer Hylander, LHP; Antonio Noguera, LHP; Ben Paxton, P; Kirkland Rivers, LHP

We'll keep an eye out for who these cuts might be...

The trouble with Lancaster's pitching

I get it. The California League is very much a hitter's league. That said, other pitchers do their thing in that League. Let's look at the JetHawks' pitching and rankings...

Wins - 14 (10th, or "Last")
Losses - 33 (10th)
ERA - 6.06 (10th, by almost a run per game)
Saves - 7 (10th)
Hits - 551 (10th, by 91 hits)
Earned Runs - 280 (10th, by 45ER)
Home Runs - 51 (10th)
Walks - 142 (4th)
Strikeouts - 327 (10th)
WHIP - 1.67 (10th)

Bright Spots:
Leandro Cespedes: 17IP, 18H/3ER, 15K:7BB, 1.59 ERA / 1.47 WHIP
Bryan Hallberg: 30.1IP, 27H/10ER, 19K:14BB, 2.97 ERA / 1.35 WHIP
Jordan Powell: 30.2IP, 38H/12ER, 19K:3BB, 3.52 ERA / 1.34 WHIP