The Houston Astros of the Dominican Summer League held their annual meeting with customers’ families. While foreign clients don’t have much time away from the facility in their normal season and now in the instructional league, this annual occasion allows some players to see their families.
And Astros pitchers Enoli Paredes, Framber Valdez, Luis Garcia, Ronel Blanco and Cristian Javier also visited. All those pitchers were once in the shoes of those prospects.
“Once a year, we have an assembly with the parents of our young aspirants. This is helping to create intelligent behavior in our players, so that their families are in tune in spaces such as nutrition, health, etc. “, director of DSL Astros Blue alias Manuel Alfonsín.
“We also invite our Latino MLB players with their parents to participate. It’s helping to get the message across. “
Alfonsin was unavailable Saturday, having booked a return flight last week. He plans to return to the academy in mid-January to meet with Astros players and clients who will be available for spring training.
Prospects Wilmy Sanchez, Anthony Cruz and Euris Vazquez, who signed in March, posted photos with major league pitchers on Instagram on Saturday. Strength and conditioning coordinator Geremias Guzmán Calderón also met with Valdez.
“It’s a great wonder to see them, to share this very nice moment with them,” Cruz said. “Their stories motivate me more to keep going. “
Hector Neris, Bryan Abreu, Javier and Valdez visited Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader on Thursday along with MLBPA Executive Director Tony Clark.
around the farm
Daniel Familia was activated from the 60-day injured list through the Dominican Summer League Astros Blue. The 20-year-old outfielder has played just seven games this season due to an undisclosed injury.
Hours before the Rule Five coverage deadline, Debbie Croy, the former host mother of Astros prospect Jayden Murray, told Inside the Astros that she attended all of their Princeton Rays games in 2019.
He collected photographs and newspaper clippings for an album Murray now owns. Murray sends autographed baseball cards to his grandchildren. But Murray is now exposed to the Rule Five draft in December. Houston acquired it from Tampa Bay on the industry deadline.
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