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Astros Prospect Report: April 27th

April 28, 2025 by The Crawfish Boxes

MLB: MAR 03 Spring Training Astros at Marlins
Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

See how the prospects performed yesterday!

Another day of baseball in the books! See the results below. Check out the previous day’s recap here.

AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (13-14) won 8-3 (BOX SCORE)

Sugar Land got on the board in the first inning on a Whitcomb solo HR. Brown started for the Space Cowboys and allowed 3 runs over 4 innings. In the 4th, Salazar connected on an RBI double. In the 5th, Matthews gave Sugar Land the lead with a 2 run HR. The offense added 2 more runs in the 6th on a Sacco RBI single and a run scoring on an error. They got 2 more in the 7th on a Salazar RBI single and a wild pitch. Walter was great in relief tossing 5 scoreless innings as he closed out the 8-3 win.

Note: Whitcomb has a .896 OPS this season.

  • Shay Whitcomb, 1B: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 2B, HR, RBI
  • Brice Matthews, 2B: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
  • Collin Price, C: 1-for-4, BB
  • Jesus Bastidas, SS: 0-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB
  • Cesar Salazar, DH: 4-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
  • Kenedy Corona, CF: 1-for-5, R, 2B
  • Tommy Sacco, LF: 1-for-5, RBI

  • Aaron Brown, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
  • Brandon Walter, LHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (6-15) lost 4-1 (BOX SCORE)

Nezuh started for the Hooks and was solid allowing 2 runs over 5 innings while striking out 6. The offense got on the board in the 6th inning on a Barber RBI single. The pen allowed a couple of runs as Frisco extended their lead and the offense was quiet the rest of the way as the Hooks fell 4-1.

Note: Santa has a 1.32 ERA this season.

  • Pascanel Ferreras, SS: 1-for-3, BB
  • Colin Barber, LF: 1-for-4, RBI
  • Luis Castro, 3B: 2-for-4

  • Jackson Nezuh, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
  • Tyler Guilfoil, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
  • Alejandro Torres, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
  • Michael Knorr, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
  • Alimber Santa, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

A+: Asheville Tourists (8-12) lost 8-4 (BOX SCORE)

Asheville got on the board in the first inning on a Nunez RBI single. They got another run in the 3rd on a Nunez solo HR. Santos started for Asheville and went 3 scoreless but then allowed 5 runs in the 4th inning. After Perez tossed 2.1 scoreless innings, Langford came on in relief and allowed 2 runs, 1 earned. Asheville got one back in the bottom of the inning on a Sullivan bases loaded hit by pitch. They got another run in the 8th on a wild pitch but that would be it as Asheville fell 8-4.

Note: Sullivan has a .910 OPS this season.

  • Joseph Sullivan, DH: 2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
  • Alejandro Nunez, 2B: 2-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI, SB
  • Garret Guillemette, C: 1-for-5, R, 2B
  • Drew Vogel, 3B: 2-for-3, R, BB, 3 SB
  • Cam Fisher, 1B: 0-for-1, 3 BB, 2 SB

  • Yeriel Santos, RHP: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
  • Railin Perez, RHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
  • Colby Langford, LHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
  • Amilcar Chirinos, RHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (10-11) won 10-2 (BOX SCORE)

The Woodpeckers got the scoring started early scoring 2 runs in the 2nd inning on RBI singles from Valencia and Spence. In the 3rd, the offense picked up 7 runs on a Villarroel solo HR, bases loaded hit by pitch on Spence, Powell, Villarroel, and Hernandez and bases loaded walks to Holy and Trujillo. Gonzalez got the start and went 3 innings allowing 2 runs. The pen was solid with Tredwell tossing 3.2 scoreless innings. The offense picked up another run in the 9th on a Powell RBI single. Almonte closed out the 10-2 win.

Note: Villarroel is hitting .315 this season.

  • Lucas Spence, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, SB
  • Max Holy, SS: 1-for-3, R, RBI, 3 BB, SB
  • Caden Powell, 2B: 2-for-5, R, 2 RBI, SB
  • Jancel Villarroel, DH: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
  • Cesar Hernandez, LF: 0-for-4, R, RBI, BB, 2 SB
  • Kedaur Trujillo, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
  • Justin Trimble, 3B: 2-for-5, R, 2B
  • Esmil Valencia, RF: 2-for-4, 3 R, RBI, BB

  • Rafael Gonzalez, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
  • Cam Brown, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (WIN)
  • Alonzo Tredwell, RHP: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
  • Dawil Almonte, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Today’s minor league starters:

SL: OFF

CC: OFF

AV: OFF

FV: OFF

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