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Brian Keller
I have never heard of this Ovando kid, mustve been a non draft signing.
start_wearing_purple
First paragraph, international signing.
Dave_Gershman
I think it was right before the All-Star break but maybe the reason you dont remember is becasue Cenas, Mateo, the kid on the A’s, and Cardona had signed and there were a lot of names so maybe too many to remember…
But the ‘Stros lately have been really involved in the international market. I like a guy named Angel Gonzalez among plenty of others, like Jose Perdomo who had an incredible season in the gulf and Michael Feliz and Christian Moronta.
I really like the Astros system.
Brian Keller
Well I never really follow any baseball draft stuff or signings other than FA because they essentially mean nothing for 4 years. The only sport I pay attention to the draft in is football.
The_Porcupine
The Astros used to be really strong in the early and mid 90’s with signing and drafting players out of Venezuela and the surrounding area. Produced a lot of high quality players (Bobby Abreu was one) and I think they were regarded as having the best minor league system for a few years. Unfortunately as ownership shifted to more of a win now mentality, scouting and signing in that area became neglected. As a result, their minor league system bottomed out and very few useful players were developed. The Astros have renewed their focus on scouting in the last 2-3 years and hopefully it will pay similar results as it did in the 90’s.