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Astros, Round Rock Express Announce Triple-A Affiliate Agreement

By Jeff Todd | September 20, 2018 at 7:23pm CDT

THURSDAY: The organizations have announced a four-year player development contract.

TUESDAY: The Triple-A Round Rock franchise has scheduled a press conference on Thursday night. While there’s still no official word, every indication has been that the Astros will be moving their top affiliate to Round Rock. MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart was among those to tweet that the Houston organization will indeed be formalizing an arrangement to bring its highest-level minor-leaguers into the state of Texas.

Previously, of course, both of these outfits had alternative affiliations. The Rangers had utilized Round Rock for eight seasons, but now find themselves among three MLB teams and three Triple-A sites still engaged in match-up negotiations. And the ’Stros had spent four seasons with the Fresno Grizzlies, who are now looking for a new mate.

Though the Astros-Round Rock connection wasn’t inevitable, it certainly long stood out as a strong possibility. The Triple-A outfit is, after all, owned by the Ryan family. Legendary hurler Nolan Ryan, whose nickname on the mound inspired the club’s “Express” moniker, is presently an executive advisor to the Astros. His son, Astros president of business operations Reid Ryan, is another fellow owner of the minor-league club. Both rank high atop the Houston org chart.

Thus, Round Rock CEO Reese Ryan (son of Nolan and brother of Reid) was acknowledging the obvious yesterday when he said an agreement between these organizations was an “absolute no-brainer.” (Via Mark Berman of FOX 26, on Twitter.) Details of the new pact remain to be announced.

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  1. Pablo

    3 years ago

    Can’t wait for some of that Express action. Barely went at all this year because Texas was so bad.

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    • madmanTX

      3 years ago

      But you were right there a few years back when Texas had a better farm system than the Astros. Fair weather fan.

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      • Ironman_4life

        3 years ago

        Thats funny , my sister does the same thing. Giants A’s fan. Back n forth. Whoevers winning is what is “her” team.

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      • Pablo

        3 years ago

        I’m actually a twins fan who lives in Round Rock, but I like to watch my area team win. Especially because it’s hard to cheer for the Texas Stars when the stars were stolen from Minnesota when I was a kid.

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        • the sterling don

          3 years ago

          This is why I rarely post on here. Can’t even make a simple comment without someone calling you a name.

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  2. bucketbrew35

    3 years ago

    Keep it in the family. Nepotism at it’s finest.

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  3. njbirdsfan

    3 years ago

    an agreement between these organizations was an “absolute no-brainer.” Sounds about right for the Ryan family and people from Texas in general. Brains are in short supply down there. Maybe they can applaud Gurriel a little harder next time.

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    • BuxBombers

      3 years ago

      Really?!? Stay classy, New Jersey. Oh, wait….. my bad

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    • kennonr

      3 years ago

      lol. nice sweeping generalization

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    • Steven St Croix

      3 years ago

      The Champs!

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    • JDGoat

      3 years ago

      The fact is that every fan base would’ve applauded Gurriel. Or Chapman. Or Osuna. No matter what the player did, fans would applaud if he helped them win. No fan base is immune from it.

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    • madmanTX

      3 years ago

      Jersey. The people who gave us pollution and Jersey Shore.

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    • Astros_fan_84

      3 years ago

      Austin is more of an Astros city. Also, it’s location is good for the team.

      Financially, it’s good for the Ryans, which makes sense for them.

      Fans win bc they get to see all the upcoming prospects and rehabbing stars.

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  4. madmanTX

    3 years ago

    Don’t forget to mention that Round Rock was the Astros AAA affiliate years ago when guys like Hunter Pence were playing there.

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  5. Kingmojo101

    3 years ago

    So how do these agreements work? Do the Astros just basically rent the triple A affiliates name and stadium for the amount of years, and place there triple A roster there?. I’m not to keen about these affiliate agreements.

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    • Cat Mando

      3 years ago

      Hat tip to fjnovak1 for this explanation in comments on this MLBTR article mlbtraderumors.com/2018/09/athletics-move-triple-a…

      “The MLB club provides (and pays) the entire 25-man roster along with coaching staff (at min a Manager, pitching coach, hitting coach, trainer and strength coach). Many also provide an additional coach (bench coach, base coach) and a video guy who sometimes is a seasonal employee or intern. The local minor league team provides the front office staff who sells seats, operates the ballpark, team store, as well as the clubhouse ops staff. MLB and the minor league clubs split costs of team travel, hotels, and equipment.”

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