Houston Astros minor league players
This a partial list of Minor League Baseball players in the Houston Astros system and the rosters of their minor league affiliates: Players. Colin Barber. Colin Arthur Barber (born December 4, 2000) is an American baseball outfielder in the Houston Astros organization. Barber grew up in Chico, California and attended Pleasant Valley High School. After breaking his leg early in his sophomore season, he batted .449 with 29 RBIs as a junior. As a senior, Barber batted .493 with 10 home runs and 42 RBIs. Barber committed to play college baseball at the University of  Oregon. Barber was selected in the fourth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft by the Houston Astros. He signed with the team and received a $1 million bonus. Barber was assigned to the Rookie League Gulf Coast League Astros and batted .263 with two home runs and 19 runs scored in 28 games played. After the 2020 minor league season was cancelled, he played in the temporary independent City of Champions Cup for the Chicago Deep Dish. In 2021, he appeared in 16 games for the Asheville Tourists of the High-A East before undergoing season-ending  shoulder surgery. Matthew Barefoot. Matthew Scott Barefoot (born September 20, 1997) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Houston Astros organization. Barefoot attended Midway High School in Newton Grove, North Carolina and played college baseball at Campbell University. In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was named a league all-star and led the league in batting average with a .379 mark. Barefoot was drafted by the Houston Astros in the sixth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. Barefoot made his professional debut with  the Tri-City ValleyCats, batting .155 over 23 games. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the season being cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He started 2021 with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers before being promoted to the Asheville Tourists and Corpus Christi Hooks. Over 101 games between the two teams, he slashed .258/.311/.477 with twenty home runs, 68 RBIs, and 21 stolen bases. Jonathan Bermúdez. Jonathan Alberto Bermúdez (born October 16, 1995) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization. Bermúdez played college baseball at Saint Leo University and Southeastern University . He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 23rd round of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft. The Astros added him to their 40-man roster after the 2021 season. Jordan Brewer. Jordan Austin Brewer (born August 1, 1997) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Houston Astros organization. Brewer was born and grew up in St. Joseph, Michigan and attended St. Joseph High School, where he played baseball, basketball and football. In football, Brewer was named All-State as a wide receiver and committed to join the Michigan Wolverines football team as a preferred walk-on before  he was forced to end his football career after dislocating his shoulder for a second time. Brewer began his collegiate baseball career at Lincoln Trail College after receiving a scholarship to play at the school. He was named first team All-Great Rivers Athletic Conference after batting .368 with nine home runs, 42 RBIs, and 45 runs scored as a freshman and repeated as a first team selection as a sophomore after hitting .367 with three home runs, 31 RBIs, and 38 runs scored. Brewer committed to continue his collegiate career at Michigan. He batted .329 with 12 home runs  and 59 RBIs with 25 stolen bases and was named the Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year as the Wolverines went to the 2019 College World Series final. Brewer was drafted in the third round by the Houston Astros in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team and was assigned to the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League with whom he batted .130 over 16 games. Brewer did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by  the COVID-19 pandemic. He spent the 2021 season with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers of the Low-A East, slashing .275/.375/.410 with six home runs, 41 RBIs, and 21 stolen bases. Hunter Brown. Hunter Noah Brown (born August 29, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization. Brown was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. He attended Lakeview High School, where he played catcher in addition to pitcher. Brown played college baseball at NCAA Division II Wayne State University, the only school at any level to offer him a scholarship. In 2018 , he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. As a junior, Brown went 9–0 with a 2.21 earned run average over 14 starts and struck out 114 batters in 85.1 innings pitched. Brown was selected in the 5th round of the 2019 MLB draft by the Houston Astros. He signed with the team and was assigned to the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League and went 2–2 with a 4.56 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 23.2 innings pitched. After not playing in 2020 due to the  cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown began the 2021 season with the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks. Brown was promoted to the Triple-A Sugar Land Skeeters in August 2021 after posting a 1–4 record with a 4.20 ERA and 76 strikeouts in innings pitched with the Hooks. Brown was named to the Astros' 2022 spring training roster as a non-roster invitee. Logan Cerny. Logan Cerny (born September 28, 1999) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Houston Astros organization. Cerny grew up in Lawrenceville, Georgia and attended Parkview High School. As  a senior, Cerny was named the GHSAA 7A Player of the Year and a "MaxPreps" All-American after he batted .397 with 10 home runs, four triples, 34 RBIs and 43 runs scored as Parkview won the GHSAA 7A state championship. Cerny played college baseball career at Troy for three seasons. As a freshman, he hit for a .267 average with nine home runs and 42 RBIs. Cerny's sophomore season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. As a junior, Cerny was named first team All-Sun Belt Conference after he batted .332 with 17 doubles, four triples , and 15 home runs with 49 runs scored and 47 RBIs. Cerny was drafted in the 10th round by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. He was assigned to the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Phillies to start his professional career before being promoted to the Low-A Clearwater Threshers. Cerny was traded to the Houston Astros in exchange for catcher Garrett Stubbs on November 19th, 2021. The Astros assigned Cerny to the Single-A Fayetteville Woodpeckers at the beginning of the 2022 season. Brett Conine. Brett Michael Conine (born October 16, 1996) is an American  professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization. Conine attended El Modena High School in Orange, California, where he played three years of varsity baseball. In 2013, his sophomore year, he pitched to a 1.94 ERA over innings. Undrafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at California State University, Fullerton where he played college baseball. In 2016, Conine's freshman year, he made 15 appearances (three starts) in which he went 3–3 with a 5.10 ERA, striking out 24 batters over thirty innings. That summer, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Wareham Gatemen . As a sophomore in 2017, Conine moved into the closer role, compiling 15 saves and a 1.39 ERA over 31 relief appearances. He returned to the Cape Cod League and the Gatemen that summer. In 2018, his junior season, he appeared in 32 games in relief, going 4–2 with a 4.09 ERA. After the season, he was selected by the Houston Astros in the 11th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. Conine signed with the Astros and made his professional debut that year with the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League , going 1–1 with a 1.99 ERA over innings. In 2019, he began the year with the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League before being promoted to the Fayetteville Woodpeckers of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League in May. After 15 games with Fayetteville, he was promoted to the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League in August, with whom he finished the year. Over 25 games (15 starts) between the three clubs, Conine went 8–4 with a 2.20 ERA, striking out 134 batters over innings. Conine did not play a minor league game in  2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. For the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Triple-A West. After going 4–0 with a 0.95 ERA over 19 innings, he was named the Triple-A West Pitcher of the Month for May. Over 25 games (18 starts) for the Skeeters, Conine went 8–4 with a 5.66 ERA and 83 strikeouts over innings. He returned to Sugar Land to begin the 2022 season. Yainer Díaz. Yainer Radhames Díaz (born September 21, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball catcher  in the Houston Astros organization. Díaz signed with the Cleveland Indians as an international free agent in December 2016. On July 30, 2021, the Indians traded Díaz along with Phil Maton to the Houston Astros for Myles Straw. Shawn Dubin. Shawn Anthony Dubin (born September 6, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization. Dubin attended Allegany-Limestone High School in Allegany, New York and played college baseball at Georgetown College and the University at Buffalo. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 13th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft. Dubin made  his professional debut in 2018 with the Low-A Tri-City ValleyCats, pitching to a 4.60 ERA in 14 appearances. In 2019, he pitched for the Single-A Quad Cities River Bandits and High-A Fayetteville Woodpeckers, accumulating a 7–5 record and 3.58 ERA with 151 strikeouts across 25 games (19 of them starts). Due to the cancellation of the 2020 Minor League Baseball season due to COVID-19, he did not pitch for a team, but was a member of the Astros' 60-man player pool. The Astros invited Dubin to their Spring Training in 2021. He did not make  the team and spent the year with the Triple-A Sugar Land Skeeters, working to a 3.44 ERA with 69 strikeouts in 49.2 innings of work across 16 contests. He was selected to the 40-man roster following the season on November 19, 2021. J.P. France. Jonathan Patrick France (born April 4, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization. France grew up in Luling, Louisiana and attended Archbishop Shaw High School. France began his college baseball career at Tulane. He missed his sophomore season while recovering from Tommy John surgery and used a medical redshirt . As a redshirt junior, France went 5–5 with a 3.84 ERA and 73 strikeouts over 96 innings pitched. After the season, he transferred to Mississippi State for his final year of eligibility. France was selected in the 14th round of the 2018 MLB draft by the Houston Astros. After signing with the team he was assigned to the Tri-City ValleyCats of the New York–Penn League and was moved to the bullpen and was later promoted to the Class A Quad Cities River Bandits. France spent the 2019 season with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers of the Class A-Advanced Carolina  League, where he was used primarily as a starting pitcher. He was assigned to the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks prior to the start of the 2021 season before being promoted to the Triple-A Sugar Land Skeeters. Corey Julks. Corey Christopher Julks (born February 27, 1996) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Houston Astros organization. Julks attended Clear Brook High School in Friendswood, Texas and played college baseball for the Houston Cougars. In 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League. As a junior in 2017, he started 57  games and batted .335 with nine home runs, 45 RBIs, and 15 stolen bases. He was selected by the Houston Astros in the eighth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft and signed. Julks made his professional debut with the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League where he batted .176 over 32 games. He began the 2018 season with the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League before being promoted to the Beloit Snappers of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League. Over 125 games, he hit .270 with ten  home runs and 62 RBIs. He split the 2019 season between the Fayetteville Woodpeckers of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League and the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League, batting .256 with four home runs and 41 RBIs over 107 games. He did not play a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season. Julks returned to Corpus Christi (now members of the Double-A South) for the 2021 season. Over 85 games, he slashed .287/.349/.491 with 14 home runs, 36 RBIs, and 15 stolen bases. He was assigned to the Sugar Land  Space Cowboys of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League to begin the 2022 season. Pedro León. Pedro León (born May 28, 1998) is a Cuban professional baseball shortstop and outfielder in the Houston Astros organization. He played for Huracanes de Mayabeque of the Cuban National Series before he defected from Cuba. León began his professional baseball career playing for the Huracanes de Mayabeque of the Cuban National Series. In the 2017–18 season, he batted .325 with four home runs, 14 RBI, and 15 runs in 22 games. The following season, León hit .371 with 15 home runs, a 1.220 OPS  and seven stolen bases in 33 games and played in the 2018 National Series All-Star Game. Considered a top international prospect for the Major Leagues, León defected from Cuba to the Dominican Republic in 2019. León agreed to sign with the Houston Astros in February, 2020, and signed for a $4 million bonus on January 15, 2021. León was a non-roster invitee to the Astros spring training in 2021. León was reassigned to minor league camp after going 0–12 in six spring training games. He was assigned to the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks prior to the  start of the 2021 season and moved to the shortstop position. In June 2021, León was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game. He was promoted to the Triple-A Sugar Land Skeeters on July 19, 2021, after batting .249 with nine home runs and 33 RBIs with Corpus Christi. León was named to the Astros' 2022 spring training roster as a non-roster invitee. Chayce McDermott. Chayce McDermott (born August 22, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization. McDermott grew up in Anderson, Indiana and attended Pendleton Heights High School. McDermott played  college baseball at Ball State University. He tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow prior to the start of his freshman season, requiring him to undergo Tommy John surgery and redshirt the year. McDermott was limited in his redshirt freshman season due to post-surgery restrictions. As a redshirt junior, McDermott went 8-2 with a 3.05 ERA and 125 strikeouts in innings pitched and was named second team All-Mid-American Conference. McDermott was selected in the 4th round by the Houston Astros in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team on July  17, 2021, and received a $375,000 signing bonus. After signing, McDermott was assigned to the Rookie League Florida Complex League Astros, where he made one appearance before being promoted to the Low-A Fayetteville Woodpeckers. Alex McKenna. Alexander McKenna (born September 6, 1997) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Houston Astros organization. McKenna attended Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills, California, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. In 2015, as a senior, he batted .402. He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 38th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, but did  not sign, instead choosing to attend California Polytechnic State University where he played college baseball for the Cal Poly Mustangs. As a freshman at Cal Poly in 2016, McKenna batted .261 with six home runs in 45 games. After the season, he played for the Eau Claire Express of the Northwoods League. In 2017, as a sophomore, he started all 56 of Cal Poly's games and compiled a .360 batting average with five home runs, 31 RBIs, 13 steals, 45 runs scored, 11 doubles, and two triples. He was named to the All-Big West First Team after the  season. That summer he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox where he batted .298 with nine doubles, 16 RBIs, and seven stolen bases in 124 at-bats, and was named a league all-star. In 2018, as a junior, McKenna batted .339 with five home runs, 31 RBIs, and a .930 OPS in 57 games. He was named the 2018 Big West Field Player of the Year along with being named to the All-Big West First Team for the second straight year. McKenna was selected by the Houston Astros in the fourth  round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft and signed for $432,500. He made his professional debut that year for the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League and was named an All-Star. He was promoted to the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League in August. Over 44 games between Tri-City and Quad Cities, McKenna hit .311/.394/.512 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs. In 2019, McKenna returned to Quad Cities, but played in only 65 games due to injury; over those games, he batted .252/.327/.303 with  one home run and twenty RBIs. McKenna did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Asheville Tourists of the High-A East. He was promoted to the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Double-A Central in late June. He missed nearly a month due to injury. Over 79 games between the two teams, he slashed .261/.356/.478 with 15 home runs and 46 RBIs. He was assigned to the Sugar Land Space Cowboys of the Triple -A Pacific Coast League to begin the 2022 season. Freudis Nova. Freudis Nova (born January 12, 2000) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder in the Houston Astros organization. The Houston Astros signed Nova as an international free agent in 2016 for a $1.2 million signing bonus. He made his professional debut in 2017 with the DSL Astros, hitting .247/.342/.355/.698 with 4 home runs and 16 RBI. He spent the 2018 season with the Gulf Coast Astros, hitting .308/.331/.466/.797 with 6 home runs and 28 RBI. Nova spent the 2019 season with the Quad Cities River Bandits, hitting .259/.301/.369/.670 with  3 home runs and 29 RBI. Nova did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nova was added to the Astros 40-man roster following the 2020 season. Nova was placed on the 60-day injured list on September 20, 2021, after suffering a torn ACL in his left knee the week previous. Nova had hit .224/.301/.335 with 4 home runs and 19 RBI in 73 games for the High-A Asheville Tourists. On November 19, 2021, Nova was outrighted off of the 40-man  roster. Michael Papierski. Michael Papierski (born February 26, 1996) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Houston Astros organization. Papierski grew up in Lemont, Illinois and attended Lemont High School. He was selected in the 16th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays, but opted not to sign in favor of attending LSU. Papierski played college baseball at LSU for three seasons. He spent the majority of his freshman season as the backup to starting catcher Kade Scivicque. In 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the  Cape Cod Baseball League. Papierski started 40 games at catcher and hit for a .242 batting average in his sophomore season. As a junior, Papierski .256 with 11 home runs and 39 RBIs in 65 games and was named to the SEC All-Defensive team after throwing out 23 baserunners. Papierski was selected in the ninth round by the Houston Astros in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. After signing with the team he was assigned to the Tri-City ValleyCats of the New York–Penn League. Papierski spent the 2018 season with the to the Class A Quad Cities  River Bandits. He was assigned to the Fayetteville Woodpeckers of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League in 2019, where he batted .233 with seven home runs, 11 doubles, one triple and 38 RBIs. After the 2020 minor league season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Papierski was added to the Astros' alternate training site roster for the Major League season. He spent the 2021 season with the Triple-A Sugar Land Skeeters. José Alberto Rivera. José Alberto Rivera (born February 14, 1997) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros organization. Rivera signed with the Houston Astros  for a $10,000 signing bonus on October 19, 2016. He made his professional debut with the DSL Astros, posting a 2–3 record and 3.44 ERA in 12 games. In 2018, Rivera split the season between the rookie-level GCL Astros and the Low-A Tri-City ValleyCats, pitching to a cumulative 2–4 record and 3.49 ERA in 14 appearances. In the 2019 season, he recorded 95 strikeouts in innings pitched with the Single-A Quad Cities River Bandits, using a fastball that can reach . Rivera did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the  minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Los Angeles Angels selected Rivera from the Astros in the 2020 Rule 5 draft. On March 24, 2021, Rivera was returned to the Astros after only recording one inning of work in Spring Training. He was assigned to the High-A Asheville Tourists to begin the 2021 season. Alex Santos. Alex Zavier Santos (born February 10, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization. Santos grew up in The Bronx and attended Mount Saint Michael Academy. He had committed to play college baseball at Maryland. Santos was  selected in the 2nd round of the 2020 MLB draft by the Houston Astros. He signed with the team and received a $1.25 million signing bonus. Santos spent the 2021 season with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers of the Low-A East and posted a 2–2 record with a 3.46 ERA and 48 strikeouts in innings pitched. Jairo Solís. Jairo Jhonkleide Solís (born December 22, 1999) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization. Solís signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent on July 2, 2016. Solís split his professional debut season of 2017 between  the DSL Astros, Gulf Coast Astros, and the Greeneville Astros, going a combined 3–2 with a 2.64 ERA and 69 strikeouts over innings. He spent the 2018 season with the Quad Cities River Bandits, going 2–5 with a 3.55 ERA and 51 strikeouts over innings. He missed the 2019 season after undergoing Tommy John Surgery in January 2019. Solís did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the minor league season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Astros added Solís to their 40-man roster on November 20, 2020. On May 1, 2021, Solís underwent surgery  to remove loose bodies from his elbow, requiring a recovery period of three months. On June 28, Solís underwent Tommy John surgery for the second time in his career, ending his 2021 season. Jojanse Torres. Jojanse Torres (born August 4, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization. Torres signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent in 2018. He made his professional debut that season with the Dominican Summer League Astros. In 2019, he pitched for the Quad Cities River Bandits and Fayetteville Woodpeckers. After the season, he pitched in the Arizona Fall  League. Because the 2020 Minor League Baseball season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he did not pitch for a team, but was a member of the Astros' 60-man player pool. The Astros invited Torres to their Spring Training in 2021. Shay Whitcomb. Shay Lane Whitcomb (born September 28, 1998) is an American professional baseball infielder in the Houston Astros organization. Whitcomb attended Newbury Park High School in Newbury Park, California and played college baseball at the University of California, San Diego. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the fifth round of the 2020 Major League  Baseball draft. He was the final player selected in the draft which was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whitcomb spent his first professional season in 2021 with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers and Asheville Tourists. Over 99 games between the two teams, he slashed .293/.363/.530 with 23 home runs, 78 RBIs, thirty stolen bases and 25 doubles.