Astronauts prepare to choose outfielder contract Jacob Meltonaccording to the report of Ari Alexander of KPRC2. The corresponding move is not clear, but Houston will need to create spaces on 40 people and an active roster to promote Melton.
Melton, 24, is Houston’s second round pick in the 2022 draft. Ranking of young people in baseball Cam Smith Graduated from a prospect identity earlier this month. Scouts often see Melton as a roughly average offensive performer with a higher-than-average raw strength and solid ball-striking skills, which are blocked by the aggressive approach of the plates, which leads to poor swing decisions and struggles to identify courses of certain speeds.
These flaws on the board may limit Melton’s offensive upside, but he generally praised his solid contributors in the fields and base platforms. Furthermore, the scouts may have any concerns about Melton’s approach and have not prevented him from succeeding at this point. Melton has achieved impressive results in .254/.371/.508 in 17 matches in the Triple-A class so far this year. Even in the offensive environment of the Pacific Coast League, this is true for the 132 WRC+. Given these stable numbers, it’s not hard to see why the Astronauts decided to shoot the young outfielder at the major league level.
Considering Houston’s current lineup, Melton’s promotion timing is particularly cautious. Switch command Victor Caratini The club has been the only regular batsman ever since Yordan Alvarez It was on the list of injuries in late April. Meanwhile, midfielder guard Jack Meyers Currently, the club is the only real outfielder on the roster; long-term second baseman Jose Altuve This year has started to separate time between left field, DH and Keystone, while Smith and Zach Dezenzo Although spending the vast majority of minor league careers at third basemen, it has also become a fixture for corner outfield games.
Chas McCormick Also with Meyers as a real outfielder, but due to the pressure of tilt, he was placed on the injured list today and replaced by the infielder Shay Whitcomb On the roster. Even without McCormick, Altuve, Smith and Dezenzo might be enough to cope with the outfield corner, but Dezenzo left a “left-hand discomfort” for today’s game and (according to Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle), plan to imagine tomorrow morning. With the possibility of Dezenzo, it makes sense for Houston to reintegrate left-handed bats into the lineup and bring outfield mixes into the desperate need for reinforcements.
