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Not bad for a 19-year old.
You dig, Mike? :mrgreen:
Astros promote top prospect Lyles, 19, to AAA
By ZACHARY LEVINE
Aug. 5, 2010, 10:28PM
CORPUS CHRISTI — The Astros' top prospect is one step away from the major leagues as a teenager.
Jordan Lyles, still just 19 years old, will be moving up from Class AA Corpus Christi to Class AAA Round Rock, he said after the Hooks' game on Thursday.
"It will be another challenge for me," Lyles said. "I'm excited, just one more step closer to the big leagues."
Corpus Christi manager Wes Clements broke the news to Lyles after the righthander made his 21st start of the year, throwing five innings and allowing two runs in a loss. For the season, the first round supplemental pick from the 2008 draft is 7-9 with a 3.12 ERA.
Astros general manager Ed Wade did not rule out that Lyles, a low-90s thrower with a full repertoire, could be Houston-bound by year's end.
"There's always a chance," Wade said. "In a perfect world, we don't have any more need for starting pitching at the big league level. I'd just like to see him go out every fifth day whether it's here or AAA or the big leagues, and just take the same approach."
You dig, Mike? :mrgreen:
Astros promote top prospect Lyles, 19, to AAA
By ZACHARY LEVINE
Aug. 5, 2010, 10:28PM
CORPUS CHRISTI — The Astros' top prospect is one step away from the major leagues as a teenager.
Jordan Lyles, still just 19 years old, will be moving up from Class AA Corpus Christi to Class AAA Round Rock, he said after the Hooks' game on Thursday.
"It will be another challenge for me," Lyles said. "I'm excited, just one more step closer to the big leagues."
Corpus Christi manager Wes Clements broke the news to Lyles after the righthander made his 21st start of the year, throwing five innings and allowing two runs in a loss. For the season, the first round supplemental pick from the 2008 draft is 7-9 with a 3.12 ERA.
Astros general manager Ed Wade did not rule out that Lyles, a low-90s thrower with a full repertoire, could be Houston-bound by year's end.
"There's always a chance," Wade said. "In a perfect world, we don't have any more need for starting pitching at the big league level. I'd just like to see him go out every fifth day whether it's here or AAA or the big leagues, and just take the same approach."
