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Graveman to Astros for C Korey Lee


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3 minutes ago, hogan873 said:

He's the Astros' #5 prospect, but their system sucks.  Is this a prelude to a Yaz trade?

Hope so

Anyone left to trade to the Orioles...I sure would like to get some from their minor league system.....or the Reds

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1 minute ago, reiks12 said:

The Astros have a worse farm than we do, but i havent looked up anything on this guy

Lee has legitimate talent, but he hasn't had a particularly good year. Pre 2022, he was ranked #70 on the baseball America list, but did not appear this year. He was up to start the year as a 3rd catcher but basically was fully passed by Yainer Diaz both offensively and defensively in the big leagues and barely played over a full month+. The Astros weren't going to go with 2 young catchers next year and it's clear that Diaz has earned the shot. He had 25 HRs in 450 plate appearances last year, but only 5 this year in 300 plate appearances.

 

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6 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

 

Big difference in the 2 reports . My MLB pipeline one says basically he can't catch but has a real strong arm.

 

Scouting grades: Hit: 40 | Power: 55 | Run: 40 | Arm: 70 | Field: 45 | Overall: 45

A part-time player in his first two college seasons at California, Lee had a huge year in 2019 batting behind No. 3 overall pick Andrew Vaughn. Most clubs regarded Lee as more of a third-round talent, but the Astros loved his massive raw power and arm strength and made him a surprise first-round pick, signing him for a below-slot $1.75 million at No. 32. He batted just .202 in Triple-A during the first two months of last season, then rallied to make his big league debut in July and belted 15 homers in 40 games after returning to the Minors. 

Though Lee has quieted his load and shortened his stride as a pro, he's still an extreme power-over-hit guy. A right-handed hitter, he has gotten better at pulling and launching pitches, enabling him to get more out of his well-above-average pop that mostly plays to his pull side. But he has done so at the expense of his approach. He spent most of 2022 trying to crush pitches over the left-field fence and chasing offspeed pitches out of the zone, and his strikeout rate rose to 29 percent from 19 percent the previous year. 

Lee didn't become a full-time catcher until 2019 and has yet to start more than 73 games behind the plate in a pro season. While he's quicker and more athletic than most backstops and features plus-plus arm strength, his receiving and blocking skills draw mixed reviews. The Astros believe he can become an average defender with more experience, but scouts outside the organization question whether he'll be adequate enough to catch regularly in the Majors.

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Still have Grandal, Clevinger (getting a start this weekend supposedly), Middleton (value way down), Bummer, obviously Cease.

Andrus probably ends up elsewhere somehow.

 

 

Hahn must be hoping to get paid double or triple overtime this week for actually working.

Keeps opening up spots on the big league roster without anyone to fill them.  Four and counting.

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Athletic has an article about him

"“I think there’s a future for me wherever someone needs a catcher that’s devoted to the game, a catcher that wants to play every day, a catcher that loves baseball,” Lee said. “That’s kind of what I bring to the table and whoever likes that can take me. Like I said, I’m gonna play my game whenever that is.”

https://theathletic.com/4650153/2023/06/29/korey-lee-houston-future-trades/

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