Jason Schiavone surpassed 30 residence runs within the minors this season whereas enjoying primarily catcher. Bryce Mayer parlayed an eye-opening stretch at Double-A right into a promotion to Triple-A in August.
Tuesday, the Houston Astros’ participant improvement division named Schiavone and Mayer their 2026 minor-league participant and pitcher of the 12 months, respectively.
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Schiavone, 23, an Eleventh-round draft choose in 2024 out of James Madison, broke out in his second full minor-league season. The proper-handed hitter entered Tuesday with a .246/.386/.521 slash line, 31 residence runs and 29 stolen bases in 118 video games throughout three ranges, incomes a promotion to Triple-A earlier this month. He had 90 walks and 170 strikeouts in these 118 video games.
Jason Schiavone (proper), pictured with Corpus Christi teammate Will Bush, hit 31 homers throughout three ranges of the minors in 2026. (Kelly Gavin/MLB Photographs through Getty Photographs)
Mayer, 24, was named the Astros’ minor-league pitcher of the 12 months for a second consecutive season. A Sixteenth-round choose in 2024 out of Missouri, the right-hander posted a 2.61 ERA in 69 innings at Double-A Corpus Christi earlier than an early August promotion to Triple-A Sugar Land, the place he has a 4.66 ERA in 29 innings. He has 132 strikeouts and 47 walks in 98 whole innings this season.
Baseball America rated Mayer because the No. 3 total prospect in Houston’s system and Schiavone as its No. 7 total prospect in its midseason rankings. MLB Pipeline ranks Schiavone because the No. 6 total prospect and Mayer because the No. 8 prospect within the Astros’ system.
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Astros participant improvement additionally named outfielder Anthony Huezo its minor-league baserunner of the 12 months and infielder Max Holy its minor-league defender of the 12 months. Infielder Yamal Encarnacion obtained the 2026 Commonplace Award, a recognition established this season that “highlights a participant who represents the core values of the group in a constructive manner each on and off the sphere,” per the workforce.
Arizona Fall League rosters launched
Eight prospects from Houston’s system are scheduled to take part within the prestigious Arizona Fall League this 12 months, per rosters launched Tuesday by Main League Baseball.
Pitchers Juan Bello, Joey Dixon, Francisco Frias, Railin Perez and Jank Pichardo; infielders Waner Luciano and Nick Monistere; and outfielder Nehomar Ochoa, Jr., are slated to play for the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Fall League, which begins Oct. 3.
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Neither MLB Pipeline nor Baseball America has any of the Astros’ eight representatives ranked among the many prime 30 prospects of their system. Monistere was a fourth-round choose by Houston within the 2025 draft. Bello was acquired from the Cubs within the Astros’ commerce of reliever Ryan Pressly.
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