MLB: Distracted Coach Texted Astros Prospect Amid Strike

The lockout ended today had negative consequences for all players in the union, but among those with the potential to be most affected were those who have earned spots on the 40-man roster but will likely spend this year in the minors.

With Spring Training and the regular season now delayed, they missed out on crucial development time, as well as losing access to team coaches and development staff:

Journalist Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle spoke with some Houston Astros prospects recently added to the roster from the team, but then they were blocked almost immediately after.

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This includes a surreal story of a distracted coach who sends a text message to infielder, Joe Perez, looking for a status update, and Perez has to politely remind the team member that he can’t respond. “It has definitely been something extraordinary,” Pérez said.


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I am a fan of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and all Mexican baseball in general. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, LMB All Star, LMP (uninterruptedly since 2009), signatures of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, although as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I have baseball in my veins. Degree in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and a reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I arrived at El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services at Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and a few days later, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. This is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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MLB: Distracted Coach Texted Astros Prospect Amid Strike