We at the Crawfish Boxes like to call ourselves “the thinking man’s Astros fan.” And that’s why all of us knew, back in Spring Training, that Jose Urquidy would end up pitching in the playoffs.
Uhh, Wait a minute. Jose Urquidy wasn’t even on the Spring Training roster. And, I hate to say this, but he wasn’t on the Crawfish Boxes Top 30 prospects list either. Or anyone else’s for that matter, that I can find anyway. Yes, after an excellent campaign in AAA, he has finally ascended to #12 in the mid-season MLB Astros Top 30, and #20 in the Fangraphs rating, but even that doesn’t look like it’s sniffing #4 starter in the playoffs.