I normally cover the Fayetteville Woodpeckers, the Houston Astros Single-A affiliate in the Carolina League. The Asheville Tourists are one level higher, at the “High-A” echelon of competition in the South Atlantic League. It’s like low-a, but (unscientifically speaking) with a roughly 10 percent higher level of competition.
In recent transactions, C Jose Alvarez was assigned to Asheville from the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks. A .253 hitter at the higher level, Alvarez has played all four corner positions as well as pitcher and catcher for the Hooks this season so far. I can only think he joined the team to work on fundamentals at one position or another.