As the Astros bid farewell to Wandy yesterday, they said hello to a new scouting frontier. Australian International Scout Greg Morriss signed 6'4" 16-year-old first baseman Connor MacDonald.
Of course Houston signed MLB veteran Ryan Rowland-Smith of Sydney before last season, and Craig Shipley of Parramatta, New South Wales, played for the Astros in 1995. But this is Houston's first amateur signing out of Australia.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
