Here's what you may have missed over the weekend...
*A great story from Jose de Jesus Ortiz on the cultural development of the Astros' minor-leaguers.
*Tyler Heineman highlights the Astros' depth behind the plate, and is slated to start 2014 at Corpus.
*Jesse Crain is at least two weeks away from throwing off a mound, any mound.
*Quad Cities got their championship rings.
*Brad Peacock has a new changeup.
*At the end of this dumb Bill Madden piece on Barry Bonds and Pete Rose, a rival GM told Madden that George Springer was the best player in the minors.
*Jordan Lyles is in the mix to be the Rockies' SP5. Erik Bedard is in the mix to the Rays' SP5.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
