Buies Creek Astros

Buies Creek Astros
Founded in 2017
Buies Creek, North Carolina
Team logoCap insignia
Class-level
Current Class A-Advanced (from 2017)
Minor league affiliations
League Carolina League (from 2017)
Division Southern Division
Major league affiliations
Current Houston Astros (from 2017)
Minor league titles
League titles (0) None
Team data
Nickname Buies Creek Astros (from 2017)
Ballpark Jim Perry Stadium (from 2017)
Owner(s)/
Operator(s)
Houston Astros

The Buies Creek Astros are a Minor League Baseball team that will begin play as a member of the Carolina League in Buies Creek, North Carolina, in 2017. They will play their home games at Jim Perry Stadium on the campus of Campbell University until a new stadium in nearby Fayetteville is built for the 2019 season. The team will be the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Houston Astros, who also own the team.

Team history

The Astros began to scout locations for a baseball stadium to locate a team in Fayetteville in April 2016.[1] In August 2016, a two-team expansion to the Carolina League was approved, with the first franchise assigned to Kinston, North Carolina.[2]

The Fayetteville City Council approved plans to build a new stadium. The stadium will be built by the 2019 season, while the team will need to find a temporary location to play the 2017 and 2018 seasons.[3][4] On November 17, it was announced the team would play at Jim Perry Stadium on the campus of Campbell University in Buies Creek and be known as the Buies Creek Astros for their first two seasons.[5][6]

Roster

Buies Creek Astros roster
Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 41 Rogelio Armenteros
  • 28 Akeem Bostick
  • 33 Kevin Comer
  • 14 Ryan Deemes
  • 15 Dean Deetz
  •  5 Jacob Dorris
  • 40 Brock Dykxhoorn
  • -- Riley Ferrell
  • 35 Jose Hernandez
  • 23 Joshua James
  • 30 Kevin McCanna
  • -- Bryan Radziewski
  • 34 Andrew Thome
  • -- Andrew Walter
  • 18 Scott Weathersby
  • 37 Alex Winkelman

Catchers

  • 24 Marlon Avea
  • 17 Jamie Ritchie
  • 36 Trent Woodward

Infielders

  • 16 Keach Ballard
  •  6 Osvaldo Duarte
  • 10 Brooks Marlow
  • 25 Bryan Muniz
  • 21 Marc Wik

Outfielders

  •  3 Bobby Boyd
  • 20 Drew Ferguson
  •  2 Jason Martin
  • 13 Aaron Mizell
  • 11 Johnny Sewald

Manager

Coaches

  • 45 Mike Burns (pitching)
  • 44 Darryl Robinson (hitting)



7-day disabled list
* On Houston Astros 40-man roster
# Rehab assignment
∞ Reserve list
‡ Restricted list
§ Suspended list
† Temporary inactive list
Roster updated July 27, 2016
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