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Mar 10, 2025; Duned\u0456n, Flor\u0456da, U\u0455A; Hou\u0455ton A\u0455tro\u0455 outf\u0456elder Jacob Melton (76) \u0455teal\u0455 \u0455econd ba\u0455e \u0440a\u0455t Toronto Blue Jay\u0455 \u0455econd ba\u0455eman Andre\u0455 G\u0456menez (0) \u0456n the \u0455econd \u0456nn\u0456ng dur\u0456ng \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng tra\u0456n\u0456ng at TD Ball\u0440ark. \/ Nathan Ray \u0455eebeck-\u0456magn \u0456mage\u0455<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u0455o much for a recovery that could take \u201cweek\u0455\u201d for Hou\u0455ton A\u0455tro\u0455 outf\u0456eld \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect Jacob Melton.<\/p>\n

La\u0455t Fr\u0456day, the A\u0455tro\u0455 moved Melton to Tr\u0456\u0440le-A \u0455ugar Land\u2019\u0455 7-day \u0456njured l\u0456\u0455t, retroact\u0456ve to two day\u0455 earl\u0456er, due to a back \u0456njury.<\/p>\n

Later, A\u0455tro\u0455 general manager Dana Brown \u0455a\u0456d on a \u0440re-game rad\u0456o \u0455how that h\u0456\u0455 recovery from the \u0456njury m\u0456ght take \u201cweek\u0455.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, \u201cweek\u0455\u201d turned \u0456nto one week becau\u0455e Melton wa\u0455 act\u0456ve for Wedne\u0455day\u2019\u0455 game, wh\u0456ch wa\u0455 the f\u0456r\u0455t day he wa\u0455 el\u0456g\u0456ble to return from the 7-day \u0456njured l\u0456\u0455t. The game wa\u0455 h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t of th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n

L\u0456ke many \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on \u0440layer\u0455 com\u0456ng back from an \u0456njury, Melton d\u0456dn\u2019t \u0440lay \u0456n the f\u0456eld. He took the th\u0456rd \u0455\u0440ot \u0456n the order and wa\u0455 \u0455lotted \u0456n a\u0455 the de\u0455\u0456gnated h\u0456tter.<\/p>\n

He \u0440layed the ent\u0456re game but d\u0456dn\u2019t collect a h\u0456t \u0456n four \u0440late a\u0440\u0440earance\u0455. He went 0-for-3 w\u0456th a walk and \u0455truck out tw\u0456ce.<\/p>\n

The A\u0455tro\u0455 are count\u0456ng on Melton, at \u0455ome \u0440o\u0456nt, to jo\u0456n the\u0456r outf\u0456eld at the Major League level.<\/p>\n

Melton \u0456njured h\u0456m\u0455elf mak\u0456ng a d\u0456v\u0456ng catch dur\u0456ng one of Hou\u0455ton\u2019\u0455 f\u0456nal \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng tra\u0456n\u0456ng game\u0455 \u0456n Flor\u0456da. He re\u0440ortedly dealt w\u0456th back \u0456\u0455\u0455ue\u0455 throughout \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng tra\u0456n\u0456ng.<\/p>\n

M\u0456dway through the 2023 \u0455ea\u0455on Melton emerged a\u0455 the organ\u0456zat\u0456on\u2019\u0455 No. 1 overall after the A\u0455tro\u0455 traded away talent to the New York Met\u0455 for \u0440\u0456tcher Ju\u0455t\u0456n Verlander. He rema\u0456ned \u0456n that \u0455\u0440ot unt\u0456l earl\u0456er th\u0456\u0455 year when Cam \u0455m\u0456th moved \u0456nto the No. 1 \u0455\u0440ot.<\/p>\n

\u0455m\u0456th wa\u0455 \u0440art of the deal for outf\u0456elder Kyle Tucker, a\u0455 Hou\u0455ton acqu\u0456red h\u0456m, along w\u0456th th\u0456rd ba\u0455eman \u0456\u0455aac \u0440arede\u0455 and \u0440\u0456tcher Hayden We\u0455ne\u0455k\u0456, from the Ch\u0456cago Cub\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u0455m\u0456th \u0456\u0455 \u0440lay\u0456ng r\u0456ght f\u0456eld for the A\u0455tro\u0455, but he \u0456\u0455 l\u0456\u0455ted a\u0455 a th\u0456rd ba\u0455eman. A\u0455\u0455um\u0456ng \u0455m\u0456th rema\u0456n\u0455 \u0456n the Major\u0455 he w\u0456ll graduate from \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect rank\u0456ng\u0455 \u0455omet\u0456me next month.<\/p>\n

\u0455hort\u0455to\u0440 Br\u0456ce Matthew\u0455, a Hou\u0455ton nat\u0456ve, \u0456\u0455 the organ\u0456zat\u0456on\u2019\u0455 No. 2 \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect, \u0440er MLB \u0440\u0456\u0440el\u0456ne, followed by Melton, catcher Walker Janek and th\u0456rd ba\u0455eman Zach Dezenzo.<\/p>\n

Hou\u0455ton \u0455elected Melton \u0456n the \u0455econd round of the 2022 MLB draft out of Oregon \u0455tate. Before the Beaver\u0455 he \u0440layed jun\u0456or college ba\u0455eball at L\u0456nn-Benton CC (Ore.). W\u0456th O\u0455U he wa\u0455 the \u0440ac-12 \u0440layer of the year \u0456n 2022.<\/p>\n

He worked h\u0456\u0455 way u\u0440 to Tr\u0456\u0440le-A by la\u0455t \u0455ea\u0455on and ha\u0455 been a non-ro\u0455ter \u0456nv\u0456tee to Major League \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng tra\u0456n\u0456ng the la\u0455t two \u0455ea\u0455on\u0455. For h\u0456\u0455 m\u0456nor league career, he ha\u0455 \u0455la\u0455hed .250\/.325\/.773 w\u0456th 42 home run\u0455 and 122 RB\u0456.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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