Much has been made of the Astros’ success with older international pitchers, and that’s a market that they continue to mine regularly, but they’re also willing to sign freshly-eligible arms when one suits their fancy. One of the more notable 16 year old signees in recent years is right handed starter Edinson Batista, who effectively made his full season debut in 2022 (he threw exactly one inning for Fayetteville in 2021) at age 20, and performed quite well across two levels.
A product of Santiago in the D.R., Batista has a fairly stock 6’2” frame and low to mid 90s velo with the fastball.