Astros' Jandel Gustave: Drawing raves from management this spring

Gustave has drawn raves from Astros manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow this spring, Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chroncile reports.

"He's a viable candidate to make our team," Hinch said of Gustave, who sports a 0.00 ERA, 0.75 WHIP and 6:1 K:BB ratio over four Grapefruit League innings. "He's got high-end velocity. Watching his slider develop over the course of this camp, he's got some real weapons that hitters have to deal with." While the 23-year-old right-hander has yet to see playing time above Double-A, both Hinch and Luhnow have said he could help the Astros this season. If he doesn't make the team out of spring training, he'll open 2016 with Triple-A Fresno.