Baseball America on Jason Hirsh and Eli Iorg

From today's Daily Dish:

Astros righthander Jason Hirsh limited Double-A Wichita to a pair of runs on six hits while striking out nine and walking none over 8 1/3 innings in Corpus Christi's 3-2 win. Hirsh, a second-round pick out of NAIA California Lutheran in 2003, has won three straight decisions and is now 11-8, 3.32 with a 143-39 strikeout-walk ratio in 146 innings. He has struck out at least eight batters in seven of his last 10 starts.

"He did a hell of a job when I saw him," a scout with an American League club said of Hirsh last month. "He's improved his secondary pitches, his slider and changeup. He's athletic and reminds me of (Rangers righthander) Chris Young. He holds his velocity, too—I had him throwing up to 94 in the late innings."

This kid is my favorite pitching prospect in the Astros' system.

On Iorg, who's at Rookie level Greenville:

Eli Iorg went 0-for-4 yesterday in Greenville's game against Burlington to halt his six-game hit streak. The Astros supplemental first round pick (38th overall), Iorg has now had at least one base hit in 13 of his 17 games played. Oddly, on his last hit streak, Iorg only had one multi-hit game.

Iorg had the day off on Sunday.