Nick Tropeano on Thursday was named Astros minor league pitcher of the month in AAA for August he is one of the few minor league pitchers to win it for two months. Tropeano in AAA this tossed 124.2 innings while striking out 120 and only walked 33 batters, he also had a 3.03 ERA and 0.99 WHIP.

Last season Tropeano was 17th on the Astros top 20 prospect list put out by MLB pipline, this season he made it up to 13th, but while Tropeano is a top prospect he still is an unknown to a lot of Astros fans.

ROR was able to catch up to Tropeano and he talks about what he does on the mound and what his role will be for the rest of the season.