Houston Astros Preliminary Prospect List

Wow, this system has added a huge amount of talent over the last year, through trades and a strong 2012 draft. I have 47 names here. I need to cut this down to 40 or fewer. Some of the potential cuts are pretty obvious, some of the Grade C guys acquired in trades like Walters for example, but I wanted to make sure I examined everyone before I started gutting the list.

Discuss if you like.

Houston Astros 47 players

Andrew Aplin OF
Brandon Barnes OF
Bobby Borchering OF
Colton Cain LHP
Jose Cisnero RHP
Kevin Comer RHP
Carlos Correa SS
Jarred Cosart RHP
Delino DeShields Jr 2B
Chris Devenski RHP
Jake Elmore 2B
Josh Fields RHP Rule 5
Mike Foltynewicz RHP
Nolan Fontana SS
Nate Freiman 1B rule 5
Alex Gillingham RHP
Robbie Grossman OF
Matt Heidenreich RHP
Tyler Heineman C
Brian Holmes LHP
Adrian Houser RHP
Marc Krauss OF
Kenny Long LHP
Lance McCullers RHP
Joe Musgrove RHP
Brandon Meredith OF
Brett Oberholtzer LHP
Rudy Owens LHP
Ariel Ovando OF
Carlos Perez C
Brett Phillips OF
Rob Rasmussen LHP
Brady Rodgers RHP
David Rollins LHP
Rio Ruiz 3B
Domingo Santana OF
Ross Seaton RHP
Jonathan Singleton 1B
George Springer OF
Nick Tropeano RHP
Preston Tucker OF
Vincent Velasquez RHP
Jonathan Villar SS
Blair Walters LHP
Aaron West RHP
Asher Wojciechowski RHP