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I was hoping that a few days away would make the decisions with the Houston Astros prospect list easier to make, but alas that proves not to be the case. There is so much depth here in C+ type prospects that getting this below 50, let alone below 40 or at 35 seems impossible.
Anyway, I have worked on this a few more hours and here is the current list, with a brief note about each player indicating that he is either a super-lock 100% must be included, lock meaning at least a 90% chance, or is a borderline guy who could be cuttable but has at least one reason why he could merit inclusion over others:
Houston Astros 46 players
Japhet Amador 1B borderline but an Interesting story, close to majors
Andrew Aplin OF lock
Mark Appel RHP super-lock
Jake Buchanan RHP borderline, but close to majors, throws strikes, survived PCL intact.
Carlos Correa SS super-lock
MP Cokinos 1B borderline, Lancaster guy but hit well on the road too, kills lefties, good plate discipline
Luis Cruz LHP borderline, high ERA but good components at Lancaster, did great in Double-A.
Delino DeShields JR 2B super-lock
Bobby Doran RHP borderline but close to majors, have been watching him since college and have good data.
Kent Emanuel LHP lock
Michael Feliz RHP super-lock
Mike Foltynewicz RHP super-lock
Nolan Fontana 2B lock
Jandel Gustave RHP lock
Josh Hader LHP lock
Tyler Heineman C borderline, stats boosted by Lancaster but skilled defender.
Leonardo Heras OF borderline, but like Amador I want to include him and talk about the Mexican League
Teoscar Hernandez OF somewhere between lock and borderline; great tools and I have good data
Brian Holmes LHP: borderline but I have really good scouting data on him from Midwest League
Adrian Houser RHP lock
Tony Kemp 2B borderline but a good solid college player that people might want to know about
Chris Lee LHP: lock seems borderline but not really, good arm, good ratios,
Jason Martin OF: borderline, was just in rookie ball but good scouting reports
Lance McCullers JR RHP: super-lock
Brandon Meredith OF borderline: Lancaster boosted his numbers and old for level
Jacob Nottingham C borderline, did not hit well in rookie ball but gets good scouting reports
Brett Phillips OF borderline, uninspiring low-A and rookie numbers but gets good scouting reports
James Ramsay OF on edge between lock and borderline, a lot of people like him but didn't blast NY-P
Brady Rogers RHP lock
David Rollins LHP lock
Rio Ruiz 3B super-lock
Domingo Santana OF super-lock
Jonathan Singleton 1B super-lock
Kyle Smith RHP lock
George Springer OF super-lock
Max Stassi C super-lock
Andrew Thurman RHP lock
Ronald Torreyes 2B borderline; I doubt he ever hits much but defense and proximity to majors
Nick Tropeano RHP lock
Preston Tucker OF lock
Danry Vazquez OF lock
Vince Velasquez RHP super-lock
Austin Mr.300 Wates OF borderline; has lost ground in much deeper system, but still hits .300 everywhere, close to the majors, and I think he can surprise us if healthy
Aaron West RHP lock
Kyle Westwood RHP borderline: low strikeout rate in NY-P, but gets lots of grounders, good scouting reports
Asher Wojciechowski RHP super-lock
This is open for discussion and comment but my goal is to get this list finalized tonight.
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