The 2025 MLB draft is being aired today at 5pm on ESPN. The baseball draft may not have the pizzazz that the football and basketball drafts have, but nevertheless, for hard core baseball fans, it has more than a modicum of interest.
The Astros have one first round pick (#21), third round (#95), fourth round (#126), fifth round (#156), and rounds 6 thru 20 (#21).
Good luck to the Astros.
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11 Coogs listed as draft eligible. Antoine Jean is ranked as the #196 prospect.
I saw Willits and Ethan H. Last summer….i think EH is overrated……by a lot.
He’s a really good player……but I saw below average speed, a good, not great arm, and the hit tool was not close to elite.
He’s incredibly strong for a HS kid……the power is real….i just don’t see him as a top 5 pick.
Willits was the best player( non-pitcher) I saw all summer.
Was really hoping we drafted Aloy as he actually got to us……but Dana knows his sh-t.
This does really seem to be the truth when it comes to prospect evaluation. If things fall right, we may be hearing “how do the Astros keep doing this?” for a while.
Dana thinking HRs so far.
On a roll of quick 2 MLB guys.
From Crawfish Boxes.
The power surge continues.
Yup.
The least amount of farm talent in MLB and still make it work.
We’ll see about the Neyens….not sure how quick he’ll be….we drafted a college guy, Cam Fisher( 4th round)in 2023……put up big numbers….got to pro ball and can’t hit a lick.
His only tool is power and he strikes out over 50% of the time in low A ball.
I’m leery of guys without a plus hit tool……having said that I’ll wait and see on this kid….to take him at #21 he’s got to have more than power.
5th round pick Nick Potter from Wichita St. is a future closer……Big Kid that has touched 100 this year.
Jase Mitchell, Gatorade POY in Delaware this year….big power hitting catcher in the 7th round….might need to go over slot to get him signed.
Really like the kid the Astros got in the 8th round.
Some of you may have seen him play, Kyle Walker the 2b for Arizona St.
Started at Grambling before moving to ASU……really nice hit tool and solid defense.
When you walk more than you strike out in the Big 12, you can hit……this kid has super sub utility guy written all over him.
Jean goes in the 7th round……Bad news it’s to the Rockies……good news is if he does his thing he can get there quickly.
Congrats kid!
What leads a kid this size with his stuff to work out of the pen?
I don’t know a ton about this kid….he is a big power arm….needs a lot of polishing, which the Astros are one of the best….my guess is he is a two-pitch guy right now….fastball/slider.
Likely doesn’t have the repertoire to be a starter….The Astros will work on a 3rd and 4th pitch to see if it takes….if it does ( and they will give him starts ( short) in the beginning).
If it doesn’t then they have a high leverage, back of the pen type arm——hopefully.
That’s a very remarkable resemblance! Hope he can stay healthy …
Forgot this.
Yanks with a steal when his hand gets right.
Former Coog:
Go Peay!
LOL
Astros made a handful of signings of undrafted free agents after the draft.
With the draft only being 20 rounds now, there are some really quality guys out there.
There are pitchers that maybe walk too many guys, are not the prototypical size of an MLB pitcher, etc.
For position players it is usually because they only have one or two really strong tools, sometimes they are old, etc.
I am excited the Astros signed Mason Lytle, an OF from UTSA.
Some of you may have seen him play ball as he went to Pearland HS and San Jac….he went to Oregon but was a little banged up and got caught in a numbers game.
His knock is that he is 24 years old.
But he is a DUDE.
Played two seasons at UTSA and was super productive.
His numbers from this past season:
BA- .366
OBP- .424
OPS- .964
Runs- 75
HR’s- 10
RBI’s- 68
SB’s- 17
He also had more walks than K’s.
We know how good UTSA was this year and the quality of their opponents ( Beat UT 3 times this year)……came within a whisper of the CWS.
This kid has an incredible work ethic and really gets after it.
I watched him play several times this season……he reminds me of a right handed Brian Giles.
Probably way more information than you guys wanted….but a few of you are diehards like myself so I thought I’d share.
Can’t believe we’ve let so many Texas programs surpass us…
Pretty much all of them.
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