2013 Houston Astros Consensus Top 29 Prospects
Posted: February 12, 2013 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a comment »Introduction
I have created a cumulative prospect list for each team based on other (more knowledgeable) peoples’ lists. Each time a prospect appears on a list, he gets a number of points (21 minus his ranking). The prospect with the largest amount of points is ranked first. I will be posting each team once they have been completed by all of my sources. You can find a link to all of the other teams top prospects on the Team Prospects page. Clicking on the links below will take you to the team’s list on each respective site.
Since the trade of Jed Lowrie, Fernando Rodriguez, Chris Carter, Brad Peacock and Max Stassi between the Astros and Athletics happened so late, only two lists accounted for it. To account for this, I took Peacock and Stassi’s average ranking from those two lists (11 and 18, respectively) and inserted them into the lists that missed them. If a list did not have at least 11 or 18 prospects on it, I excluded them from that list. All other prospects behind them were bumped down one ranking.
You can also view the 2012 Houston Astros prospect list.
Lists
Minor League Ball (John Sickels)
Major League Baseball (Jonathan Mayo)
The List
| Rank | Player | Total | Change |
| 1 | Carlos Correa | 235 | 1st Rd Draft |
| 2 | Jonathan Singleton | 231 | -1 |
| 3 | George Springer | 214 | -1 |
| 4 | Delino DeShields | 197 | 4 |
| 5 | Jarred Cosart | 186 | -2 |
| 6 | Lance McCullers | 176 | Comp A Draft |
| 7 | Mike Foltynewicz | 161 | 2 |
| 8 | Domingo Santana | 125 | -3 |
| 9 | Rio Ruiz | 115 | 4th Rd Draft |
| 10 | Jonathan Villar | 99 | -6 |
| 11 | Nick Tropeano | 91 | 10 |
| 12 | Brad Peacock | 70 | Jed Lowrie Trade |
| 13 | Robbie Grossman | 60 | Wandy Rodriguez Trade |
| 14 | Nolan Fontana | 44 | 2nd Rd Draft |
| 15 | Vincent Velasquez | 36 | 13 |
| 16 | Asher Wojciechowski | 34 | 10 Player Deal |
| 17 | Adrian Houser | 28 | -6 |
| 18 | Carlos Perez | 19 | 10 Player Deal |
| 19 | Joe Musgrove | 16 | 10 Player Deal |
| 19 | Ariel Ovando | 16 | -6 |
| 21 | Kevin Comer | 12 | 10 Player Deal |
| 21 | Marc Krauss | 12 | Chris Johnson Trade |
| 23 | Max Stassi | 10 | Jed Lowrie Trade |
| 24 | Colton Cain | 7 | Wandy Rodriguez Trade |
| 24 | Teoscar Hernandez | 7 | |
| 26 | Rob Rasmussen | 5 | Carlos Lee Trade |
| 26 | Brady Rodgers | 5 | 3rd Rd Draft |
| 28 | Bobby Borchering | 4 | Chris Johnson Trade |
| 29 | Paul Clemens | 0 | -23 |
The “Change” column describes how the prospect’s status changed from 2012. a positive number means the prospect moved up in the list, while a negative number means he moved down. A prospect’s name is green if he is new to the organization this year.
Here is a spreadsheet that contains all of the 2013 Houston Astros prospect rankings in one place.
2012 Prospects Not on 2013 List
Graduated:
Kyle Weiland, #15
J.B. Shuck, #25
Placed on Waivers:
Juan Abreu, #19 – Claimed by the Toronto Blue Jays
Dropped Off:
Brett Oberholtzer, #7
Telvin Nash, #10
Jack Armstrong, #12
Austin Wates, #14
Jordan Scott, #16
Jiovanni Mier, #17
Tanner Bushue, #18
Chase Davidson, #20
Ross Seaton, #22
Jake Buchanan, #23
Mike Kvasnicka, #24
Brandon Meredith, #25
Josh Zeid, #27
Chris Wallace, #29
