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Astros: Revisiting the team’s awful 2007 amateur draft

If you’re wondering how bad a team’s draft could possibly be, the 2007 Houston Astros are here to answer it for you. This draft literally gave them nothing — not a single one of the players they signed ever reached the majors.

There are multiple reasons for this. Four of their selections did end up cracking the big leagues, but the Astros didn’t actually sign any of them. What’s worse is they didn’t have a pick until the 111th overall selection, coming in the third round.

Their first round pick went to the Rangers as compensation for the signing of Carlos Lee, and their second rounder went to the Padres as compensation for the signing of Woody Williams.