Thoughts after 20 Full Rounds of the MLB Draft

This was the Astros’ fullest draft since 2019, which was a sneaky good draft with Korey Lee, Hunter Brown, and Colin Barber all chose in the first 5 rounds. The rest of the draft was pretty shaky, as the only name I recognize after round 10 is JC Correa.

Other writers have already begun to write informed profiles of these picks. This article merely intends to take a macro-view of the draft class, and indicate possible directions that Click intends to take the farm system.

First, it’s nice to infuse the system with talent. Last year the Astros didn’t pick until #87, and their next pick didn’t sign. In 2020 they picked #72. This year the had 3 picks inside the top 80, and got drafted two…