On Monday night, MLB Pipeline unveiled the top 30 prospects for every organization in the American League West entering the 2021 season. For the third year in a row, the Astros have righty starting pitcher Forrest Whitley as the first name on the list.
Whitley —who suffered a UCL sprain and could be on the verge of Tommy John Surgery— is followed by newly-signed Int’l CF Pedro León, RHP Hunter Brown, IF Jeremy Peña, and C Korey Lee, a group we are yet to see in the Majors.
Putting Whitley on the top is the logical choice.