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Who won the 2012 Draft? Part I

In 2012, the relatively unknown first-year GM of the last-place Astros, Jeff Luhnow, made one of his most lasting marks on the Astros with one of his very first decisions.

“With the first pick in the 2012 amateur draft, the Astros select...Carlos Correa.”

It was a bit of a surprise. The kid who played his High School ball in Puerto Rico wasn’t that high in anyone’s draft projections. He was generally considered a fifth or sixth selection.

The Astros signed Correa under slot and used the extra money to sign the highly regarded high school pitching prospect, Lance McCullers, who was a supplemental first-round pick drafted #41.