Astros 2008 Draft Picks Signed As Of The All-Star Break
1st round - C Jason Castro, Stanford
1st round comp - RHP Jordan Lyles, HS
3rd - Jay Austin - OF, HS
4th - Thomas Steele - OF, U of Arizona
5th round - LHP David Duncan, Georgia Tech
6th - Jack Shuck - OF, Ohio State
7th - Jonathan Gaston - OF, U of Arizona
9th-round LHP Luis Cruz - HS - San Juan, PR
10th-round LHP Jarred Holloway - HS St. Petersburg, FL
11th round -Jacob Pryday - OF - U of Missouri
12th round -Jeff Hulet - SS - Walton College
13th round -Kyle Godfrey, RHP - Hiwassee College
15th-round - 1B Phil Disher - U. South Carolina
17th round - Andrew Simunic - 2B - U of Tennessee
18th-round - 3B David Flores - Cal-State Sacramento
19th-round - RHP Ashton Mowdy - JuCo
24th-round - RHP Danny Meier - University of Portland
25th-round - LHP Michael Hacker - Consumes River College, California
26th-round - LHP Shane Wolf - Ithaca College
27th round -Nathaniel Pettus, RHP - W. Oklahoma State U
28th round -Zach Grimmett, RHP - HS
29th round -Christopher Jackson SS - Virginia Commonwealth U
30th-round - IF Michael Diaz - South Conneticutt State U
31st round - Phillip Rumell, RHP - Kutztown U of Pennsylvania
35th-round - C Rene Garcia - Colegio Sagrada Familia, Corozal, PR
37th round -Kirkland Rivers, LHP - A&M
47th round - Nathan Metroka, OF, JuCo
48th-round - RHP Daniel Meszaros - College of Charleston.
49th round - Chase Lehr, RHP - JuCo
30 of 52 picks have signed. They have 26 more days to sign the rest of the picks.
Last year, the Astros signed 30 of 42 picks - 5 from rounds 3-12.
In 2006, the Astros signed 18 of the first 20 picks/rounds. Of rounds 21 - 50, they signed 14, and none of those have made it above A ball.
In 2005, the Astros drafted 46 and signed 35; they DID sign 17 of the first 20. Of course, the fact that they all turned out to be ultra duds is kind of more important than the fact that they got the duds (and NO, that is NOT a misspelling of “dudes”) to sign in the first place. And I would expect that after 3 years, they should have been able to develop at LEAST one player.
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7 Responses to “Astros 2008 Draft Picks Signed As Of The All-Star Break”
July 19th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Sorry to burst your bubble, because we ALL know how U jus’ LUUV to second-GUESS management and babble about how ed wade is the WORST and Uncle Drayton is a CHEAPSKATE owner and it just SUX to be an Stros fan….
Your cheapskate Bud Selig-loving owner has signed 29 of the team’s 52 draft picks, but I’m sure you’ll just blame your mistake on the Astros management for not issuing official releases for all 29 signings.
So here’s how it goes now, folks. Since the Astros have succeeded in the first step of the development process (signing their picks), Lisa will shift to “blast the pick” mode at soon as Castro posts his first Golden Sombrero and Justin Smoak hits a Hamiltonian-like home run for the AZL Rangers.
I just call it like I see it.
July 19th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
The signings Lisa missed:
3rd - Jay Austin
4th - Thomas Steele
6th - Jack Shuck
7th - Jonathan Gaston
11th-Jacob Pryday
12th-Jeff Hulet
13th-Kyle Godfrey
17th-Andrew Simunic
27th-Nathaniel Pettus
28th-Zach Grimmett
29th-Christopher Jackson
31st-Philip Rummel
37th-Kirkland Rivers
47th-Nathan Petroka
49th-Chase Lehr
July 19th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
will,
thank you for submitting those names. i appreciate your help and will amend the entry.
- amusement
it would certainly be nice if the astros thought that signing picks merited an official release
- even more amusement
and you know very well that i don’t like small sample sizes. but sorry you don’t think that the fact that absolutely nobody from the 05 draft advanced past AA means anything. i figure that 3 years is a reasonable sample size. Why, isn’t that enough for YOU????
AND you read that i SAID that they signed almost all their picks in 05 and 06. Signing is just the FIRST step.
and drayton HAS been cheap about drafting and development.
July 19th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Keep preaching Lisa.
I am a huge Astro homer. And I think Drayton has done a decent job as owner of the Stros. (We did win a pennant under his watch.) But when it comes to drafting, signing and development the Astros have been blatantly inept the last 5 or so years. There is a reason publications like Baseball America rate our organization at or near the bottom in the amount of talent in the Minors. Whether it’s because of drafting for sign-ability, bad scouting, or outright cheapness our Minor league system is BROKE.
July 19th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
dallas,
sux or rool, i’m a huge astros homer.
drayton did a great job up until that fateful day he signed roger and convinced himself he didn’t need no stinkin GM cuz he could do it his own self.
and it is a fact that the astros didn’t draft and develop any position players since 01 since burke and pence. and that is pretty darn sad.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Lisa,
Who is the kid from Lake Travis HS the Astros drafted and did he sign. I’m friends with his HS coach and he said the kid is a lefty and throw 92-94. i hope we don’t let this one get away.
July 26th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Never mind-I just read we signed him for 3rd round money. Way to go Uncle Drayton!
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