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Astros Draft: Rounding out the top 5 picks dominated by CF’s

Position players and their bats, especially center fielders, seemed to be the dominating theme the first couple of days of the Astros‘ 2019 draft. After catcher Korey Lee was selected #1 by Houston, the next four picks were two center fielders and a shortstop, with the first pitcher being picked in the fifth round.

Let’s take a quick look at each player that was drafted and have high hopes of making it to the Big Leagues some day. The #1 pick, Korey Lee, has already been covered by James Wehr in a previous article.