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Astros Top Five Starting Pitching Prospects For 2018

We continue our look at the top three prospects at each position moving to the starting pitchers this week. Since the Astros are so deep at this position, I decided to look at the top five.

Top Three Prospects By Position:

Whitley was the Astros first round pick in 2016 and he has rocketed through the Astros system. Whitley started the 2017 season with Quad Cities and had 67 K in 46.1 (13.0 K/9, 4.0 BB/9) innings with a 2.91 ERA (2.61 FIP). He was promoted to High-A Buies Creek where he had a 3.