Yesterday, Baseball America unleashed its annual Top 100 prospects list. Unfortunately, it begins with a typo, as an Astros prospect does not feature at No. 1 overall. We here at The Crawfish Boxes expect this oversight to be corrected during the next revision.
Aside from that glaring oversight, H-Town farmhands came out smelling pretty. Five bright-eyed young professional baseballers appear on the twenty-eighth iteration of the list.
15. RHP Francis Martes
19. OF Kyle Tucker
51. RHP David Paulino
54. RHP Franklin Perez
72. A.J. Reed
The feat is made more impressive by the fact that the Astros have, within the last three seasons, graduated seven former Top 100 propsects to the majors (3B Alex Bregman, SP Joe Musgrove, SS Carlos Correa, OF George Springer, SP Lance McCullers, SP Mike Foltynewicz [now with the Braves], and 1B Jon Singleton).