Thanks to the recent Mike Trout news, there has been a renewed focus on the number of teams that passed over the future Hall of Fame outfielder in the 2009 MLB Draft. In case you’re wondering, 22 teams in total chose not to select Trout before the Angels did with the 25th overall pick. It just so happens that the Astros were one of those 22 teams that chose not to select Trout.
Yeah, what could’ve been, right?
At the time of the draft, the Astros were stuck in a weird limbo-like state.