The other day I posed a question on Twitter about ideas for upcoming articles. Someone mentioned looking back at past prospect lists to see where the prospects are now. I think this is a great idea and decided to start with the top Astros prospects from 10 years ago. I will be using Baseball Prospectus’ list from 2009.
Castro was the Astros first round pick (10th overall) in the 2008 draft. Heading into the 2009 season he was ranked the #53 overall prospect by Baseball America. Castro had a great 2009 season in the minors and he continued his rise making his MLB debut in 2010.