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Astros' System "All 20 Years Old or Younger" Team

By Snake Diggity on Feb 22 2011, 4:34p 8

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An Bleacher Report article linked by Astros Daily featured a top 10 list of Astros prospects 20 years old or younger, and it got me thinking about Houston's collection of super young prospects, so I put together an imaginary 25 man roster comprised of Astros prospects who fit that description:

To me, that's quite a list; not sure how it compares to other teams, but the solid collection of position players and high ceiling starting pitchign struck me in a positive way.

Pos.	Player	2010 Level	Note
C	Rene Garcia	High A Lancaster	Invite to big league camp has to mean something, right?
1B	Fredwin Campusano	DSL	Broke out in 2nd year in DSL.
2B	Delino DeShields Jr.	Rookie Level Greenville	Good start in debut; should be in Lexington in 2011.
SS	Jiovanni Mier	A Lexington	Expecting big improvement after weight gain and big camp.
3B	Jon Meyer	A Lexington	Struggled mightily and is entering an important year.
RF	Ariel Ovando	Instructional	The only thing here is hype; anxious to see him debut.
CF	Jay Austin	High A Lancaster	Was expecting more of a breakout in Lancaster, but still…
LF	Telvin Nash	Short A Tri-City	Breakout season last year (876 OPS) could be a sign.
OF	Jordan Scott	GCL	Solid #'s in 1st pro season. Mgmt high on this kid.
IF	Jose Altuve	High A Lancaster	Just keeps producing (805 OPS last year).
C	Roberto Pena	A Lexington	Defensive standout rose quickly to Lexington.
IF	Jonathan Villar	High A Lancaster	Defense is there, bat could come along.
OF	Jose Monzon	DSL	CF prospect did well and showed a bit of power in GCL.

SP	Jordan Lyles	AAA Round Rock	We all know all about him already
SP	Mike Foltynewicz	Rookie Level Greenville	So far so good; righty has all the tools to be a future ace.
SP	Tanner Bushue	A Lexington	Very good year considering his age and league.
SP	Ruben Alaniz	Rookie Level Greenville	Good start to pro career.
SP	Luis Cruz	High A Lancaster	Great #'s last year.
SP	Vincent Velasquez	Rookie Level Greenville	Injury history lowers projection, but the tools are there.
RP	Juan Minaya	High A Lancaster	Size is there, too many walks.
RP	Evan Grills	GCL	Plenty of SO's in small sample size; tools are there.
RP	Edgar Ferreira	DSL	Projectible lefty walked too many, but otherwise did well.
RP	Luis Ordosgoitti	DSL	Great #'s in debut; projectable.
RP	Jose Perdomo	DSL	Great SO:BB #'s. 1.67 ERA last year.
CL	Xavier Baso	DSL	Has consistently put up good #'s in 3 short league seasons.

	Honorable Mention:
IF	Kike Hernandez	Short A Tri-City	Progressing nicely but will need to add more power to stick.
IF	Jose Fernandez	GCL	Acquitted himself well in GCL debut.
IF	Yonathan Mejia	DSL	Unknown.
IF	Andru Sierra	DSL	Had BIG jump in production in follow up in DSL.
IF	Jose Solano	DSL	Youngster had good debut in DSL.
OF	Luis De La Rosa	DSL	Had significant jump in production in repeat DLS season.
SP	Michael Feliz	DSL	PEDs aside, all the tools are there.
SP	Jose Montero	DSL	So far so good for int'l signee with all the makings of an ace.
SP	Francis Ramirez	DSL	Good #'s as a starter last year in GCL.
RP	Enderson Franco	DSL	3:1 SO:BB ratio.
RP	Richard Rodriguez	DSL	Solid debut with 16 SO and just 5 walks.
RP	Pedro Gomez	DSL	Peripherals better than appear.

	Other Notables:
C	Kenny Diaz	DSL	Struggled in DSL last season.
IF	Kyle Redinger	GCL	Struggled in debut; will need to add power to keep going.
IF	Josh Magee	GCL	Struggled in GCL.
IF	Chan Moon	GCL	Korean struggled in debut.
OF	Garen Wright	GCL	Probably not going much further.
OF	Kelvin Vizcaino	DSL	Ovando-lite struggled in 47 game DSL season.
SP	Mark Jones	GCL	Needs to work on control.
RP	Krishawn Holley	GCL	Unknown.