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2019 Astros Draft Pick Tracker

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    Let's welcome the draft class of 2019 to the Houston Astros organization!

    News pertaining to the class, including undrafted free agent signings, will be posted in this thread.

    Status as of June 7

    Bold: player has signed or given indications that he will sign
    Name stricken through: player will not sign or has given indications that he will not sign

    Round 1, #32 overall: Korey Lee, C, Cal (JR)
    Round 2, #68 overall: Grae Kessinger, SS, Ole Miss (JR)
    Round 3, #106 overall: Jordan Brewer, CF, Michigan (JR)
    Round 4, #136 overall: Colin Barber, CF, Pleasant Valley High School (Chico, California); committed to Oregon
    Round 5, #166 overall: Hunter Brown, RHP, Wayne State (JR)
    Round 6, #196 overall: Matthew Barefoot, CF, Campbell (redshirt JR)
    Round 7, #226 overall: Blair Henley, RHP, Texas (JR)
    Round 8, #256 overall: Luis Guerrero, CF, Miami Dade College (JUCO SOPH); committed to South Florida

    Round 9, #286 overall: Peyton Battenfield, RHP, Oklahoma State (JR)
    Round 10, #316 overall: C.J. Stubbs, C, USC (redshirt JR)
    Round 11, #346 overall: Ryan Gusto, RHP, Florida Southwestern State College (JUCO SOPH); committed to Western Kentucky
    Round 12: #376 overall: Garrett Gayle, RHP, Rice (JR)
    Round 13, #406 overall: Kevin Holcomb, RHP, Glendale College (CA) (JUCO SOPH); committed to UCLA
    Round 14, #436 overall: Derek West, RHP, Pittsburgh (redshirt JR)
    Round 15, #466 overall: Cole McDonald, RHP, Iowa (SR)
    Round 16, #496 overall: Dexter Jordan, 2B, Pearl River Community College (JUCO FR)
    Round 17, #526 overall: Danny Cody, RHP, Baldwin-Wallace College (SR)

    Round 18, #556 overall: Justin Campbell, RHP, Simi Valley High School (Simi Valley, California); committed to Tulane
    Round 19, #586 overall: Tyler Krabbe, C, Montevallo (SR)
    Round 20, #616 overall: Alex Palmer, RHP, Stephen F. Austin (JR)
    Round 21, #646 overall: Davis Vainer, RHP, Alabama (redshirt JR); transferring to Arizona to play as a grad transfer
    Round 22, #676 overall: Shea Barry, RHP, UC Santa Barbara (JR)
    Round 23, #706 overall: Zach Biermann, 1B, Coastal Carolina (SR)
    Round 24, #736 overall: Preston Pavlica, CF, Grand Canyon (SR)
    Round 25, #766 overall: E.P. Reese, CF, Winston-Salem State (redshirt SOPH)
    Round 26, #796 overall: Chandler Casey, RHP, Lubbock Christian (SR)

    Round 27, #826 overall: Kevin Dickey, LHP, Seminole State College (JUCO SOPH); committed to Texas Tech
    Round 28, #856 overall: Bryan Arias, 2B, Texas-San Antonio (SR)
    Round 29, #886 overall: Whit Drennan, LHP, Rollins College (SR)
    Round 30, #916 overall: Michael Horrell, RHP, Campbell (SR)

    Round 31, #946 overall: Peyton Plumlee, RHP, Mississippi State (SR)
    Round 32, #976 overall: Oscar Carvajal, RHP, Fresno State (redshirt SOPH)
    Round 33, #1006 overall: Bryan Martinez, LHP, Connors State College (JUCO SOPH)
    Round 34, #1036 overall: A.J. Lee, SS, Maryland (SR)
    Round 35, #1066 overall: James Nix, RF, College of Central Florida (JUCO FR); committed to South Carolina
    Round 36, #1096 overall: Chandler Murphy, RHP, Liberty High School (Peoria, Arizona); committed to Arizona
    Round 37, #1126 overall: Max Dias, 3B, Porter High School (Porter, Texas); committed to New Orleans
    Round 38, #1156 overall: J.C. Correa, SS, Lamar (JR)

    Round 39, #1186 overall: Brock Rudy, C, Northgate High School (Walnut Creek, California); committed to Utah
    Round 40, #1216 overall: Dillon Plew, 1B, Washington State (JR)

    Undrafted Free Agents

    In the past, there were players who apparently signed as undrafted free agents with the Astros but never appeared on a roster of a minor league affiliate. I'll only update this part if they appear on a roster.

    The First 10, with Slot Values

    1-32: Korey Lee ($2,257,300)
    2-68: Grae Kessinger ($953,100)
    3-106: Jordan Brewer ($549,000)
    4-136: Colin Barber ($410,100)
    5-166: Hunter Brown ($306,800)
    6-196: Matthew Barefoot ($239,000)
    7-226: Blair Henley ($188,900)
    8-256: Luis Guerrero ($160,300)
    9-286: Peyton Battenfield ($148,400)
    10-316: C.J. Stubbs ($142,200)

    Overslot signings after 10th round

    The maximum slot after the 10th round is $125,000.

    Original bonus pool: $5,355,100
    Pool spent:
    Money remaining in pool before penalties:

    Breakdown

    5 High school
    2 JUCO Freshmen
    5 JUCO Sophs
    13 Juniors (I'm listing redshirt sophomores as juniors)
    15 Seniors (I'm listing redshirt juniors as seniors)

    By position

    4 C
    2 1B
    2 2B
    1 3B
    3 SS
    7 OF (6 CF, 1 RF)
    18 RHP
    3 LHP

    The signing deadline is July 5. College seniors are not subject to this deadline; teams can negotiate with seniors up until one week before next year's draft.

    Baseball America Top 500 Players

    1. Korey Lee - #173
    2. Grae Kessinger - #125
    3. Jordan Brewer - #158
    4. Colin Barber - #195
    5. Hunter Brown - #156
    6. Matthew Barefoot - #290
    7. Blair Henley - #336
    10. C.J. Stubbs - #429
    23. Zach Biermann - #421

    Where are the High School/JUCO players committed?

    4. Colin Barber - Oregon
    8. Luis Guerrero - South Florida
    11. Ryan Gusto - Western Kentucky
    13. Kevin Holcomb - UCLA
    16. Dexter Jordan - ?
    18. Justin Campbell - Tulane
    27. Kevin Dickey - Texas Tech
    33. Bryan Martinez - ?
    35. James Nix - South Carolina
    36. Chandler Murphy - Arizona
    37. Max Dias - New Orleans
    39. Brock Rudy - Utah

    Players in College World Series

    Grae Kessinger
    Jordan Brewer
    Peyton Battenfield
    Peyton Plumlee

    Where they're headed

    Quad Cities


    Tri-City


    GCL

     
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    This sounds promising:
     
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    A nice story on Davis Vainer (21), who lives with alopecia.



    Vainer intends to transfer to Arizona to work on his Master's.



    Garrett Gayle (12) plans on signing.

     
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    Nix signing is a surprise. Love it when Houston gets late round picks to sign.
     
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    He is all about the walk (25%) to strikeout (7%) ratio.
     
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    Safe to say that Whit Drennan (29) plans on signing:



    Michael Horrell (30):



     
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    Huge. Probably my favorite pick of day 2.

     
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    Danny Cody (17):



    Preston Pavlica's (24) Instagram bio says "Astros organization"

    Arizona Daily Star: Davis Vainer (21) "is expected to follow through on his transfer plan."

    As I've mentioned earlier, Vainer intends to transfer to Arizona to work on his Master's degree.
     
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    They took 7 underclassmen in the top 30 rounds, 13 total. Underclassmen taken by Houston in the first 30 rounds by year:
    2016: 3
    2017: 5
    2018: 3
    2019: 7


    4 Barber Hs
    8 Guerrero So
    11 Gusto So
    13 Holcomb So
    18 Campbell HS
    25 Reese So
    27 Dickey So
    32 Carvajal So
    33 Martinez So
    35 Nix Fr
    36 Murphy HS
    37 Dias HS
    39 Rudy HS
     
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    Luhnow just said on the broadcast that they will go overslot for Barber and they believe he was a 2nd round talent at the very least. Also said they will save some money from the first three selections to make that happen.
     
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