The Houston Astros has sustained high-level winning for seven straight seasons now, and their farm system is an enormous reason why.
Developing Carlos Correa, George Springer, Yordan Alvarez, Kyle Tucker, Jeremy Pena, Alex Bregman, Framber Valdez, and Cristian Javier set up Houston to make key trades to acquire elite starting pitching — including trading for Justin Verlander twice.
The result of all those trades is one of the thinnest farm systems in baseball, especially after the re-acquisition of Verlander in exchanged for the Astros’ top two prospects, Ryan Clifford and Drew Gilbert.
Here’s the Astros’ Top 30 update:
| RANK | PLAYER | POS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Melton | OF |
| 2 | Zach Dezenzo | 3B |
| 3 | Brice Matthews | SS |
| 4 | Luis Baez | OF |
| 5 | Joey Loperfido | OF |
| 6 | David Hensley | INF |
| 7 | Spencer Arrighetti | RHP |
| 8 | Miguel Ullola | RHP |
| 9 | Shay Whitcomb | 2B |
| 10 | Colin Barber | OF |
| 11 | Alonzo Tredwell | RHP |
| 12 | Camilo Diaz | SS |
| 13 | Andrew Taylor | RHP |
| 14 | Justin Dirden | OF |
| 15 | Michael Knorr | RHP |
| 16 | Kenedy Corona | OF |
| 17 | Pedro Leon | OF |
| 18 | Jake Bloss | RHP |
| 19 | Colton Gordon | LHP |
| 20 | Chase Jaworksy | SS |
| 21 | Cam Fisher | OF |
| 22 | Zachary Cole | OF |
| 23 | Anthony Huezo | SS |
| 24 | Quincy Hamilton | OF |
| 25 | Misael Tamarez | RHP |
| 26 | Trey Dombroski | LHP |
| 27 | Will Wagner | 3B/2B |
| 28 | Rhett Kouba | RHP |
| 29 | Ethan Pecko | RHP |
| 30 | Nolan DeVos | RHP |
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