College Splits: Houston Astros 2010 Draft Recap

Houston Astros 2010 Draft Recap

June 17, 2010

The ACC is not an easy place to hit. Few players know that better than Austin Wates--he did ok (315/431/484) against conference opponents, but went nuts on everybody else, to the tune of 470/569/760. Unfortunately, A-ball has more in common with the ACC than it does with the rest of D-1.

Bobby Doran's results are a bit of an enigma. He posted a solid 8.2 K/9 against 2.4 W/9, almost two grondouts for every flyout ... but suffered through an ERA of 4.57 and a .454 SLG against. He didn't give up too many homers, so are all those doubles home runs waiting to happen, or flyouts when he gets a better defense behind him?

Another enigma is the 2010 college catcher class behind Yasmani Grandal. Adding to the complexity is one-hit-wonder Ben Heath. He came out of nowhere to post a monster season. Let runs above average tell the story: 2.4 in 2008, -0.7 in 2009, and 31 in 2010. Basically, he went from hitting like Austin Wood to hitting like Austin Wates.

Draft Class Breakdown

Here's a general idea of who they took, and where they got 'em. To compare to other teams and MLB averages, check out this post at THT Live.

  Pos    4YR  JC  HS  Total  
  RHP      8   2   9     19  
  LHP      5   0   2      7  
  C        4   0   2      6  
  1B       0   0   2      2  
  2B       1   0   0      1  
  3B       1   0   1      2  
  SS       1   0   4      5  
  CF       1   0   5      6  
  RF       3   1   0      4  
  Total   24   3  25

Splits for Astros Draftees

8 - Delino Deshields Jr., Woodward Academy (GA)

19 - Mike Foltynewicz, Minooka Community HS (IL)

33 - Michael Kvasnicka, Minnesota

58 - Vincent Velasquez, Garey HS (CA)

90 - Austin Wates, Virginia Tech

123 - Robert Doran, Texas Tech

153 - Ben Heath, Penn St U

183 - Adam Plutko, Glendora HS (CA)

213 - Roberto Pena, Eloisa Pascual HS

243 - Jake Buchanan, North Carolina St U

273 - Thomas Shirley, Xavier