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Nice. I take it he's in Minnesota. Do you suppose he'll take batting practice with the team tomorrow?

Mid-bottom (3-5) of the rotation starter, nothing wrong with that though (unless your rotation consists of 5 of those guys), you need 5 starters

I'd rather see them give up on his switch hitting.

Thanks! Good to see. I'm happy for him.

If they wanted a college arm I would have thought Pierce Johnson.

Mitch Brown at 42?

Pierce Johnson?

I know they need pitching, but after watching Brian Dozier the last couple of days, how about Deven Marrero?

Seattle passes on him too, I think the Boras thing is holding him back some now.

I'm not quite sure how they'd sell that to Astros fans. Perhaps they are just trying to drive Appel's price down.

Might be a fair comparison if not for Tate's drug issues.

Seriously?

1. Houston Astros - Mark Appel SP Stanford 2. Minnesota Twins - Byron Buxton OF HS Georgia 3. Seattle Mariners - Carlos Correa SS Puerto Rico 4. Baltimore Orioles - Kevin Gausman SP LSU 5. Kansas City Royals - Kyle Zimmer SP San Francisco 6. Chicago Cubs - Albert Almora - OF - HS Florida 7. San Diego Padres - Max Fried SP HS California 8. Pittsburgh Pirates - Mike Zunino C Florida 9. Miami Marlins - Courtney Hawkins OF HS Texas 10. Colorado Rockies - David Dahl - OF HS Alabama

Doesn't the fact that Scott Boras represent Mark Appel pretty much rule him out at #2 if Houston passes on him?