Prospect Perfect Fit Thursday – Houston Astros

Happy Thursday gang – it’s time to begin our newest feature here at MLB Prospect Pulse. Our Perfect Prospect Fit Series will run each Tuesday and Thursday leading up to Spring Training and will focus on one prospect from each organization who just might be a “perfect fit” for another team. This will be a fun exercise as much as anything else, although we’ll try to provide potential deals that might be acceptable for both sides whenever possible. There will obviously be some instances where one side may not have the desired return to get the other side to pull the trigger, so there may not be a proposal that works for one side or the other – these could wind up just being “pie in the sky” hopes and wishes, but what the heck…it’s hot stove season. We invite all of you to chime in with your comments, thoughts, and ideas on all of them (as well as your own) as we try to get through these cold quiet months with you.

We’ll be looking at both sides of the equation for each organization – a team that would be willing to part with significant value for one of their prospects, as well as a Top 10 prospect from another organization who could potentially become a long-term piece for them. These may (or may not) be able to be accomplished with the same trade.

Our first exercise will focus on the Houston Astros…

2014 Postseason Top 100 Prospects

Now that you’ve had a chance to review our 2014 Postseason Organization Rankings, we reveal the Top 100 Prospects that drove those rankings. While fantasy projections are one of the driving forces behind our rankings, they’re not the only criteria considered – players that project as elite defensive contributors at premium positions are considered as important as offense-first players. In this new era where power has disappeared and pitching again dominates the sport, Gold Glove caliber defenders become that much more important because DRS (Defensive Runs Saved) is arguably as important a statistic as a player’s propensity for creating runs. I dare say that if you poll all the GMs in the game today the majority would be more than happy to have Jason Heyward and Alex Gordon flanking a solid CF, Andrelton Simmons and Brandon Phillips turning double plays, and Yadier Molina managing their pitching staff whether any of them hit or not. They’ll find a way to generate offense elsewhere – they always have.

*** Top 100 Prospect capsules along with full Organizational Lists (all 15 players) and capsules will be shared with all interested fans who subscribe to and follow MLB Prospect Pulse in addition to following me on Twitter prior to November 30th, 2014 to help with your 2015 preparations. These reports will be sent via e-mail on or before December 15th to give everyone plenty of research material to review while vegging out over the holidays. ***

2014 Postseason Organizational Rankings – Houston Astros

 

 

MLB Prospect Pulse’s Astros’ 2014 End Of Season Top 10 Prospects are…

MLB Prospect Pulse’s 2014 Midseason Top 50 Prospects

Here’s the recap of my previously published 2014 Midseason Top 50 Prospect Rankings.