With the college season underway we might as well get the thread started. The 2026 draft will take place July 11-12. The Astros will have a much larger pool than last year after finishing lower in the standings than usual and acquiring some extra picks instead of sacrificing them. All QO free agents have now signed, so I think the order is more or less final, with the Astros picking at:
Round
Overall
Notes
1
17
PPI
28
For Hunter Brown’s top-3 Cy Young finish
2
57
3
93
4
121
Comp
134
For Framber Valdez signing with Detroit
5
155
6
182
7
212
8
242
9
272
10
302
11
332
12
362
13
392
14
422
15
452
16
482
17
512
18
542
19
572
20
602
I’m not exactly sure, but I think the comp pick for Framber would have been #75 if the Astros had stayed under the luxury tax in 2025. I’ll update this with their bonus pool number if and when I find it, probably somewhere around $13M. Last year’s pool was just over $7M. Suffice it to say they’ll have more flexibility to buy their favorite players down to their picks this year.
From the few games I’ve seen of Texas, would expect Carson Tinney to move up that list. Don’t have an idea of his defensive ability as a catcher, but he’s a tough out, with power.
Chris Rembert # 28 on the list suffered an ankle injury on opening weekend - it is an “interior ankle sprain” but he will miss extended time. It was an ugly looking injury/slide
I think he was talking about the system. He was saying they had good young outfielders, and that that was the strength of the system, and they would be looking for good young infielders moving forward. I feel like he was implying through the draft, etc. Of course I could be way off base, but that was my take.