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Major League Baseball

Record: 86-75   .534.... 3rd in National League Central
Stadium: Minute Maid Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 2,779,287
Payroll: $88,930,414
Top Draft Pick: Jason Castro (#10)   AA
Manager - Cecil Cooper

Houston Astros affiliate.

Affiliates - MLB Houston Astros AAA Round Rock Express AA Corpus Christi Hooks A+ Salem Avalanche A Lexington Legends A- Tri City ValleyCats Rk Greeneville Astros

Team Leaders

HR: Berkman [29]
RBI: Berkman [106]
2B: Berkman [46]
SB: Bourn [41]
W: Oswalt [17]
SV: Valverde [44]
SO: Oswalt [165]

Oldest Player: []
Youngest Player: []

Major League Debuts

Batters: Edwin Maysonet (Sep 7) Mark Saccomanno (Sep 8)
Pitchers: Wesley Wright (Mar 31)

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Draft Picks Listing

Rnd	Ovl	Phase	Player Name	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	B	T	HL	MLB	Drafted From	Bonus
1	10	June-Reg	Jason Castro	C	21	6-3	210	L	R	AA		Stanford University	$2,070,000
1	38	June-Reg	Jordan Lyles	P	17	6-4	185	R	R	A		Hartsville (Hartsville,SC)	$930,000
2	56	June-Reg	Jay Austin	OF	17	5-11	170	L	L	A		North Atlanta (Atlanta,GA)	$715,000
3	88**	June-Reg	Chase Davidson	1B	18	6-5	222	L	R	-		Milton (Alpharetta,GA)
3	109	June-Reg	Ross Seaton	P	18	6-4	190	L	R	A		Second Baptist School (Houston,TX)	$700,000
4	122	June-Reg	T.J. Steele	OF	21	6-3	215	R	R	A+		University of Arizona	$267,000
5	152	June-Reg	David Duncan	P	22	6-9	230	L	L	A+		Georgia Tech	$185,000
6	182	June-Reg	J.B. Shuck	OF	21	5-11	185	L	L	A+		Ohio State University	$150,000
7	212	June-Reg	Jonathan Gaston	OF	21	6-0	210	L	R	A+		University of Arizona	$150,000
8	242	June-Reg	Brad Dydalewicz	P	18	6-1	180	L	L	A		Lake Travis (Austin,TX)	$425,000
9	272	June-Reg	Luis Cruz	P	17	5-9	170	L	L	Rookie		-	$150,000
10	302	June-Reg	Jarred Holloway	P	19	6-3	230	R	L	A-		St. Petersburg College	$150,000
11	332	June-Reg	Jacob Priday	OF	22	6-1	218	R	R	A		University of Missouri
12	362	June-Reg	Jeff Hulett	SS	20	6-0	185	R	R	A		Northwest Florida State College
13	392	June-Reg	Kyle Godfrey	P	22	6-4	200	R	R	A		Hiwassee College
14	422	June-Reg	Chris Hicks	P	21	6-4	210	R	R	A+		Georgia Tech
15	452	June-Reg	Phil Disher	C	23	6-2	215	R	R	A		University of South Carolina
16	482	June-Reg	Josh Poythress	P	17	6-1		R	L	-		Fowler (Fowler,CA)
17	512	June-Reg	Andy Simunic	2B	22	6-0	170	R	R	A+		University of Tennessee
18	542	June-Reg	David Flores	3B	21	6-2	220	R	R	A+		Sacramento State
19	572	June-Reg	Ashton Mowdy	P	22	6-0	185	R	R	A+		Eastern Oklahoma State College
20	602	June-Reg	Shea Robin	C	22	5-11	185	R	R	College		Vanderbilt University
21	632	June-Reg	Rodarrick Jones	OF	17	6-0	190	R	R	College		St. John (Plaquemine,LA)
22	662	June-Reg	Terrance Jackson	P	19	6-3	185	R	L	-		North Central Texas College
23	692	June-Reg	Chase Hutchingson	P	19	6-5	180	L	L	-		University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
24	722	June-Reg	Danny Meier	OF	22	6-3	205	R	R	A-		University of Portland
25	752	June-Reg	Michael Hacker	P	22	5-9	175	L	L	A		Cosumnes River College
26	782	June-Reg	Shane Wolf	P	21	6-3	225	L	L	A+		Ithaca College
27	812	June-Reg	Nate Pettus	P	19	6-1	200	R	R	A-		Western Oklahoma State College
28	842	June-Reg	Zach Grimmett	P	18	6-3	185	R	R	A-		Beggs (Beggs,OK)
29	872	June-Reg	Chris Jackson	SS	21	5-11	185	R	R	A+		Virginia Commonwealth University
30	902	June-Reg	Michael Diaz	2B	21	5-10	160	L	R	AA		Southern Connecticut State University
31	932	June-Reg	Philip Rummel	P	23	6-5	235	R	R	A+		Kutztown University
32	962	June-Reg	Bryan Vollmuth	SS	18	6-3	195	R	R	-		Biloxi (Biloxi,MS)
33	992**	June-Reg	Shawn Armstrong	P	17	6-2	196	R	R	College		West Craven (Vanceboro,NC)	$0
34	1022	June-Reg	Jordan Jankowski	C	19	6-1	210	R	R	-		Peters Township (McMurray,PA)
35	1052	June-Reg	Rene Garcia	C	18	6-0	172	R	R	A-		Collegio Sagrada Familia (Sagrada,PR)
36	1082	June-Reg	Austin Wood	P	17	6-4	205	R	R	-		Niceville (Niceville,FL)
37	1112	June-Reg	Kirkland Rivers	P	22	6-1	195	L	L	A		Texas A&M University
38	1142**	June-Reg	Kris Castellanos	P	17	6-3	185	L	L	College		Newsome (Lithia,FL)
39	1172	June-Reg	Tyson Van Winkle	C	20	6-0	190	R	R	A		Gonzaga University
40	1202	June-Reg	Scott Lawson	2B	20	5-10	185	L	R	-		Grayson County College
41	1232	June-Reg	Tony McClendon	OF	17	6-2	180	R	R	-		Damien (La Verne,CA)
42	1262	June-Reg	Ryan Danbury	OF	20	6-2	170	R	R	-		North Florida Community College
43	1292	June-Reg	Austin Green	C	18	6-1	180	R	R	-		Patrick Henry (San Diego,CA)
44	1322	June-Reg	Edmond Sparks	C	19	5-11	200	R	R	-		Chipola College
45	1351	June-Reg	Grayson Garvin	P	18	6-5		L	L	-		Wesleyan School (Norcross,GA)
46	1379	June-Reg	Mike Modica	P	21	6-0	175	L	L	A-		George Mason University
47	1406	June-Reg	Nathan Metroka	OF	21	6-2	220	R	R	A		Compton Community College
48	1433	June-Reg	Danny Meszaros	P	22	5-10	170	R	R	AA		College of Charleston
49	1460	June-Reg	Chase Lehr	P	20	6-2	185	R	R	A-		Glendale Community College
50	1487	June-Reg	Jamal Austin	OF	17	5-10	175	R	R	College		Harrison (Kennesaw,GA)