The first and supplemental first rounds of the MLB Draft will be held today, starting at 5 PM CT. You can watch it live on MLB Network or streaming live at MLB.com. Your Houston Astros were granted pick No. 11, and the names surrounding them have been pretty varied. They could go with Oklahoma HS righthander Archie Bradley, Texas righty Taylor Jungmann, Florida prep shortstop Francisco Lindor, or even a true surprise like Stanford lefty Chris Reed. Rice's Anthony Rendon is expected to go in the top couple of picks, possibly as high as No. 2 overall and if not, likely in the Top 5.
The Astros accumulated zero "sandwich round" picks, as they are called, because they lost no free agents worth offering arbitration to last offseason. Ergo, after No. 11, they will sit on their hands until the second round, where pick No. 69 will be their next chance to improve the farm system. Scouting director Bobby Heck seemed to think that the pitching was more impressive than the hitting, so it looks likely that they'll go there a couple of times in the first few rounds.
Here's a complete order of the first round picks that will be happening tonight:
FIRST ROUND
1) Pittsburgh Pirates
2) Seattle Mariners
3) Arizona Diamondbacks
4) Baltimore Orioles
5) Kansas City Royals
6) Washington Nationals
7) Arizona Diamondbacks -- Failure to sign last year's first rounder, Barrett Loux
8) Cleveland Indians
9) Chicago Cubs
10) San Diego Padres -- Failure to sign last year's first rounder, Karsten Whitson
11) Houston Astros
12) Milwaukee Brewers
13) New York Mets
14) Florida Marlins
15) Milwaukee Brewers -- Failure to sign last year's first rounder, Dylan Covey
16) Los Angeles Dodgers
17) Los Angeles Angels
18) Oakland A's
19) Boston Red Sox -- Compensation pick for losing Victor Martinez
20) Colorado Rockies
21) Toronto Blue Jays
22) St. Louis Cardinals
23) Washington Nationals -- Compensation pick for losing Adam Dunn
24) Tampa Bay Rays -- Compensation pick for losing Carl Crawford
25) San Diego Padres
26) Boston Red Sox -- Compensation pick for losing Adrian Beltre
27) Cincinnati Reds
28) Atlanta Braves
29) San Francisco Giants
30) MInnesota Twins
31) New York Yankees
32) Tampa Bay Rays
33) Texas Rangers -- Compensation pick for losing Cliff Lee
SUPPLEMENTAL FIRST ROUND
34) Washington Nationals -- Compensation pick for losing Adam Dunn
35) Toronto Blue Jays -- Compensation pick for losing Scott Downs
36) Boston Red Sox -- Compensation pick for losing VIctor Martinez
37) Texas Rangers -- Compensation pick for losing Cliff Lee
38) Tampa Bay Rays -- Compensation pick for losing Rafael Soriano
39) Philadelphia Phillies -- Compensation pick for losing Jayson Werth
40) Boston Red Sox -- Compensation pick for losing Adrian Beltre
41) Tampa Bay Rays -- Compensation pick for losing Carl Crawford
42) Tampa Bay Rays -- Compensation pick for losing Grant Balfour
43) Arizona Diamondbacks -- Compensation pick for losing Adam LaRoche
44) New York Mets -- Compensation pick for losing Pedro Feliciano
45) Colorado Rockies -- Compensation pick for losing Octavio Dotel
46) Toronto Blue Jays -- Compensation pick for losing Kevin Gregg
47) Chicago White Sox -- Compensation pick for losing J.J. Putz
48) San Diego Padres -- Compensation pick for losing Jon Garland
49) San Francisco Giants -- Compensation pick for losing Juan Uribe
50) Minnesota Twins -- Compensation pick for losing Orlando Hudson
51) New York Yankees -- Compensation pick for losing Javier Vazquez
52) Tampa Bay Rays -- Compensation pick for losing Brad Hawpe
53) Toronto Blue Jays -- Compensation pick for losing John Buck
54) San Diego Padres -- Compensation pick for losing Yorvit Torrealba
55) Minnesota Twins --- Compensation pick for losing Jesse Crain
56) Tampa Bay Rays -- Compensation pick for losing Joaquin Benoit
57) Toronto Blue Jays -- Compensation pick for losing Miguel Olivo
58) San Diego Padres -- Compensation pick for losing Kevin Correia
59) Tampa Bay Rays -- Compensation pick for losing Randy Choate
60) Tampa Bay Rays -- Compensation pick for losing Chad Qualls