Grant Brisbee has another of his typically off-the-wall power rankings posts up this week on Baseball Nation. The Astros have produced the 14th best collection of draftable names in Brisbee's estimation, which is great because whenever I read his name, I think of the Orange County Liberation Front.
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Destry Westbrook
RHP - 1997 - (9)Fantasy Novel Character
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Edward Earlywine
2B - 1965 - (7)Actor/Actress in Adult Film
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Kim Seaman
LHP - 1975 - (8)Famous Person
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Mike Patton
RHP - 1984 - (8)You'd pay to hear Harry
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Caray pronounce this name
Jjallil Sandoval
SS - 2001 - (8)Wild Card
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Perry Berry
2B - 1990 - (7)The Astros must have had, like, one scout in the ‘70s, because they'd usually check out after about 15 rounds. Interesting strategy.
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I'm a big fan of the name Perry Berry, and plan to include it in place of my regular Gregg Legg jokes for awhile. The Astros don't have any names rated at a 10 by Brisbee, but instead their greatness is pieced together round-by-round, with no obvious anchors. I'd argue that Patton should push this list down.
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