Let's welcome the Houston Astros draft class of 2022! As always, news pertaining to the 2022 Astros draft class and undrafted free agent signings will go here. The deadline to sign draft picks is August 1. College seniors are exempt; they can sign at any time up until next year's draft. Update 3: 7 PM, July 24 Bold - player has signed or intends to sign Name stricken through - player intends to return to school/attend college Round 1, Pick 28: Drew Gilbert, OF, Tennessee (JR); slot value $2,620,400 Round 2, Pick 64: Jacob Melton, OF, Oregon State (JR); slot value $1,103,600 Compensation Round 2, Pick 80: Andrew Taylor, RHP, Central Michigan (SOPH); $806,800 - signed for full slot value Round 3, Pick 103: Michael Knorr, RHP, Coastal Carolina (SR); $594,600 - signed for $487,500 ($107,100 under slot value) Round 4, Pick 133: Trey Dombroski, RHP, Monmouth (JR); $443,700 - signed for full slot value Round 5, Pick 163: Nolan DeVos, RHP, Davidson (JR); $331,400 - signed for $197,500 ($133,900 under slot value) Round 6, Pick 193: Collin Price, C, Mercer (SR); $257,500 - signed for $122,500 ($135,000 under slot value) Round 7, Pick 223: A.J. Blubaugh, RHP, Wisconsin-Milwaukee (JR); $202,700 - signed for $172,500 ($30,400 under slot value) Round 8, Pick 253: Tyler Guilfoil, RHP, Kentucky (SR); $173,200 - signed for $122,500 ($50,700 under slot value) Round 9, Pick 283: Brett Gillis, RHP, Portland (SR); $157,100 Round 10, Pick 313: Zach Cole, OF, Ball State (JR); $149,500 - signed for $97,500 ($72,000 under slot value) Round 11, Pick 343: Ryan Clifford, Crossroads FLEX High School (Cary, NC); committed to Vanderbilt Round 12, Pick 373: Zach Dezenzo, SS, Ohio State (SR); signed for $125,000 (max bonus for rounds 11-20 without being counted against pool) Round 13, Pick 403: Jackson Loftin, SS, Oral Roberts (JR); signed for $125,000 Round 14, Pick 433: Tommy Sacco, SS, TCU (5th-year SR) Round 15, Pick 463: Joe Mancini, RHP, Boston College (SR) Round 16, Pick 493: Tim Borden II, SS, Georgia Tech (SR) Round 17, Pick 523: Garrett McGowan, 1B, Pittsburg State (5th-year SR) Round 18, Pick 553: Isaiah Jackson, OF, Cienega High School (Vail, AZ); committed to Arizona State Round 19, Pick 583: John Garcia, C, Grambling State Round 20, Pick 613: Ryan Wrobleski, C, Dallas Baptist Bonus pool: $6,837,000 Pool money used: $2,450,700 Total pool remaining before penalties: $4,386,300 Undrafted free agents In the past, there were players who apparently signed as undrafted free agents with the Astros but never appeared on a roster of a minor league affiliate. Here are the undrafted players who have reportedly agreed to terms with the Astros. The $20,000 cap that had been in effect for the last two drafts has now been lifted. Teams can now sign undrafted free agents for up to $125K without having it count against their bonus pool once again. Logan VanWey, RHP, Missouri Southern State Austin Temple, RHP, Notre Dame
Hear from a few of the draftees! Zach Cole (10) has not signed, but he'll get a couple of days to celebrate before heading to the Astros facility in Palm Beach. Fun fact about Joe Mancini (15):
Let me take the time to thank all the posters who updated the draft thread with the picks, information, tweets, probable picks, insight and everything else in between. I know nothing of the college game or the top high schoolers, so you all provided a lot of valuable info. Thanks!
@tellitlikeitis has always been amazing during this time. Lots of knowledge, updates, and posts. Makes keeping informed about a lesser known part of the Astors so much easier, THANK YOU!
Garrett McGowan (17) added "Houston Astros Organization" to his Twitter bio, so he's either signed or will be signing soon. Notre Dame RHP Austin Temple is reportedly signing as an undrafted free agent.
Just looked at all our draft picks and even our later round guys really produced. Most of them put up some gaudy numbers. - P Tyler Guilfoil (UK) 80 strikeouts in 51 innings; 1.59 ERA and .86 WHIP. Articles said he was up to 95mph but on youtube against Tenn he was 89-92mph - P Brett Gillis (Port) 115 strikeouts in 84 innings; 2.24 ERA and 1.10 WHIP. Couldn't find much on him. - OF Zach Cole (Ball St) .361/.449/.727 with 13 homers - SS Zach Dezenzo (Ohio St) .319/.413/.700 and crushed 19 bombs - SS Jackson Loftin (ORU) .349/.447/.572 with 10 homers and 25 steals - SS Tommy Sacco (TCU) .355/.443/.645 with 14 homers and 18 steals - SS Tim Borden (GT) .316/.448/.658 with 18 homers - 1B Garrett McGowan (PittSt) .399/.478/.755 with 18 homers We just need one of these late round hitters to turn into something. Garrett McGowan has hit at every level he's played at and was really good in the Northwoods Summer league in 2021 as well, hoping he's our 1B of the future and not some big masher who just beats up on lower competition.
I think Houston can go $300k over their pool without penalty. They can offer $125k to Clifford based on where they drafted him. So they’re starting with $425k, $555k after the below slot deal with DeVos. But it’s going to take a lot more than that to get Clifford to sign. It will be a pretty crummy draft if they don’t sign Clifford or Jackson.
