Here's where Astros Top 30 prospects are starting '22

Here's where Astros Top 30 prospects are starting '22

April 5th, 2022

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Astros' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

  1. Jeremy Peña, SS — Houston (MLB)
  2. Korey Lee, C — Sugar Land (Triple-A)
  3. Hunter Brown, RHP — Sugar Land (Triple-A)
  4. Pedro Leon, SS/OF — Sugar Land (Triple-A)
  5. Forrest Whitley, RHP — Sugar Land (Triple-A)
  6. Colin Barber, OF — Asheville (Single-A)
  7. Peter Solomon, RHP — Sugar Land (Triple-A)
  8. Shawn Dubin, RHP — Sugar Land (Triple-A)
  9. Joe Perez, 3B/1B — Corpus Christi (Double-A)
  10. Alex Santos, RHP — Fayetteville (Single-A)
  11. Tyler Whitaker, OF — Asheville (Single-A)
  12. Cristian Gonzalez, SS —Asheville (Single-A)
  13. Chayce McDermott, RHP — Asheville (Single-A)
  14. Jose Siri, OF — Houston (MLB)
  15. Jaime Melendez, RHP — Corpus Christi (Double-A
  16. Yainer Diaz, C/1B — Corpus Christi (Double-A)
  17. Shay Whitcomb, INF — Corpus Christi (Double-A)
  18. Misael Tamarez, RHP — Corpus Christi (Double-A)
  19. Jonathan Bermudez, LHP — Sugar Land (Triple-A)
  20. Tyler Ivey, RHP — Sugar Land (Triple-A)
  21. Jordan Brewer, OF — Asheville (Single-A)
  22. Alex McKenna, OF — Sugar Land (Triple-A)
  23. Matthew Barefoot, OF — Corpus Christi (Double-A)
  24. Grae Kessinger, INF — Corpus Christi (Double-A)
  25. Jimmy Endersby, RHP — Corpus Christi (Double-A)
  26. Logan Cerny, OF — Fayetteville (Single-A)
  27. Luke Berryhill, C/1B — Corpus Christi (Double-A)
  28. Corey Julks, OF —Sugar Land (Triple-A)
  29. Luis Baez, OF — Dominican Academy
  30. Spencer Arrighetti, RHP —Asheville (Single-A)

Team to watch

Triple-A Sugar Land's active roster includes five of Houston's top eight prospects: catcher Korey Lee, right-handers Hunter Brown, Peter Solomon and Shawn Dubin, and shortstop/outfielder Pedro Leon. Space Cowboys left-hander Jonathan Bermudez was the organization's 2021 Minor League Pitcher of the Year after leading the system in ERA (3.24) and K/BB ratio (4.3).

Teams on MiLB.TV
Triple-A Sugar Land
Double-A Corpus Christi
Single-A Fayetteville

New faces
After coming over in a November trade that sent Garrett Stubbs to the Phillies, outfielder Logan Cerny will make his Astros debut at Single-A Fayetteville. The top prospect in Houston's 2021-22 international class, outfielder Luis Baez will likely break into pro ball this summer in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League.

On the shelf
Once rated as baseball's best pitching prospect, right-hander Forrest Whitley is continuing his rehab from Tommy John surgery in March 2021.