Saturday, December 10, 2011

How Did Luhnow and Friends put Together the St. Louis Farm System?

The Draft? The International market? How did the Cardinals (and Astros' new GM Jeff Luhnow) acquire their top prospects? Following is a breakdown of St. Louis' Top 30 prospects going into the 2011(according to Baseball America)

Drafted College Players- 17
Signed International Players- 6
Drafted High School Players-5
Drafted JUCO Players-2

Of special interest to Farmstros readers in Texas: at least five of these top 30 prospects have a Texas connection.
#1 Shelby Miller is from Brownwood, Texas.
#4 Tyrell Jenkins is from Henderson, Texas.
#11 Matt Carpenter attended TCU.
#28 Daryl Jones is from Spring, Texas.
#29 Steven Hill attended Stephen F. Austin University.

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