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Astros agrees to deal with Xavier Neyens in the first round

Astronauts reach agreement with first-round draft pick Xavier Neyens Last night, according to KPRC 2’s Ari Alexander. The Washington high school student received a $4.1225mm bonus that matches the slot value selected by No. 21. Neyens has been committed to Oregon.

Neyens ranked 17th to 26th in the top baseball rankings for America, Athletic’s Keith Law, MLB Pipeline and ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel. He is a 6’4″ infielder and he is a third baseman. The assessors granted Neyens some of the best raw abilities in the class. He is a patient batsman but faces questions about his improved swing and turnover rate. McDaniel wrote that Neyens is versus Joey Gallow At the same age.

The Astronauts are confident that he can develop enough pure hitters to build drafts around him. Houston has one of the smaller bonus pools of any team, signing in about 7.18mm. They can reach 5% without facing other fines. Houston paid luxury taxes last year and signed Christian Walkerhe rejected the qualified offer. As a result, they confiscated the second and fifth drafts. They gave up their second round picks and the compensatory choices they received Alex Bregman leave.

Neyens is one of two prep batsman Astros chose in the first 10 rounds. They used the seventh round draft pick Jase Mitchella high school catcher from Delaware.

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