I don't think Correa's uspide is lower than Zunino. The kid is 17, and I have read he has the 2nd highest upside to Buxton.

Any scout will tell you that Correa has far more offensive upside than Zunino. It's just that his likelihood of reaching it is smaller.

What I have read is that you must consider that level of competition that both Buxton and Correa face when evaluating them..

Carlos Correa is a smart kid with 4.0 GPA, hard worker, very motivated young SS, who wants his family to have a better life, latin players are very motivated by living a hard life.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110701&content_id=21250476&c_id=mlb

http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120507&content_id=30639274&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxkCTTe-4m0

Trey Williams is falling from the 1st round, so is Nick Williams both would be steals in the 2nd round hopefully Astros are keeping an eye out on this.

http://www.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2012/#list=draft

I just want the Astros to at least pay attention to Carlos Correa, this Astros front office is open minded on all players, which is nice to see, nice to hear they are "blown away"

While hindsight is 20/20.... I still believe you guys will regret not taking Buxton if that is what you decide to do and go with Appel or someone else.

this year its really a toss up no bryce harper or stephen strasburg, just a bunch of mostly unknowns,

my top 5
1. Carlos Correa we need a power hitting shotstop badly
2. Byron Buxton we have soooo many great OF's, but a great batter, he is a pitcher too a power arm can throw 98 mph but not interested as a pitcher
3. Luca Giolito power arm making a comeback 98 mph
4. Mark Appel - late bloomer inconsistent at times
5. Mike Zunino power bat at catcher

How can it be hindsight, if it hasn't even happened yet?

Sorry, but the fact that you have Giolito above Appel is rather ludicrous.

right now I know Giolito might get drafted lower than Appel but Giolito is way better than Appel, Appel is a late bloomer

I think drafting a shortstop is not a high priority. We should not trade Jed Lowrie. Instead we should sign him to a 2-3 year contract. I don't know how long we have him under club control.

Enough of trading our developing players for prospects. Recent trades have strengthened our farm. Good drafts will do so further. Third base is where we are hurting. Chris Johnson has a future as DH with the Astros. We're going to need a MLB first baseman very soon. Carlos Lee is not the answer.

"Carlos Correa we need a power hitting shotstop badly"
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No team really NEEDS a power hitting SS but I'm sure they're nice to have. SS is a defense first position but they have to at least be competent w/the bat.

I'm not really advocating drafting Correa but I would rather draft him over Appel or Buxton.

I'll take a late bloomer over an arm kaboomer any day.

Ashitaka, don't act like you know everything I remember one time I said maybe 2 years ago that Chris Johnson is like a power hitter for us , you said no Chris Johnson is so bad defesively he is not a major leaguer, and he strikes out too much, now he is one our better hitters, I see potential in players, other aspects like age body type, for example Chris Johnsons dad is an ex major leaguer, you don't think he will work on his flaws, I gotta admit he looked bad last year, but in the end it work out.

I predicted he looks a lot like Alex Rodriguez I was right, just knew there were comparisons of Alex to Carlos were true.

http://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=279388

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2012/5/14/3007971/2012-mlb-draft-prospects-by-region-florico