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2015 "Very Luhnow" College Draft Prospects

Last year, I created a list that compared draft-eligible players in four-year colleges against what I believe to be the skills that Houston Astros General Manager Jeff Luhnow covets in his prospects.

In this, the second year of the list, things have gotten a little more sophisticated. Players are more heavily-weighted against their conference averages in areas like plate discipline, power, speed, command, control, and more. It bears mentioning that A) This list is not meant to identify the "best" players. Many of these are unsexy, high-floor players; B) Scouting reports don't play into this list. In fact, they play in even a little less than they did last year, when velocity was a factor for pitchers.