And for the record, I extend Lynn over Rodon for sure if I have to choose. Rodons arm will fall off soon enough. It's what he does. I don't want to be the fool that pays for 4 years and gets 1.5.
Out of the top 12 teams in MLB, the Astros have the best record in MLB against teams over .500 (42-22), but the worst vs teams under .500 (13-14) Only one of 3 teams in baseball with a losing record against losing teams.
I will say this much, there were definitely "safer" picks on the board at #22. Shirley put himself and the Dev staff out there by drafting a pretty raw three sport athlete who has never been fully focused on baseball. Hopefully he turns out like the last raw SS who hadn't really focused on baseball SS we drafted in the first round.