Aug 11, 2026 · 37 min · 12 segments
Jimmy (Astros Future) and Kenny break down the newly updated Astros Top 30 Prospects list. They discuss the debate for the No. 1 spot between Kevin Alvarez and Xavier Neyens, some of the biggest…
Jimmy PriceHost
Kenny Van DorenHost
But Kenny, I'll, I'll start with what I think was probably the, the number one debate, not just amongst us, but probably by a lot of, lot of fans, a lot of evaluators, and it really comes down to who's number one.
Uh, I ended up going with Alvarez, and that's not necessarily a knock on Nuñez, but I just think what Kevin Alvarez has done a- at 18 years old, uh, in Single A and, you know, he's kind of, he's kind of done everyone, everything you've wanted to see.
Uh, hitting for batting average, I think he's in the 270s right now, but that's like a, he...
But what have, what have you seen from Alvarez? And I know you were a proponent of him being number one as well.
Yeah, I think, Jimmy, if we go back a couple months ago, and I was telling people, "Be hesitant." You, you can't expect the world from this guy.
We have not seen it from an international free agent on a position player side in quite a while where a guy comes in stateside and he's hitting the cover off the ball.
He is managing to do similar stuff that he did in the DSL or even in the Florida Complex League.
Heck, look at your player of the week, uh, Wagner Luciano, who we were like raving about back in his days when he was in the Florida Complex League.
It took him a couple years and just over the past two months he has really turned it around.
For a guy like Kevin Alvarez, the thing that just jumps off the page, like you mentioned, managing strikeouts.
But Kenny, I'll, I'll start with what I think was probably the, the number one debate, not just amongst us, but probably by a lot of, lot of fans, a lot of evaluators, and it really comes down to who's number one.
Uh, I ended up going with Alvarez, and that's not necessarily a knock on Nuñez, but I just think what Kevin Alvarez has done a- at 18 years old, uh, in Single A and, you know, he's kind of, he's kind of done everyone, everything you've wanted to see.
Uh, hitting for batting average, I think he's in the 270s right now, but that's like a, he...
But what have, what have you seen from Alvarez? And I know you were a proponent of him being number one as well.
Yeah, I think, Jimmy, if we go back a couple months ago, and I was telling people, "Be hesitant." You, you can't expect the world from this guy.
We have not seen it from an international free agent on a position player side in quite a while where a guy comes in stateside and he's hitting the cover off the ball.
He is managing to do similar stuff that he did in the DSL or even in the Florida Complex League.
Heck, look at your player of the week, uh, Wagner Luciano, who we were like raving about back in his days when he was in the Florida Complex League.
It took him a couple years and just over the past two months he has really turned it around.
For a guy like Kevin Alvarez, the thing that just jumps off the page, like you mentioned, managing strikeouts.
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