2013 MLB Draft Astros Second Round Pick: Andrew Thurman, RHP,
UC Irvine  As is the case most years, California is rife with
draft talent in 2013. What has Andrew Thurman done to separate
himself from the pack?  Some have knocked the 2013 MLB draft
class as weak. Even if arguments can be made for that side on
the whole, few could contest the strength of this year's college
pitching crop. Stanford's Mark Appel and Oklahoma's Jonathan
Gray are near-locks to go 1 and 2 overall, and Sean Manaea of
Indiana State and Braden Shipley of Nevada shouldn't be far
behind. After those four comes a third tier of hurlers from
higher learning institutions, all of whom should be snapped up
some time before the Astros lead off the second round-
Jacksonville's Chris Anderson, Vanderbilt's Kevin Ziomek, LSU's
Ryan Eades all fit into that mix, and so does UC Irvine's Friday
starter, Andrew Thurman. It's easy to lose players in the
shuffle when a draft is particularly strong in one spot, but
Thurman is a player that any follower of