Astros move away from recent trend of college players in first round for a left-handed hitting shortstop from Washington

Neyens, 18, "has some of the best raw power of anyone in the high school class this year," The Athletic's Keith Law wrote.

Growing up on a farm about an hour north of Seattle, Xavier Neyens cheered for the Mariners and is very aware of how the Astros have dominated the American League West division in the last decade. “I know they whip the Mariners every year in the AL West,