The Post-Hype Limbo of Jon Singleton

Have we forgotten Big Jon? This man deserves to play.

On June 2nd, 2014, the Astros announced both a contract extension and promotion to the Major Leagues for first base prospect Jonathan Singleton, then a 22-year old who was hitting .267/.397/.544 with 14 HR and 43 RBI through 54 games in the Pacific Coast League. Singleton had been a top-100 MLB prospect for four consecutive years through his rise in the minor leagues, according to both Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus.

18 Thoughts on the First Half

The 47-34 Astros have exceeded all realistic expectations so far. They have the best record in the American League, three months after not a single national expert at ESPN, CBS Sports, Grantland, Sporting News, SBNation, Yahoo! Sports, or Sports Illustrated projected them into one of the AL's five playoff spots. For those prognosticators who broke it down by division, nobody placed the Astros higher than fourth place in the AL West, and for those who broke it down further by record, Keith Law's 78 wins was the high number.