Former Astro prospect Josh Anderson designated for assignment

MLB.com's Jason Beck is tweeting that former Astros OF prospect Josh Anderson was designated for assignment by the Tigers.

Anderson was the Astros 4th round pick in 2003, and spent four seasons in the minors, hitting .308 with 43 steals in 130 games for Corpus in 2006 (and 50 SB in 2005). Anderson was traded in November 2007 to Atlanta for Oscar Villareal (and we all know how that worked out). Atlanta flipped him this past March for minor-leaguer Rudy Darrow.

A little perspective on the draft

Just wanted to get a little perspective, because I'm as excited about the MLB Draft as anyone really should be (among people who haven't actually been drafted), on the Draft, and what it means to a professional club.

The Astros haven't had a draftee make the Majors since 2004, so let's start there and figure out how many draft picks have actually made it to the Majors, and let's put a minimum of 10 games in the Majors, lifetime. Then let's see how many played 100+ games (and the most experienced Major Leaguer in parentheses)

2004: 49 drafted / 3 major-leaguers of 10+ games / 2 major-leaguers of 100+ games (Hunter Pence with the most ML games)
2003: 41 / 4 / 1 (Josh Anderson)
2002: 48 / 2 / 0 (Pat Misch)
2001: 49 / 6 / 2 (Chris Burke)
2000: 43 / 5 / 3 (Eric Bruntlett)
1999: 42 / 4 / 4 (Jason Lane)
1998: 41 / 5 / 4 (Morgan Ensberg played in more games, but Brad Lidge gets the nod)
1997: 40 / 4 / 3 (Lance Berkman)
1996: 83 / 4 / 2 (Roy Oswalt)
1995: 86 / 8 / 1 (Aaron Miles)

Now, the Astros have had some bad drafts in the past, but still...