Former Astros Top Prospect Drew Gilbert Shines in MLB Debut with Giants

In baseball, it's always worth keeping an eye on the prospects your team parts ways with in order to track their careers and see if a mistake was made in letting them go.

The Houston Astros over the years are no exception when it comes to having dealt away high profile youngsters in exchange for players who have helped deliver championships or at least deep playoff runs with immediacy to the franchise.

One of those prospects is outfielder Drew Gilbert, who Houston traded two years ago to the New York Mets at the deadline in exchange for the return of Justin Verlander.

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Though the Astros did not go on to defend their 2022 World Series title, Verlander was effective both in the regular season and in a playoff run that ended in the ALCS in seven games against the hated rival Texas Rangers.

Gilbert on the other hand kept at it in the minor leagues, and at this year's deadline he was actually traded again from the Mets to the San Francisco Giants in a package of prospects that netted Tyler Rogers for New York.

On Friday night, he made his long awaited big league debut for the Giants and shined defensively, making a diving play in the third inning in right field as well as the game-ending putout later on: