It’s hard to imagine the players looking worse than the Astros if Brady Aiken and Jacob Nix don’t sign by today’s 4 p.m. CT deadline. A year of junior college, and the players could be right back in high rounds. But the Astros, who made fans endure a 51-111 season with a terribly low payroll last year, would be losing the grand prize that season brought, the top pick in the draft.