Well it's baseball time again now that we are into spring training. The questions around the Astros are the rotation, who fills out the bullpen and who gets the last position player spot.
Right now I see the lineup looking like this:
CF- Michael Bourn
2B- Kaz Matsui
SS- Miguel Tejada
1B- Lance Berkman
LF- Carlos Lee
CF- Hunter Pence
3B- Ty Wigginton
C- J.R. Towles
Mark Loretta, Geoff Blum, Brad Ausmus & Darin Erstad are set on the bench. That leaves one spot. Humberto Quintero, Jose Cruz Jr., Reggie Abercrombie, Yordanny Ramirez, David Newhan, Victor Diaz, Lance Nierko and Tomas Perez are all fighting for the spot. I see Jose Cruz Jr. ending up as the winner of the battle though.
Pitching is another story. Here's my guess at the rotaion:
1. Roy Oswalt
2. Brandon Backe
3. Wandy Rodriguez
4. Woody Williams
5. Shawn Chacon
That puts Chris Sampson in the bullpen. Jose Valverde is set as the closer and Doug Brocail, Oscar Villareal & Dave Borkowski have the spots locked up. That leaves a need for a lefty and one more reliever. I see Mark McLemore winning the battle of the southpaws and Felipe Paulino's talent forcing the Astros to bring him to the bigs.
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