As it sits now 26 man C Yainer Diaz 1B Jose Abreu 2B Jose Altuve 3B Alex Bregman LF Corey Julks CF Jake Meyers RF Kyle Tucker DH Yordan Alvarez c Korey Lee inf Grae Kessinger of Chas McCormick uti Mauricio Dubon SP Framber Valdez SP Cristian Javier SP Hunter Brown SP Lance McCullers Jr. SP Jose Urquidy CL Ryan Pressly RP Bryan Abreu RP Hector Neris RP Rafael Montero RP Seth Martinez RP Ronel Blanco RP J.P. France RP Shawn Dubin Remaining 40 man (+ 60 day IL not ready by OD) c Cesar Salazar inf Rylan Bannon inf Joe Perez inf David Hensley P Brandon Bielak p Matt Gage p Luis Garcia p Joel Kuhnel p Parker Mushinski p Enoli Paredes p Blake Taylor p Forrest Whitley That leaves 2 roster spots for minor leaguers who must be protected or exposed to rule 5 draft. c) Luke Berryhill, C.J. Stubbs, C.J. Correa, Miguel Palma, Freddy Guilamo, Nerio Rodriguez, Fernando Caldera inf) Shay Whitcomb, Bryan Arias, Scott Schreiber, Luis Aviles Jr, Cristian Gonzalez, Dauri Lorenzo, Deury Carrasco of) Justin Dirden, Marty Costes, Alex McKenna, Ross Adolph, Kenedy Corona, Colin Barber, Zach Daniels, Jordan Brewer, Matthew Barefoot, Frank Perez. Roilan Machandy p) Misael Tamarez, Jayden Murray, Jimmy Endersby, Austin Hansen, Angela Macuare, Joe Record, Cesar Gomez, Matt Ruppenthal, Franky Cobos, Tyler Brown, Julio Robaina, Jaime Melendez, Blair Henley, Diosmerky Taveras, Cole McDonald, Jonathan Sprinkle, Jose Betances, Derek West, Bryan King, Edison Batista, Ryan Gusto, Carlos Calderon, Valente Bellozo, Bryan De Paula, Max Roberts, Ronny Garcia, Luis Angel Rodriguez, Jose Nodal, Manuel Urias, Christopher Mesquita.
My first thoughts on the active roster: position players. Corey Julks can't be the primary LF like he is now and he is not ideal as the 4th OF since he doesn't really play CF or RF. He gets sent down. Having Diaz able to DH is a huge benefit that can't be ignored. This means a veteran, defensively respected catcher to be 26th man is important. Salazar is OK in this role but it can be improved. Send him to AAA. Chas is an ideal 4th OF and part time starter and Dubon is an ideal utility guy. That leaves 2 roster spots: a primary LF starter, who I would prefer to hit LH or at least be very good vs RHP. Unless a veteran is brought in, I see Gilbert, Dirden, and to a lesser extent, Leon to fight for this spot. A very respected veteran bench catcher wraps up the 13 spots.
Hahaha. Oops I skipped SS. He should be there. If you count there are 25 instead of 26 active and 39 players on my full 40 man rosters. Sorry I can't go back and fix it now.
Bielak and Paredes will be out of options next season. So either they are on the 26 man roster, the Injured List, or they are gone. Same goes for Whitley but the Astros mentioned something about trying to get another option year with him somehow. No idea how that works. Also, Neris may not be back. His team option is about to turn into a player option once he reaches 40 appearances this season. He is at 36 appearances right now. You will probably have to give him another 2 year deal and a raise to keep him.
That's very interesting about Neris. I had not noticed that and it's a problem for the bullpen. Based on last off season spending and his performance, there is no way he takes the player option. That means the bullpen loses 3 of its top 5 pitchers. Pressly and Abreu are back but the remaining 6 members are from: Montero, Martinez, and all the young unproven guys.
Still think the Astros can and should be trusted regarding injuries? https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/...iscussion-thread.319343/page-36#post-14619512
