Astros: If Altuve plays left field…who plays second base?
Join Eric Huysman and Brett Chancey for the Locked On Astros podcast as we discuss Joe Espada’s comments about who could play second base if Jose Altuve plays left field. Astros sign veteran infielder to a minor league deal. Could Shay Whitcomb get some playing time at second base?
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20 comments
Dubon plays 2nd when Altuve is in LF.
The 4 error game was after clinching. He was still hungover (hopefully)😅
The last name is pronounced Geeyormae. Gee like in gidiup cowboy.
Say his name Locked On Astros!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣 You know you want to!!! 🤣🤣🤣
If bregman signs elsewhere which he will at this point I can see us snagging Alex verdugo to fill out our roster heading into spring training
People knock Whitcomb for one bad game. He played another 20 or so just fine. One of these guys needs to have a great ST and make an impression and take LF.
Like I've been saying. They better not put Altuve in the outfield. Get rid of Bregman already. Quit sweating it!
Honestly, they need to leave Altuve at 2'nd base. The GOAT deserves to stay there.
Altuve in LF is RIDICULOUS. It was only in case we signed Breggy. Let him go, and get a superstar next year. So much money falls off in 2026. Take the 156 mil plus Abreu's 20 mil. Montero's 14 mil. Tucker's 25 mil. Breggy's 25+ mil. Get a 250 mil bat for OF. Altuve is too short to play OF at 34. Dude can barely flip balls to 1B from 2nd. Every runner advances when he is in LF. Everyone runs on him on sac Flies. No chance. This is silly.
Does Salazar play anything other then catcher?
The biggest mistake in my opinion as a manager is not pitching our rental pitcher the 2nd game with the lead instead of hadder or pitching hadder in game one so the giants can see him 2 days in a row when we could not win game 1
Whitcomb hit 25 homers last year in AAA, while raising his average and cutting way down on his SOs, so yeah, they’re going to try to fit him in.
If the Astros aren’t picked to win the division it’s absolutely anti-Houston biased. They won 88 games last year with a 7-19 start AND they had their second best player gone for 80 games and STILL won the division. It’s completely asinine .
We need another stud on the mound more than anything, why is no one admitting it?
There struggles had zero to with Alvarez batting 2nd. It was mostly pitching. It’s vclown statements like that….reminds me of hearing well they didn’t win with Tucker but did win without him. You are a fool if you think this team is better without Tucker.
Pedro Leon is part of the team? he is a natural OF, and I don't see them talking about him🤷♂🤷♂🤷♂🤷♂
Please no more Altuve in left talk. It is ridiculous. Love the guy at second. He doesn't have the arm or height for LF. You take an asset and make him a liability to plug some other hole. Not the way to run a railroad!
This Bregman deal is messing up the Astros in more ways than one. If Bregman were not to come back, then Parades is your everyday third baseman, and Altuve is your second baseman. If you don’t have to move Altuve from second base to LF to make room for someone like Bregman, then why in the world would we do it?
Sadly I think the rangers have a better batting team this season . Astros should have got profar. Astros are going to be depending on the aaa team outfielders, that is not enough power to win the Al west division.
Should have kept Tucker. Let bregman walk. Nolan arenado would have went to the Astros if they waited a bit longer. The Astros in 2026 have a good amount of money to have signed Tucker. Cam smith is the only good player they got in return other two are level C players.