Jose Altuve's New Role and Fantasy Outlook for Astros

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00:00So it's a different looking team really almost top to bottom except for the top which is Jose

00:05Altuve and even that will look different this year because in fantasy he'll qualify for you

00:09in the outfield and at second base looks like he's going to start the season at left field.

00:13Isak Paredes comes over he'll take the place of Bregman at third, Jordan Alvarez that's a

00:19familiar name he is back now Christian Walker is going to miss it looks like some more time here

00:23in spring training he may have avoided a big injury but he's definitely iffy on draft day

00:27I don't know with an oblique I'm not sure what I would do there George. Yanir Diaz great catcher

00:32for them Jeremy Pena two years ago great last year just okay Chas McCormick Jake Myers also

00:38back in the outfield and they did acquire Brendan Rogers crazy that Brendan Rogers former first

00:44round pick top five pick only signed a minor league deal to go to Houston because I guess

00:50his numbers were just so good at quarters and nowhere else but that could be a late flyer for

00:53me but very clearly George not the like super potent lookout Correa uh you know Bregman

01:03Springer offense that they've had in the past and and by the way if Christian Walker is not

01:09healthy oh my gosh like I don't even know that I would make them the favorite in this division.

01:14I don't think they are the favorite in the division but I think they'll be there I think

01:17they'll make noise no Kyle Tucker either right he uh he got they trained him to Chicago uh they're

01:21big bad there uh they're gonna need Alvarez to stay healthy all right and be that big bopper in

01:26the middle here uh Altuve should do what he normally does here uh you he will have outfield

01:31eligibility which is nice but second base is so so shallow I have to assume you're gonna be

01:35everyone's second baseman or most people's second baseman there I do like Christian Walker but as

01:40you said that's an oblique injury and although they're they've told us they're not worried about

01:44it yeah like teams don't always tell us the truth here and oblique not good you can take one swing

01:50and now all of a sudden the oblique sword has come becomes an oblique tear and he's out for two

01:54months here so I'd be very careful with Christian Walker that being said first base is weak you look

01:59at these uh the depth of these positions here it's like five six first baseman that okay I'll take

02:03that guy after that it gets very questionable real quick here uh Paredes I listen I like guys

02:09I think he'll uh he'll do some damage here will it be Bregman damage no but he he'll be a solid

02:14player here sort of a back half uh fantasy third baseman for you there uh Diaz is a fine catcher

02:19catches weak it always is but he'll he'll do some damage Pena more of a utility than anything else

02:24and the rest of the guys I'll pass on as far as McCormick Rodgers and Myers here they're more

02:28fill-ins during the season someone gets hurt all right I gotta go with this guy well you know

02:32McCormick's the third extra outfielder on your roster uh that sort of guy but these guys are

02:37more pickups during the season here but the lineup is not what it used to be it's still not bad but

02:42it's not what it used to be it's not deep you know once you get past Walker you know I said Diaz is

02:46a fine for a catcher but it gets very questionable very quick here they're not gonna score they're

02:50not gonna be able to give their pitches the uh the wiggle room that they had in the past here

02:54they're gonna need to pitch more than they have now the starting pitching is the one spot George

02:59that the Astros seem to replace very easily if that's fair to say like Verlander's gone and like

03:05who cares uh I mean one through three George really strong here for Amber Valdez back for

03:11another season Hunter Brown always the hot name but let's be honest who's the best is it Ronel

03:16Blanco this guy's incredible man I mean he came out of nowhere last season to have the year that

03:22he did pitched a shutout last year was uh was it a no hitter too that he threw I think yeah he threw

03:28a no hitter last year this guy is fantastic I may I may value him more than anybody else in their

03:34starting rotation take a look at his numbers last year incredible Eric Getty could be good too

03:38um and then Hayden was Nesky at the back end of the rotation so not really sure about that but

03:44yeah I mean give me Blanco all day long man and um I believe Luis Garcia made me back for them

03:49this year he missed all of last year with uh Tommy John surgery so a lot to like here

03:54yeah uh this is well it's a nice start starting five right as much as you're in on Blanco I'm

03:59sort of in on Hunter Brown all right Dickey uh once he had another top prospect he'll sort of

04:03announce himself last year and I think he's going to be even uh even better this season so I like

04:08Hunter Brown Valdez I might be a little bit down on still very draftable don't get me wrong here

04:13but I don't think he's that ace that he once was here he's sort of uh you know career's picking up

04:17he's going along here in his career just drops down a notch or two for me I'm more interested

04:21in Brown because I'll get him in later for a better value uh than him and Valdez uh like Blanco

04:26as well Eric Getty is another guy I also like here uh they'll pitch right they'll pitch here

04:30they're gonna have some this they're gonna have some bumps you know Houston is a hitter's ballpark

04:33so if you hit the ball down the lines all right you get the ball flies out of there the Crawford

04:37boxes and right field you can hit the ball out too but I like uh I think he was gonna be the

04:41wild card mix I think they'll be with division mix as well it's not a strong division but uh

04:45they're not the team they once were but their pitching staff in my mind is the strength of

04:48their team you mentioned Garcia we'll see what he becomes uh Lance McCullers remember him back

04:54with milk carton maybe he figures it out at some point and gets involved this rotation as well

04:58so there is some depth in this uh rotation as well as the season rolls along.

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