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Astros Non-Tender: Can Evan Gattis and Chris Carter be on same team

With Wednesday’s MLB non-tender deadline, the Houston Astros have some decisions to make as to which of the four arbitration eligible players they will tender contracts for the 2016. While some of the players have more of a chance to be tendered a contract, two players are very similar and could be on the hot seat. The four players are Chris Carter, Jason Castro, Evan Gattis, and Luis Valbuena. They are all very similar players, low batting average power hitters with high strikeout rates, so it will be hard to decide the one player that the Astros non-tender.