At this point, I’m making the dangerous assumption that the Houston Astros will indeed make the playoffs. It’s still not a certainty yet, although they are in position to make it if they can just win a game or two. But even though I’m tempting fate by doing so, I’m going to think and write about what the playoff roster might look like anyway.
Plenty of players are locks to make it already. On the position player side, regular starters Martin Maldonado, Yuli Gurriel, Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa, Alex Bregman, Michael Brantley, George Springer, Kyle Tucker and Josh Reddick will be there.