At the beginning of the Astros spring training, Myles Straw was thought to be one of the players battling it out to win that 26th slot on the active roster. The way things are looking, he may be the third-best outfielder on the team. Straw may be climbing up the ladder to pass Kyle Tucker and Josh Reddick as the mainstay in right field.
He has certainly been given every chance and is taking advantage of the opportunity in a way that’s hard to overlook. Straw has gotten into ten of the fifteen games this spring and is at the top of the leaderboard in nearly every category.