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Five Astros’ stories to follow in ‘21 spring training

With pitchers and catchers reporting today, Astros’ spring training is officially underway! Until the end of March and starting tomorrow with their first workout, we’ll be following some important stories for Houston entering the 2021 regular season.

Let’s take a look at five of them...

1. Yordan Álvarez’ status

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The 2019 American League Rookie of the Year underwent surgery in both of his knees last year and missed almost the entire 2020 season. Even though he’s expected to be fully healthy to begin action in camp, his health will remain a question mark at least at the beginning of spring training.