Reviewing The Astros’ Positional Rankings

Yordan Alvarez rounds the bases during a spring training game against the Marlins.Why do so many experts expect the Astros to be among the American League’s best clubs again? To a significant extent, their favorable opinions are guided by the quality of the lineup. The everyday consistency on both offense and defense provides a high floor for the Astros’ win-loss projections.

So, let’s spend a few minutes dissecting the Astros’ non-pitcher positional rankings produced by Fangraphs. Fangraphs wrote separate articles for each base position, but if you look at any one article, you will see links to the discussions of the other positions. The rankings are by position, based on FG’s Depth Chart…