The Crawfish Boxes · Jul 18, 2023
The Astros Outfield Is Pretty Good
Houston Astros CF Chas McCormick reacts after hitting a HR against the Angels.Astros’ super-hero and LF/DH Yordan Alvarez isn’t playing right now as he recovers on the injured list. But, even without him, the outfield offense is heating up.
This may surprise some people. The Astros’ outfield was expected to be good because Alvarez and Tucker are highly rated. But the team’s center fielders were ranked 23d by Fangraphs in the pre-season, primarily due to CF’s expected sub-par offense. (At the time, I argued that the article underrated the Astros’ center field.) With Alvarez out of the lineup, I suspect that some people might question the outfield’s ability to produce on offense.