This is our second entry in our early outlook for the Astros opening day roster for 2012.
In our first post in the series, we covered the Astros starting shortstop for 2012 and looked at possible replacements if we failed to resign Clint Barmes.
(My perspective on this has changed slightly in the past week. Fully in part because of Anderson Hernandez , our starting shortsop for our AAA affiliate Oklahoma City, is in the midst of a 27 game hitting streak, and counting!)
This week in our outlook for next spring's opening day roster, we are going to be covering the Astros outfield situation.
Coming into the season, I think we the fans were spoiled with what players the Astros had in their starting outfield. We had the likes of the ever loved Hunter Pence, the speed demon in Michael Bourn, and Carlos Lee. This group of outfielders could have arguably been one of the best in all of the NL, if not baseball.
But fast forward to post trade deadline 2011, and every man who was sketched into the opening day lineup in the outfield is either gone (Hunter Pence, Michael Bourn) or moved to a new position (Carlos Lee, 1B). The only outfielders left off of the opening day roster, that are still playing in our outfield are Jason Bourgeois and Jason Michaels, who as of right now are nothing more than role players.
Although our outfield situation has competely shuffled, judging from early results from our youngsters, we aren't left completely off the block. With JD Martinez in left field, Jordan Schafer in center, and Brian Bogusevic in right, our outlook for 2012 isn't looking as bad as I thought it would be after we traded away both Hunter Pence and Michael Bourn.
Tomorrow we will go into depth about the individual players who I believe will be starting in the outfield next year, and also who will be manning the two reserve outfield spots.
Stay tuned for tomorrow!
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