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Is it time to move Altuve to LF or at least consider it?

His defense has been trending downhill lately. I know the club considered moving him to center after the 2020 season but he bounced back to providing at least league average defense in 2021 and 2022. Since then he has been trending towards being worse …

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[Nightengale]Christian Walker has agreed to a 3-year, $60 million contract with the Houston Astros.@Ken_Rosenthal said close.

Is it time to move Altuve to LF or at least consider it?

[Glover] Anthony Santander is looking for a 5-year deal at around $100M. Teoscar Hernandez is looking for a 3-year deal with an AAV of $22M-$24M. [Per Feinsand on a Patreon podcast]

Ken Rosenthal predicts that Alex Bregman will not come back to houston. Mentions that yankees are also an unlikely destination for him. Names Blue Jays, Tigers, and Red Sox as places he may go

[Passan] A near-lock not to be moved: left-hander Framber Valdez, with Houston having told opposing executives it plans to keep him…The Astros don’t want to stretch beyond a six-year offer and got Isaac Paredes in the Tucker trade to man third, but he could shift to first if Bregman re-signs…

Astros Sign Joe Hudson To Minor League Deal

[Rome] "It does seem like [the Astros] don’t have the appetite to pay him the sort of money that he is going to command."

[Mctaggart/Rome] Hayden Wesneski said Roy Oswalt was his favorite pitcher to watch with the Astros.Hayden Wesneski is doing his introductory Zoom from The Woodlands, where he was playing golf when he was informed he was traded. "It’s a dream come true," he said of joining his hometown Astros

[Mctaggart] Isaac Paredes said he feels like Daikin Park is "a stadium that benefits my hitting. I feel very good going to Houston because of the Hispanic community and I know I’m going to have a lot of support there."