In spring training, few players have more prospects than the top Astros Cam Smith. Obtained from the pups Isaac Paredes and Haydn Wesniski exist Kyle Tucker Trade, Smith should have been a member of that three no Immediately impact the MLB team. Last summer, he played in only 32 minor league games (only five of which surpassed High-A).
Smith did more this spring to force the Astronauts to consider whether he should break the camp. He hit .419 with 4 home runs and triple shooting percentage in 13 games. He shot five times in 36 set appearances, while also taking five more walks. This performance brought him into the final days of major league training camps entering the spring training session. Now he has a realistic opportunity.
“We are making some tough decisions. We want to move forward the best team. We’re having these conversations about Cam Smith“General Manager Dana Brown told Sports Talk 790.”We think he is really good, we think he does have a good room for going up. We have to make a decision: do we start him in the major leagues, or do he go to the minor leagues? …No doubt I’m not afraid to put this guy in the big league. We are now having these discussions. This guy is really good.transparent
The Astronauts have already hinted at Smith’s recent defensive deployment. He is a college third baseman and played football with minors last summer. The Astronaut used him in a hot corner early this spring. His last three appearances are in the right field. In the short term, this is the position of greater demand.
They will bring most of their third base playing time to the Paredes. They Chas McCormick Plan for the correct on-site work every day. He will show up a personal respected .211/.271/.306, showing 94 games. McCormick entered his career last season as a .259/.336/.449 batsman, making him a reasonable rebounding candidate. He had a strange spring. McCormick walked 11 times in four strikeouts in 41 sets, but he only had four hits and no home runs.
If Houston doesn’t take him seriously as a short-term Major League Baseball option, they won’t start getting the right live representation. This does not guarantee that he will break the camp. The athlete’s Chandler Rome wrote on March 6 (before Smith has any correct field reps this spring), the Astros intends to get him playing time in the minor league position. Sending him to Double-A or Triple-A may still be on the table for at least a few weeks, but Astros has accelerated plans to put Smith in the outfield work in the game.
If he does force himself to the MLB roster, McCormick will be the fourth outfielder. He can bring the bats in. Jack Meyers Stable in the midfield. McCormick may sometimes enter the left field, making Houston occasionally take Jose Altuve Back to the second base.
