Off-day yesterday, so it's kind of slow...
*Check out Yahoo's Astros season preview.
*Jake Kaplan wonders how much Josh Reddick will actually play against lefties (short answer: it depends). Story includes how Reddick is trying to improve against left-handed pitching.
*Joe Musgrove is Jon Heyman's "Potential Breakout Player" for the 2017 Astros.
*It's paywalled, but Charlie Morton is one of eight Breakout Player picks for Keith Law.
*J.D. Davis knows he's blocked by Alex Bregman, but is hoping to hit his way to Houston, anyway.
*FanGraphs has the Spring Training Divisional Outlook for the AL West. They're not sold on the offensive upgrades the Astros have made.
*The asking price on Jose Quintana has not gone down.
*The Angels' Luis Valbuena will miss 4-6 weeks with a bad hamstring.
*Good article in ESPN about 19-year old White Sox 3B Yoan Moncada.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
