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Florida’s West Palm Beach — After Sunday’s Grapefruit League finale against the Nationals at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches, the Astros will take a vacation before traveling to Houston for two exhibition games on Monday and Tuesday against the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys at Daikin Park.
The manager, Joe Espada, stated that he will utilize the preseason games in Houston to make the final decisions regarding the 26-man roster’s remaining position-player and bullpen positions. This implies that when the team departs Florida on Sunday night, the roster will not be finalized.
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He stated, “I anticipate that the competition will continue through those exhibition games.”
The following five Astros players had exceptional spring performances:
If/Of Dezenzo Zach
Dezenzo, the team’s fifth-ranked prospect according to MLB Pipeline, is hitting.415 (17-for-41) in spring (through Friday), with two home runs and an OPS of 1.138. He alternates between first base and the corner outfield spots as the Astros look for methods to increase his flexibility in order to secure a spot on the Major League roster.
“He’s had a great spring,” Espada said. His outfield defense has outperformed my expectations. In fact, he realized it really rapidly. We all recognized that his speed, ability to steal bases, ability to hit the ball to all fields, and flexibility may be advantageous to our team. He’s done a great job with it. He is unfazed by what is happening. He hasn’t backed down since I told him early on that he had a chance to join this group. He has presented a compelling argument for himself and has taken it very seriously.
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