Houston Astros general manager Dana Brown knows he has a lot of work ahead of him this MLB offseason.
His team managed to recover from a bad start to the Major League regular season, but was eliminated very early in the playoffs. For the first time since 2017 they did not even reach the Division Series and that left the team’s needs bare.
In Houston they have had a lack for some time and it was an element that ended up taking its toll on them. The absence of a first baseman to help José Altuve and Yordan Álvarez in offensive production was decisive.
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The problems began when they hired José Abreu, who could not perform offensively and his situation worsened until they fired him in 2023, in the middle of his contract.
Although reports show that the priority for the Astros is to ensure that Alex Bregman returns to third base in 2025, it is also vital that they go after a defender at first base. And you won’t find a better one than Pete Alonso.
The arrival of the slugger who has just added his fifth season with more than 30 home runs and 80 RBIs would completely change manager Joe Espada’s offensive lineup and would be worth every penny of his multimillion-dollar contract.
But a first baseman like Alonso is not the only thing the Texan team needs to ensure hegemony in the division and also return to the final stages of the postseason. The outfield has ample room for improvement and they could consider signing a star like Venezuelan Anthony Santander.
The 30-year-old Venezuelan right fielder is coming off his best offensive campaign in the majors, in which he reached 100 RBIs for the first time in his career and also achieved a personal best with his 44 home runs, the second most in the League. American.
Major League analysts believe that Houston could release one of its outfielders and that may lead them to expand the search in the market, but there will be a great advance if they guarantee the presence of Bregman, Alonso and Santander along with Altuve, Álvarez, catcher Yainer Díaz and shortstop Jeremy Peña.
This could be the dream lineup of Joe Espada, the manager of the Houston Astros, in the 2025 season:
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