Three games in (with that odd off-day on Sunday), and the Astros are already navigating a new landscape—one without familiar faces like Kyle Tucker, Alex Bregman, and Justin Verlander.

Before I get started here, here is my public service announcement to all our readers here.

As the Houston Astros wrap up spring training and gear up for Opening Day, they enter a season of transition—perhaps the most pivotal since their rise to dominance nearly a decade ago.

This post was a bit more difficult when I started writing it a couple days ago.

I’m a purist, plain and simple.

This post has been purposely left for last in the set of position reviews.

If you’re an Astros fan, you can’t help but be intrigued by the rise of Cam Smith.