3 outfielders the Astros can replace George Springer with

After piling up 58 doubles in 2019, Castellanos landed in Cincinnati on a four-year contract. While he started off the year getting MVP buzz, that movement was quelled after his struggles near the end of the year landed him with a .225 average. There are two ways the Astros could acquire him, as they could either trade for him or go after him on the free-agent market if he decides to use one of the two opt-out clauses in his contract. His swing will play well in Minute Maid Park’s strange dimensions.

With the inviting Crawford Boxes in left field and an unusual power alley that helps line drives take all sorts of circuitous bounces, one of the best extra-base hitters in the league could trade in Cincinnati, which could be in a state of flux if Trevor Bauer decides to leave in free agency, for an Astros team that will once again compete for a title in a bad division. He is by no means a Gold Glove defender, but there aren’t a ton of outfielders with his pop available on the market, and James Click needs to pounce on him.