The Astros have brought up to the best young infield in baseball. Twenty-two-year-old Alex Bregman, the No. 2 pick of the 2015 MLB Draft and baseballs No. 1-ranked prospect by ESPNs Keith Law, is a shortstop by trade wholl likely play third base in the short term.

Houston raised some eyebrows earlier this month when itthrew $47 million at Cuban third baseman Yulieski Gourriel, while Bregman was tearing up Triple-A. With the best keystone connection in the game already Marquise Goodwin Jerseys playing at Minute Maid Park, Gourriels signing had some wondering whether Bregman would become a trade chip. But it could just be that the front office was so fed up with years of futility at third basethat theydoubled down on finally getting a long-term answer at the position. Sorry, Luis Valbuena and your .872 OPS since June 1 Kindle Vildor Jerseys - it's first base for you.

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The Astros/Colt .45s franchise has never had a third baseman hit .300 in a batting title-qualified season. Theyve only had one third baseman with a 30-homer or 100-RBI season. Both came from the same guy in the same year -and if you gue sed Morgan Ensberg in 2005, well, thats impre sive. Over 10 years since then, Stros players manning the hot corner cumulatively rank 26th in RBI, 26th in OPS (705), 27th in runs scored and 28th in batting average (.245).

And its not just that the guys playingthird didnt produce. Theres also been a shocking lack of consistency with whos been penciled in there from game to game, for years now.

Over the Chicago Bears Kids Jersey last 30 yearsonly three different Astros players notched 100 games in a season at third base while totaling enough at-bats to qualify for a batting title, and those three have combined for nine such seasons. Both numbers are worst in baseball during that time for any team other than the Rays,who've only been around since 1998.In fact, no American League team outsidethe Rays has even had fewer than seven different players do this, and at least 15 totalseasons.

Those full seasons forHouston featured Ensberg once, Matt Dominguez twice, and Ken Caminiti six times all before the 1996 MVP beefed up his stature. The list of other players to have substantial participation in the merry-go-round since '86 includes names like Chris Donnels, Craig Shipley, Mike Lamb,Bill Spiers, Geoff Blum, Ru s Johnson, Sean Berry,Jeff Keppinger, Denny Walling, Ken Oberkfelland Chris Truby.

So whether Bregman is the answer, or if he gets pushed to the outfield for Gourriel in the near future, Houston's hoping at the very least to restore some regularity. A kid who has 20 homers and Roquan Smith Jerseys a .986 OPS in half a minor-league season isn't a bad option.