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Roster Outlook

2020 Lineup 2020 Pitching Staff CF George Springer SP Lance McCullers Jr. 2B Alex Bregman SP Francis Martes RF Kyle Tucker SP Forrest Whitley SS Carlos Correa SP Franklin Perez 1B Yuli Gurriel SP David Paulino LF Derek Fisher CL Ken Giles 3B J.D. Davis C Jake Rogers DH Josh Reddick Farm System Rank: 10

Notable Free Agents

DH Carlos Beltran (2018), SP Dallas Keuchel (2019), UT Marwin Gonzalez (2019), SP Charlie Morton (2019), C Evan Gattis (2019), 2B Jose Altuve (2020), C Brian McCann (2020), SP Collin McHugh (2020), SP Mike Fiers (2020), RP Will Harris (2020)

Biggest Positive: Ample young superstar talent

George Springer, Carlos Correa and Lance McCullers Jr. are All-Star-caliber players just entering their respective primes, and that should make the Houston Astros a force to be reckoned with for the foreseeable future.

Meanwhile, prospects like Kyle Tucker, Derek Fisher, Francis Martes, Forrest Whitley and Franklin Perez all have significant upside, and Alex Bregman is still just scratching the surface of his potential.

Having so many young, cheap controllable players capable of performing at a high level is a recipe for success and will allow the team to be more calculated in the moves it makes on the free-agent market.

Biggest Negative: Potentially losing Jose Altuve

Jose Altuve is one of the best bargains in baseball with two years and $12.5 million left on his contract in the form of two team options.

That price is going to skyrocket once he hits free agency for the first time at the age of 30.

The Astros will do everything in their power to re-sign him and they have plenty of money to spend at the moment with so many pre-arbitration players on the roster.

Guys like Correa, Springer and McCullers are going to get exponentially more expensive in the years to come, though, and the team may inevitably decide that a massive extension for Altuve is not in its best interest.

Shifting Alex Bregman over to second base and slotting J.D. Davis or Colin Moran at the hot corner is not the worst alternative.

However, losing the heart and soul of the team would still be a major blow.