Today I had the good fortune of talking for a few minutes with ESPN's Tim Kurkjian, who will be a part of the ESPN team for Baseball Tonight on Sunday prior to the Astros/Red Sox game. Here's the transcript:
AC: As the Astros stand right now, they're 11.5 games up in the AL West. To you, what was the best move of the Astros' offseason?
TK: Well, the Astros did a lot of good things but maybe bringing in Carlos Beltran and telling him, "Alright, you're going to switch-hit, you're going to move around in the outfield, you're going to be a leader on this team.