The Astros had a handful of options they could have turned to for outfield help when George Springer went down: L.J. Hoes, Domingo Santana and Alex Presley have all been in the picture before. Instead, they went with one of the hottest bats in the Class AAA Pacific Coast League at the time.
Now they’re going to get a longer look at the kid. Demoting Robbie Grossman to make room for Springer was a de facto vote of confidence in the rookie Preston Tucker.
“Tuck was performing about as good as anybody in the PCL,” manager A.