PLAYING TIME: Johnson reclaims 3B job in Houston
Mar 25 2012
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Johnson reclaims HOU 3B job
The Astros’ third-base job has again fallen to Chris Johnson (3B, HOU), who has enjoyed an excellent spring while keeping Jimmy Paredes (3B, HOU) and Brett Wallace (1B/3B, HOU) at bay—at least for now. Johnson’s primary competition was eliminated with Paredes’ demotion on Friday, while Wallace is expected to be the corner infield backup for both Johnson and Carlos Lee (1B, HOU), who is has played 1B exclusively this spring.
If Johnson is the Opening Day starter, he could be the only HOU player to have started at the same position in both the 2011 and 2012 openers. Should the expectations be different now than they were at the same time last year?
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