Crush City Territory: A Houston Astros Podcast

The Astros' Spring Breakout game made national headlines with a crazy walk-off. Farm director Sam Niedorf joins Tyler Stafford and The Athletic's Chandler Rome discusses some of the top participants, including Xavier Neyens, Kevin Alvarez, Walker Janek and James Hicks, before analyzing their next steps in the Astros' farm system.
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Brice Matthews is making a case to crack the Astros outfield while Bennett Sousa's oblique injury threw more uncertainty into an already undermanned bullpen. Former Astros outfielder Josh Reddick joins Tyler Stafford and The Athletic's Chandler Rome to discuss how Houston's bullpen takes shape, whether Matthews has locked himself in to an Opening Day roster spot and the spring training struggles of Jose Altuve and Christian Walker.
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Astros center fielder Jake Meyers, one of baseball's best defenders and a loyal Nebraska Cornhusker, joins Tyler Stafford and The Athletic's Chandler Rome to discuss his offensive breakthrough in 2025, what he hopes to improve upon in 2026, the art of defending in center field, his impressions of Cam Smith and how he handles trade rumors.
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Will Jeremy Peña be ready for Opening Day? What is Brice Matthews' future? And what are some bold predictions for the 2026 Astros? Listeners asked those questions. Tyler Stafford and The Athletic's Chandler Rome tried to answer them, along with discussing the team's positional flexibility, its murky backup catcher situation and a crucial draft coming up in June.
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Josh Hader will start the season on the injured list — putting career setup man Bryan Abreu into the closer spotlight. Tyler Stafford and The Athletic's Chandler Rome discuss Hader's injury, the importance of this closer audition for Abreu — who is a pending free agent — and the continued success of Tatsuya Imai and Mike Burrows in Grapefruit League play.
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