Brice Matthews Should Be Astros Starting Second Baseman
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Rookie second baseman Brice Matthews, who swatted his first two career home runs and drove in five of Houston’s six runs in Monday’s win, rescued the Astros again Tuesday with a two-run homer in the e
Matthews cracked MLB Pipeline’s most recent Top 100 prospect list and has stolen 25 bases in Triple A. He totaled just a .598 OPS in 137 plate appearances at Sugar Land’s Constellation Field, but slugged .641 with a 1.077 OPS at away ballparks in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League.