I was comparing 2009 Yanks to 2017 Astros because the article talked about how the Astros had a top infield, I always thought the 2009 Yanks were one of the best (offensive) infields.
I would argue that the Astros have a superior infield up the middle, though offense carries Altuve's rating a bit more than I would like see at 2B. Correa may be All-World before he's finished, OR he may prove to be a 3B long term due to his size. Time will tell...As far as the corners go...I think those two are both average players. They don't hurt, nor help the team much at all, as they could be replaced by many other average players and the Astros would still function well.
I like their outfield much better with Springer being a superman in CF, the under-rated Marwin Gonzales playing anywhere they need him, Marisnick looks like he's coming on in LF. Reddick put in a full, healthy season in 2017, which is never a guarantee, but with Gonzales around, it won't matter if someone goes down for a while...
By the way, here are Gonzales games
by position for his career:(well the formatting sucks, so check out the link to (and go to the bottom of the page) :
www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gonzama01.shtml#all_appearancesYear Age Tm Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2012 23 HOU NL 80 48 80 62 0 0 0 6 14 47 0 0 0 0 0 18 3
2013 24 HOU AL 72 57 72 66 0 0 0 10 4 53 0 0 0 0 1 0 9
2014 25 HOU AL 103 76 103 93 0 0 1 11 10 71 4 0 1 5 3 9 11
2015 26 HOU AL 120 86 120 112 0 0 43 15 21 32 15 0 0 15 3 17 6
2016 27 HOU AL 141 118 141 132 0 0 92 14 22 11 18 1 0 19 3 13 3
2017 28 HOU AL 134 120 134 133 0 0 31 22 19 38 47 0 2 48 0 8 2
6 Seasons 650 505 650 598 0 0 167 78 90 252 84 1 3 87 10 65 34
If they had a better catcher, they'd be really dangerous. For some reason, I don't expect them to make a move for a catcher though...
