Edwin Maysonet

Maysonet got a chance to assume the Astros' utility infielder spot in May, after the team demoted Jason Smith. He was white hot in his first extended taste of big league ball, going 9-for-his-first-20, and ending June with a .315/.356/.407 line. The team sent him back down to Triple-A after they activated Kaz Matsui, but the 27-year-old infielder held his own over a season of bouncing around between Houston and Round Rock. He projects more as a jack-of-all-trades super-sub than as a major league regular. He’ll get an opportunity to break camp with the team, but it would take a poor start from Tommy Manzella to put him into serious contention for the starting shortstop job.