33-year old righty swinging Carlos Lee played in 160 games for the Astros last season and he was 183 of 610 (.300 avg, .831 OPS) with 65 runs scored, 26 homers, 102 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. Lee is pretty darn dependable for the Astros as he has averaged 145.7 games played, 73 runs scored, 28.7 homers and 107 RBIs per year in his three seasons with the team. Expect similar numbers out of Lee again in 2010. Lee played in 154 games in LF last season and he only made 2 errors but he showed pretty pathetic range. He does have a good arm as he had 9 assists last year but he will still be replaced late in some games in 2010 for defensive reasons.

33-year old righty swinging Jason Michaels will be around in 2010 again for the Stros’. He played in 102 games for the Astros last season and he was 32 of 135 (.237 avg, .752 OPS) with 17 runs scored, 4 homers and 16 RBIs. Michaels can probably hit a lot better than he did last season as he has a .269 career batting average in 836 games and the Astros hope that is the case in 2010. Michaels didn’t make any errors in 31 games in LF for the Astros last season but he didn’t show much more range than Lee did. Expect that to change in 2010 as Michaels is a better defender than he showed in LF last season.

30-year old lefty swinging Corey Sullivan could also get some P.T. in LF in 2010 for the Astros. He played in 38 games in LF for the Mets last season and he didn’t make any errors while showing above average range. He also had 2 assists in LF so he has a decent little arm.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE LF IN 2010: A-