Happy Monday, Braves fans! Atlanta made the trek across the county to visit the Astros today. Alex Wood gets the start for Atlanta, looking to build upon his past two starts as the regular season is just three weeks away.
Alberto Callaspo is in at third, Andrelton Simmons at short, young favorite Jace Peterson at second and, wait a second, that is indeed Chris Johnson at first base while Freddie Freeman DHs. This should be fun.
For the Astros (the lineup on the left down there), Dallas Keuchel gets the start and sadly there will be no Evan Gattis catching him.
#Braves lineup: Young LF, Peterson 2B, Freeman DH, CJohnson 1B, Simmons SS, Almonte RF, Callaspo 3B, Buck C, Perez CF, Wood LH
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) March 16, 2015
#Astros split squad lineups today at 12:05 pm CT (home vs. ATL, at WAS). #AstrosST pic.twitter.com/XmbTHu5xK7
— Houston Astros (@astros) March 16, 2015
The game will be on 1340 AM locally and online if you'd like to listen. After today, all games through Sunday will be televised in some form, so rejoice!
Pssst — if you need something to do between innings, check out our comprehensive 2015 season preview right here.