Two weeks remain until opening day for the Houston Astros to define their outfield. Evaluation there continues for the face of their franchise, to an extent in Grapefruit League games that illustrates the weight of one impending decision.

Owner Jim Crane commented that Smith “could make the ballclub this year at some point." That point could come sooner than expected.

Houston Astros top prospect Cam Smith will play right field in a Grapefruit League game soon, manager Joe Espada said Tuesday, an indication the club could seriously consider carrying the 22-year-old on its major-league roster.

Though Isaac Paredes is the top option at Cam Smith's familiar position, third base, Houston is executing an interesting move in an attempt to get the budding star on the Opening Day roster.

When Dana Brown said back in February that his team’s No. 1 prospect Cam Smith “has a chance to be an aircraft carrier,” he launched memes all across Astros Twitter. There was Smith’s face superimposed on the side of an aircraft carrier,

Third baseman Cam Smith, who was one of the key pieces the Houston Astros got back from the Chicago Cubs in the Kyle Tucker trade, is suddenly seeing time in right field.