Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Pena hasn’t turned the stones over in preparation for his offseason. With spring training and the first day approaching, the baseball star is running to the ground, and Pena is among the sweaty players too.
Pena is supported by former Milwaukee Brewers minor leaguer and current infield coach Daniel Casals. On Saturday, he shared the story of him honing his defensive skills at Kasar.
The drill was done in the grass infield, with Kasar rolling the ground ball as Pena practiced footwork and hand and eye adjustments. The winner of the 2022 Gold Gloves at Shortstop was trapped and wore a black black with bright red cleats.
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Pena responded in a word to the intense training.
“vitamin”.
While it may seem inexplicable, this message may refer to the importance of consistent training. This is about dealing with daily vitamin-like protective work.
Jeremy Pena and the Astros settled on pay to avoid arbitration
The Astros’ starting shortstop, which is team-controlled until the 2027 season, agreed to a $4.1 million deal at the beginning of January as they did not drag the franchise into arbitration.
He became the third-highest earner this season after Mauricio Dubon and Isaac Paredes, due to Astros arbitration.
Pena, who hit .263/.324/.381 with the appearance of 634 plates along with 152 hits, 13 stolen basses and 43 walks in 2023, hit .266/.308/.394 in 2024. As we cut back, we continued our separate average season in 2024. 15 home runs, 70 RBIs, 20 stolen bass.
He started with an impressive rookie season in 2022, and .253. He hit 132 hits on /289/.426, 22 home runs, 63 RBIs and 11 stolen bases.
Pena is an integral part of the Astroscore, which won the 2022 World Series title. He was the MVP of that World Series and was in the ALCS round before that.
The Astros will expect an aggressive increase in production from him in 2025. Even in the 2024 defensive stats, he registered a low fielding run value for a low career at -2.
Edited by Debasish
