With spring training games now underway, here are five Houston Astros hitters and pitchers to watch during Grapefruit League games.

This off-season, Jed Hoyer added a lot of star power to the Chicago Cubs. Headlining the acquisitions was Kyle Tucker and Ryan Pressly, but Matthew Boyd, Colin Rea, Cody Poteet, and Justin Turner were also acquired.

The pressure is on president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer to get the Chicago Cubs to the postseason for the first time since 2020.

MESA, Ariz. — Cubs reliever Ryan Pressly says he isn’t explicitly recruiting free-agent third baseman Alex Bregman, a former teammate with the Astros, to join him and outfielder Kyle Tucker, another ex-Astros teammate, on their new team. But he is in touch.

With two of Bregman's former Houston Astros teammates on the roster in Pressly and Kyle Tucker, some members of the Cubs were asked if they have done any recruiting pitches for the star third baseman.

Until there’s a deal for the best remaining free agent, Bregman Watch will remain the biggest story around the Cubs.