There is a theme here with the pitchers that are listed. With Niese and Kunz, its basically a developmental thing, how are they coming along, when should they be making the majors, etc. With Lugo, Wise, Stokes and Callazo, its a bullpen battle thing. Who will get a spot in the pen? Who will help us out during times of injury? Will Callazo be as good as he was in the winter? With Sanchez, we just want to see him pitch with health, and there is a watch on Pelfry to see if he can make the rotation. And yes, I am just excited to see Santana pitch.

The injuries have already started this spring. By now, you already know that Brad Lidge is injured. The Astro's have been hit hard as Berkman, Backe are out with injuries and Pence cannot practice for a week.
Pence's story is recanted on foxsports.com where basically he went through a glass door (not realizing it was closed), and has a lot of cuts on his hands and feet. He will be out of practice for a week. Foxsports.com goes through other famous injuries in baseball, including one of bullpen hopefull Matt Wise, who sliced his middle finger open in 2006 using a pair of salad tongs.