Reed, who was overweight when he arrived to spring training in 2015, looked noticeably slimmer when he arrived to Astros camp Monday, Evan Drellich of the Houston Chronicle reports.
"I'm in a lot better shape this year than I was last year," Reed said. "I just don't think I really understood what I needed to do. It was my first offseason alone. You know, I wasn't at school (at the University of Kentucky) where they're kind of walking you through everything. I don't think I was really ready for that. It was something I had to learn from. This year, I had a really good idea of where I needed to be to be successful for the year." The 22-year-old will try to beat out Jonathan Singleton, Tyler White, Preston Tucker, Marwin Gonzalez and Luis Valbuena for the Astros' first base job during camp.