I could see that as well. I was mostly going off that the org wants Bo to remain at SS for now and Smith is a great defensive SS, so they likely wouldn't have either at 2B in AA.
This is why, I feel, this could happen.
He was his main catcher throughout most of his AA tenure last season as well. He's self-admitted that he's still got a lot to learn when it comes to calling games.
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-astros-staff-is-the-best-ever/
Really excellent article. Really makes you wonder why so many of our pitchers are still pitching to contact..
I wonder what the Astros system could do for Stroman?