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  • Astros’ off-season: You’re GM for a day!

    Astros’ off-season: You’re GM for a day!

    Today, the blog would like the readers to take a shot at being the Astros’ GM for a day. Kind of like what Mr. Trump was saying about what he would do the first 24 hours he was president. If you were given GM Dana Brown’s job (and the free rein that he may or

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  • Astros’ off-season: The timeline

    Astros’ off-season: The timeline

    In many ways, the Houston Astros off-season began for their fans three weeks ago on the afternoon of October 2 as the team bowed to the Detroit Tigers 5-2 in a 2-0 sweep of the Wild Card. And even though the Astros’ front office is no doubt working their donkeys off right now, the off-season

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  • Astros’ off-season: The one thing

    Astros’ off-season: The one thing

    Today, we are revisiting a little feature where we look at many of the Astros we expect to see on the roster in 2025 and touch base on the “one thing” that we would like them to work on in the off-season.

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  • Astros’ off-season: Doing more math

    Astros’ off-season: Doing more math

    I was taking a look at the Astros payroll on my favorite site that does the math for me….Houston Astros 2025 Financial Summary (spotrac.com)

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  • Astros’ off-season: Doing the math

    Astros’ off-season: Doing the math

    The Astros will have to set their 40-man roster sometime in mid-November before the Rule 5 draft.

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  • Chipalatta Awards: 2024 Season

    Chipalatta Awards: 2024 Season

    Your faithful servant knows that in general the most critical thing for the fans is that the Astros did not make it to at least the ALCS for the first time since 2016. But it is worth looking at the individual performances for a team that rallied from the depths of a bad start to

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