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Jose Altuve Forever
It was the summer of 2011, and things were very grim for Astros’ fans. The team was on the way to a club record worst 56-106 record, which would be followed by club worst 55-107 and 51-111 seasons. In the middle of despair, the team jumped three players from AA to the big club, JD…
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Astros 2024: What about Ryan Pressly?
Since Josh Hader signed his 5-year/ $95 million free agent contract, we have not really heard from the closer emeritus Ryan Pressly.
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ZiPS projections for the 2024 Astros
In one of those self-assignments, your loyal writer spent a bit of time comparing what most of the main Astros did in 2023 vs. what the ZiPS projections on Fangraphs say they will do in 2024.
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Joe Espada: 5 focus areas
New Astros manager Joe Espada has a wide and varied background in baseball that leads to doing almost everything but managing teams. He was both a college and a minor league player, spending most of his time in the minors with Oakland, but also playing for St. Louis, Colorado, Florida, Kansas City, Texas and Tampa…
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A couple Astros’ thoughts: Billy Wags and LMJ
Billy Wagner Billy Wagner falling five votes short of the Hall of Fame was a bummer, but not as big of a bummer as when Craig Biggio fell two votes short in January 2014. Here is a doubleheader column by Brian Todd and me when that happened.
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Astros’ 2024: Five areas of interest during spring training
On Feb. 14, the Astros’ pitchers and catchers will report to West Palm Beach. One month from last Friday, February 19, the balance of the Astros will report. They will be bringing along with them a number of questions that may get resolved during Spring Training or during the season, or never.
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