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2 years on: Looking back at the Luhnow/Hinch replacements
This week marked the second anniversary of the firings of Astros’ manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow for their acts of commission and/or omission related to “IT”. To those new to the blog “IT” is our shorthand for the cheating scandal that tainted the 2017 championship and hacked off the long-suffering Astro fans…
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Top 20 recent acquisitions for the Astros
In the last post, we compiled a list of the Top 10 Astros developed internally during their recent Renaissance.
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The Astros’ self-development Top 10
Today’s post emerged from a bit of exercise your loyal writer assigned himself. In this new era of Astros’ baseball — let’s say since the beginning of the deep, dark bottom in 2011 — who are the best players that the team developed itself?
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Recent major league debuts for the Astros
Normally, when one thinks about teams debuting prospects at the major league level, the thought is that having a lot of debuts is a sign of a rebuild or low performing team. Now truthfully, the Astros did struggle in 2020 due primarily to injuries. Still, the bottom line is the last couple of seasons have…
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If / When: Steps the 2022 Astros need to take when the players get locked back in
The Astros, like every other team, is on hold from doing business with major leaguers at this time. They can sign players who are not on a 40 man roster to minor league contracts. They can make moves in their front office, management and coaching spots. They can even wave bye-bye as former or recent…
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Re-visiting the Top 10 Key Items in 2021
Today we revisit a Chipalatta post from the past and how accurate it was in predicting the Astros’ 2021 season….
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