Author: Chip Bailey
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Let the Astros’ Carlos Correa Coronation begin; Velasquez also up
UPDATE: Now, Vincent Velasquez will also join Correa for the White Sox series. Is this turning into a roster shakeup or are the Astros just finding out what they’ll really need at the trade deadline? • •• ••• •• • Well, friends the king has given the minions what they’ve begged for. The Carlos Correa Coronation has begun. With…
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Free Blog Weekend: Questions on Tucker, Carter, Correa, McCullers Jr.
Some basic questions as the Astros enter yet another weekend as the best team in the American League and the second-best in all of baseball. Is Preston Tucker on a showcase? The Astros brought up impressive outfielder Preston Tucker when George Springer went down with a concussion. Now that he’s nearing 100 at bats —…
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Saturday notes: The Astros a month from today
Jeff Luhnow may argue the point, but little has gone according to script for the Astros in 2015. Start with back-to-back winning months to reach the best record in the American League for a team with as many as four hitters below the Mendoza line. Add in multiple injuries to the rotation and a patchwork…
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Free Blog Weekend: Tidbits, notes and things to watch
Folks, its’ Friday and that can mean only one thing. Okay, two things, maybe three. The weekend is here, the Astros are home and it’s the beginning of a Free Blog Weekend! Here are some tidbits for you to chew on as it becomes more clear almost daily that the coronation of Carlos Correa is…
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Thursday notes: Vulnerable summer areas for Astros
It’s the end of May y’all! Jeff Luhnow is watching players in Fresno and the Astros are in first place. Still. Now, if Houston is still in first place over the long July 4 holiday and the Labor Day weekend, there’s a story friends. Until those mile markers, though, many will be waiting for the Astros to…
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A quarter of way into season, Astros are the best in the AL
The quarter pole of a baseball season is always a good time to do a check up on a major league team. Dan looked at some of the pros and cons from players thus far last week, but it clearly is time to drop the “it’s too early” mantra from the conversation. After 41 of…
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Sunday Update: Your turn to update me
Okay, so I’ve been away for a few days working at the Louisiana high school baseball championships. Great time, with a lot of baseball, some good, some bad, some very intriguing. I do believe I saw it all this weekend. And, I’ve been around baseball for so long I thought I had seen everything before…
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5 questions: Hey folks, DSTSS and IASS
At 21-13 after an unexpected dash out of the gate, the Astros are 6-6 in May. On pace for 100 wins — you’re kidding, right? — the team would win 85 by playing only .500 ball the rest of the way. If this is July, Houston is in buying mode. But it’s mid-May. And Houston is…
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