Author: Dan P
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Scattershot thoughts during the Cold Stove League
As our good buddy astrocolt45 so aptly nailed it, this is the deadest of dead seasons right now. He called it the Cold Stove season. So, to warm everyone up, here are some scattershot thoughts and interspersed questions as the fire burns low before heating up in 42 days when as Becky points out, the…
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The Twelve Days of an Astros Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone!! On the first day of Christmas my front office gave to me – A Martes involved in no trade On the second day of Christmas my front office gave to me – Two Oiled gloves and A Martes involved in no trade On the third day of Christmas my front office gave…
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WTSWTM: The off-season edition
This is the off-season edition of What They Said, What They Meant, where a quote (from Astros.com) is broken down between sportspeak (what they said) and people speak (what they meant). In other words, we are here to serve you with the translation from what they said, to what they actually meant! GM Jeff Luhnow…
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Hey MLB, when are you going to punish the Cards?
Between 2013 and 2014, Chris Correa, the St. Louis Cardinals’ scouting director at the time hacked into the Houston Astros’ servers multiple times and accessed confidential data about potential Astros’ draft picks, player information and trade talks among other information that he should not have seen from one of his 29 competitors. Federal prosecutors estimated this action as costing…
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Random questions in a random Astros’ off-season
Sometimes the mind wanders, especially the sporting mind in the middle of the 2016-2017 hot stove league. So, here are some random questions to chew on for the next few days. Did Brent Strom get really stupid in one season? The pitching probably over-performed in 2015. Was that mostly due to Strom? Did the “modification” to…
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Astros’ off-season: What else, what next?
The Astros have been active in the early off-season. Needed some outfield help with Colby Rasmus moving down the road: Pick up Nori Aoki and Josh Reddick Needed some catcher help with Jason Castro getting lots of attention in the FA market: Trade for Brian McCann Needed some rotation help with Doug Fister done as…
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The Astros’ off-season is early, but will it be fruitful?
Note: This was written this afternoon and before it was published Brian McCann and Josh Reddick are Astros. Well there you go. There are so many good points being tossed randomly around about the 2017 Astros vs. the recent versions of the Astros, that it feels like a dart tournament for the blind. The Astros aren’t…
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Top prospects: A look ahead at the Astros’ long-term health
There will be a lot of work done in this off-season to set and hopefully upgrade the Astros’ major league roster. But just as important to the long term health of the organization is the quality and depth of the minor league prospects. Here is a summary of the top 15 prospects from mlb pipeline (more…
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