Author: Dan P
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Will They Stay or Will They Go?
In all deference to the seminal Clash hit, “Should I Stay or Should I Go”, the Astros are facing an off-season of even more uncertainty. The team’s performance in 2015 has raised the expectation bar for fans and front office alike and there will be many interlocking decisions made that involve Rule 5 protection, budget…
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Astros 2015: And end of season Would You Rather?
You know the drill. You will be given the option of picking from two appealing or perhaps non-appealing choices relative to the Astros going forward and asked to pick one. Some of these may seem tough, but frankly this is baseball, not Sophie’s Choice, so get over it. Would you rather the Astros….. Sign Colby…
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Astros 2015: Recapping the learning experience
2015 has been a learning experience in the laboratory of mad doctor Jeff Luhnow and his minions, but more than just the front office has learned things this season. The Team. The fan’s first wish coming down the stretch was for the team to make the playoffs at all. The second wish was to get…
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Oh Lord, You owe us one (actually you owe us a lot)
There are probably a lot of fans, who DVR’d today’s playoff game between the Astros and the Royals. Probably all of those recordings will be deleted unwatched. This was a game that the Astros were leading 6-2 going into the eighth inning. This was a game that was going to escort them comfortably into the ALCS and perhaps the…
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ALDS Game 3 recap: Astros 4-2, one win away from ALCS
The Astros have two wins in their ALDS series with the Royals and both wins reflected the way they have won games all year long. Great basis. Starting pitching makes it tough for the other team to score. Collin McHugh gave up 2 HRs, but only 2 runs in 6 tough innings in Game 1;…
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2015 regular season predictions; So how’d we do?
Here is a look at how Chip, Dan and Brian’s predictions for the 2015 Astros worked out: 2015 Astros’ projections: Stats, winners and leaders Astros wins in ’15 Chip 85 Dan 84 Brian 84 AL West Winner Seattle Oakland Los Anaheim Astros’ finish Third Tie-Third Third Most Wins/pitcher 15/Keuchel 16/McHugh 15/ Keuchel, McHugh…
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Friday countdown: After 159 games, the end is in sight
It is an odd feeling Thursday leading into a final Friday of the season as Astros’ fans are forced to pull for the North Texas Rangers. This is about as satisfying as kissing your sister or pulling for the Yankees, Cowboys or Bill Gates. The Rangers are up 4-2 in the seventh and the Astros…
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Tuesday countdown: Options, decisions abound for 2016 pitching
After so few starting pitching options last off-season — remember Roberto Hernandez and Asher Wojciechowski starting the season (temporarily) in the rotation? — 2016 appears to be a season of almost too many options. Dallas Keuchel, Collin McHugh, Lance McCullers Jr., Vincent Velasquez, Scott Feldman, Scott Kazmir, Mike Fiers, Brett Oberholtzer, Dan Straily, Asher W.,…
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