Trying hard to give the troops some items to chew on. Randy Flores has stepped into the Astros’ general manager job, and from Dan P’s viewpoint, there are five big challenges that he faces:

I don’t think it is a secret that I tend to enjoy using bullet points in my writing. It’s probably the engineer in me seeping over into the creative side of my brain to keep things in order. So, today – will be a set of subjects and bullet points related to the subject….

Happy Halloween, Astros fans. Jim Crane left something on our porch Friday night, and we’re all trying to figure out whether it’s candy or a rock.

Dan P is headed out of town tomorrow but wanted to give you some new cud to chew on (lovely image). And time is of the utmost, so to do this posthaste…I turn to my loyal readers and ask for your answers to these questions.

If the 2026 Astros were a three-legged stool of offense, relief pitching, and starting pitching (yes, for this example I am skipping fielding), the short leg of the stool was starting pitching.

An interesting discussion in the comments section of the last post about dead or bad contracts has prompted me to review the overall 2027 budget against the current 40-man roster.