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Christmas Greetings from Chipalatta
Without our loyal readers we are nothing here at Chipalatta. So we hope that you and your family have a blessed Christmas and a happy and healthy new year!!
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Is Lance McCullers Jr. the most critical cog entering 2020?
The last time Lance McCullers pitched for the Astros was game 4 of the 2018 ALCS against the Red Sox. The last time Lance McCullers pitched uninjured for the Astros was probably in early July of 2018. He had a 10-3 record and a 3.41 ERA and then gave up 14 runs in his next…
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The Astros and their finest hour
In the movie Apollo 13 there is a special moment when things are looking grim for the three astronauts and the crippled spaceship that the crew and the support staff on the ground are all trying to baby back to Earth. The director of NASA says, “This could be the worst disaster NASA’s ever experienced.”…
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Random baseball thoughts from a Florida hotel
Here I am in a Florida hotel, my legs feeling like I walked almost eight miles today, which I did.
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Astros offseason: Dan P has a personal Q&A
The style of this blog has been to bring up Astro related subjects and attempt to engage you, the reader with questions about the subject of the day. Your opinions are valued and add a lot to each post. Today, we will stray a bit from that formula and this will be Dan P…
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What does that Astros’ 26-man roster look like right now?
The Astros are obviously not where they will be in a few months personnel-wise. But at least for the short term, the choice to only non-tender Aaron Sanchez gave the fans a glimpse at what the team may be thinking heading toward 2020.
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The toughest personnel decision for the Astros
The financial decisions the Astros are facing have been coming for years. Blog founder Chip Bailey has hit on this theme a number of times, including this mid-2017 post…. And the financial problems he discussed back then did not include future Astros Justin Verlander ($33 MM for the next two seasons) and Zack Greinke (about…
