It is never easy to rank any team from 1 to 25. How do you value every day players vs. starting pitchers vs. relief pitchers? How do you value leadership and dugout presence vs. on the field performance (think Brian McCann)? How do you anticipate how players will react to a different role they may…

It is coming! The start of spring training is nigh as the Astros’ pitchers and catchers report on Tuesday and celebrate Valentine’s Day with their first workout. So here are some random thoughts as the excitement builds.

For the last 56 springs the Astros have headed to various venues in Florida with burning questions about what it would take to be World Champions. OK, a little truth in advertising. For many of those seasons the burning questions were about how to eventually be World Champions and perhaps not be a laughing-stock for…

In an effort to keep the fine conversations going here are some more talking points.

Today’s assignment is to look at some scenarios and choose which one is more likely to happen for certain Astros and the team as a whole during the 2018 season. 1) Are the Astros more likely to…. a) Repeat as World Series champions. b) Miss the playoffs entirely No team has repeated as champion since the…

There is very little going on with the Astros these days as they float towards Spring Training with most holes filled. So, let’s create a little excitement or at least give our fine readers some questions to ponder to fill this dead time. Who will be the Astros ace? This is not as easy as…

As Spring Training seems to move farther away, rather than closer – here are some other items to chew on: Sustainability Buddy of the blog, old pro had a very astute observation relative to the Astros sustaining their success through a huge 2019 off-season when tons of top-notch players will be free agents. We won’t…

It is the dog days of winter when the baseball news comes out in spikes (Cue the Gerrit Cole signing) surrounded by flat lines or small lukewarm blips tied to vague rumors (Cue the Brewers are close to trading an OF, but we don’t know which one or if the Astros are involved).