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Now to the work: Putting together an Astros’ lineup
A lot of discussion in this off-season has revolved around how to utilize the Astros’ new offensive toys and specifically about constructing a lineup. Surfing around the ‘net, I found an interesting write-up on stat-driven model, but does not require an advance math degree to understand. There are plenty of other articles on this subject,…
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10 questions Astros must address in spring training
Now that “other” sport is dead and gone for another year (Unbelievable Super Bowl – but did anyone else think it was an almost WWE fixed final half of the game?), the folks who don’t watch basketball can get revved up for the return of baseball. The Houston Astros’ pitchers and catchers report a week…
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The Astros’ hitters right to left
In 2016, the Astros were a very right-centric hitting team. Except for Luis Valbuena, who missed a large chunk of the season injured, the Astros best hitters – Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa, George Springer, Evan Gattis and in a smaller sample Alex Bregman were all right handed batters. The Astros big off-season sea change on…
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Astros bullpen: So many choices, but too many choices?
With pitching it is probably better to have more choices than fewer. If that is true then Manager A.J. Hinch and pitching coach Brent Strom are in great shape in regards to the 2017 Houston Astros bullpen. The bullpen could be a seven man or eight man set-up; seven man will be assumed for this post.…
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Ranking the Astros’ roster from 1 through 25
The Astros may or may not be done forming the team that will compete in the 2017 season, but today’s exercise will be to rank the top 25 Astros currently on the roster. Rank them how? That is up to you. This post ranks the players with a mixture of last year’s results, career results and…
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And then there were two! Woohoo, Bagwell joins Biggio in the Hall
For a few years it has felt like Ketchup made the Condiments Hall of Fame, while Mustard was left waiting…..Like Laurel got a star on the Walk of Fame while Hardy was left on the outside. When Craig Biggio made the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2015, fans were left hanging waiting for the other shoe to drop…
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Top 5 reasons Bagwell should get the call next week
There are plenty of reasons why the Astros greatest player, yes greater than Craig Biggio, should join Biggio in the Hall of Fame include statistical, eyeball and even heartfelt ones. Here is a list of five reasons in no particular order why Bags should hear the call next Wednesday. 1) Baserunning – This was more than just stolen…
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Q is for Quintana; Q is for Question
Let’s look at a few reasons why the Astros might be interested in obtaining Jose Quintana from the White Sox. 2016 Stats (except for the last entry) Name W-L IP ERA WHIP K/9 IP WAR Jose Quintana 13-12 208 3.20 1.163 7.8 5.2 Dallas Keuchel 9-12 168 4.55 1.268 7.7 0.5 Lance McCullers Jr 6-5…
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