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Let the Astros’ Carlos Correa Coronation begin; Velasquez also up
UPDATE: Now, Vincent Velasquez will also join Correa for the White Sox series. Is this turning into a roster shakeup or are the Astros just finding out what they’ll really need at the trade deadline? • •• ••• •• • Well, friends the king has given the minions what they’ve begged for. The Carlos Correa Coronation has begun. With…
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Sunday Update: Thoughts on potential Astros’ trades
So, Morgan Ensberg has said he would quit if the Astros traded Brett Phillips, Preston Tucker and/or Domingo Santana for Cole Hamels. And not as a package, but just straight up. Is the old third-sacker crazy? Maybe. My guess is Ensberg, who works as a roving instructor for the Astros’ farm system might just be…
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Free Blog Weekend: Questions on Tucker, Carter, Correa, McCullers Jr.
Some basic questions as the Astros enter yet another weekend as the best team in the American League and the second-best in all of baseball. Is Preston Tucker on a showcase? The Astros brought up impressive outfielder Preston Tucker when George Springer went down with a concussion. Now that he’s nearing 100 at bats —…
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Astros quandary II: Correa, Villar and others
A lively conversation was featured here Monday concerning the Chris Carter Quandary and what to do with the inconsistenly streaky first baseman, who does consistently strike out at Mark Reynoldsian rates. Today the subject is other quandaries that the 2015 Houston Astros face. The Correa Conundrum What it is. Frankly, this is a quandary that the front office has…
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Astros’ quandary: How do you solve a problem like Chris Carter?
Early on in the iconic musical The Sound of Music, the nuns have gathered and are “discussing” the novitiate, Maria. Though she has great intentions, she continues to frustrate the nuns with her actions. This leads, as is apt to happen in a musical, to a song. “Oh, how do you solve a problem like…
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Saturday notes: The Astros a month from today
Jeff Luhnow may argue the point, but little has gone according to script for the Astros in 2015. Start with back-to-back winning months to reach the best record in the American League for a team with as many as four hitters below the Mendoza line. Add in multiple injuries to the rotation and a patchwork…
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Free Blog Weekend: Tidbits, notes and things to watch
Folks, its’ Friday and that can mean only one thing. Okay, two things, maybe three. The weekend is here, the Astros are home and it’s the beginning of a Free Blog Weekend! Here are some tidbits for you to chew on as it becomes more clear almost daily that the coronation of Carlos Correa is…
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Thursday notes: Vulnerable summer areas for Astros
It’s the end of May y’all! Jeff Luhnow is watching players in Fresno and the Astros are in first place. Still. Now, if Houston is still in first place over the long July 4 holiday and the Labor Day weekend, there’s a story friends. Until those mile markers, though, many will be waiting for the Astros to…
