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Free blog weekend: Of lulls, trades, hitting and the thorn in the left side
Happy Friday and welcome to a long-time tradition: Free Blog Weekend. It’s your turn to drive the conversation. We’ll discuss what you think is important or significant at this juncture of the off season. Here are some starters for you. The lull is coming to an end. While recent weeks haven’t exactly been a lull…
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Astros’ infield: The problem children of the left side
The second part of our examination of the 2014 Astros with an eye towards 2015 will concentrate on two side-by-side perceived problem areas: third base and shortstop. The title referring to Problem Children seems appropriate. For the most part the Astros have left the left side of their infield in the hands of the extremely…
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Astros’ Outfield: Singing a sad song
Over the next several days, Brian Todd and Dan Peschong will take a look back — and forward — at each position for the Astros. Brian kicks it off today with the faux pas and what-might-have-beens and the future of the outfield. • •• ••• •• • Jose’s on a vacation far away Now that…
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Can the Astros win 90 and make the playoffs in 2015?
Okay, before you shout me down, consider five reasons it’s possible — possible — the Astros could win 90 games in 2015 and could make the playoffs. And, no, MLB didn’t expand the season to 180 games. Granted, I did say could, so while this isn’t an outright prediction, getting to 88-90 wins in 2015…
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Free blog weekend: K’s, drafts, manager criteria and more
It’s Friday and there won’t be any baseball today. Nada. America’s past time returns Tuesday with the Royals and Giants in the World Series. If you believe some predictions, two years from now, it will be the Astros and another National League team starting the best of seven MLB championship. By the way, tune in…
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Astros 2015: Run differential is the basis for improvement
It is time to revisit a post from November 2013…… The following chart shows how the 5 teams that made the playoffs in 2014 fared when it came to scoring runs / giving up runs and run differential. Also, shown are the same stats for the Astros for both 2013 and 2014. Team Runs Scored/…
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FREE Blog Monday: Observations, questions and thoughts
No, it’s not the weekend, but it is the off-season, so anything goes, right? Starting off a week with a Free Blog Monday, a first, but probably not the last. It’s your opportunity to opine, divert the discussion, throw in your two cents and generally steer the conversation. I’ll get us started. The Royals and…
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Astros: Following in the Pirates, Royals footsteps
Jeff Luhnow cut his teeth in the St. Louis Cardinal organization. He would love nothing better than to have a team that is like the Cards, a sustainable winner that has 11 playoff appearances in the last 15 seasons and only one losing season in that time. But to get to that spot, the Luhnow…
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