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Perspective: BA top 10 Astros’ prospects with 20/20 hindsight
The minor league baseball season is over (playoffs ending this weekend), so I thought I would look back at the Astros’ top 10 prospects as ranked by Baseball America before the season. There are various rankings available and I picked this one because I feel too lazy to analyze someone else’s top 20 rankings instead…
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Free Blog Weekend: Septembers, hits and other questions
It’s Friday, the weekend is ahead, so you know what that means: Free Blog Weekend. Let’s get started. September Morn. It does seem like a new day now that Tom Lawless and Adam Everett are leading the dugout. Houston is 6-2 this month with 16 games to go and, while several games are against contenders…
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Astros’ head scratchers: What happened? What to do?
Baseball can be one of the most non-linear of sports when individual performances are looked at month-to-month or season-to-season. With that in mind, here are a few head scratchers as the Astros wind down on a better, but not good, 2014. Jason Castro In 2014, Jason Castro was an All Star. Yes, he was not…
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The Astros’ rotation is driving a solid finish
We know how this goes: Consistency in anything can end up with a person, group, product, company, etc. being taken for granted. The Astros’ starting pitching may be headed in that direction as they are the one part of the team not named Jose Altuve that has been very consistent this season, especially down the…
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MMQB: Luhnow’s guys, predictions and opinions
So maybe it’s just this simple: Jim Crane and Jeff Luhnow want their guys in the key positions. That means players, coaches, managers and the stat geeks alike. If you joined the organization before Luhnow, the key for you is adaptability. Can you hang with the plan, the numbers and the philosophy? Clearly, players like…
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FREE blog weekend II: It’s time . . .
Tom Lawless got his first loss as Astros’ manager Saturday, a loss that was snatched from the jaws of a win. Needing one win over the last few weeks to avoid a fourth consecutive 100-loss season, Chad Qualls struck again, this time with his sixth blown save of the season. So, as the team streaks to…
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FREE blog weekend: Maybe Crane was right and how ’bout that Carter?
Nothing better than a day off after a new manager gets two wins under his belt and the Astros ponder their future. Maybe, just maybe, Jim Crane was right? While it wasn’t an outright prediction, Crane suggested last spring the Astros could be a .500 team in 2014. At 61-79, if you factor in 12…
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A fan’s observations of last night’s game
Thanks to my good friend, Charlie from my church choir, I got to watch the second game of the Tom Lawless era (yes, it may be a one month era) in the comfort of some great seats in the club level just to the 3rd base side of home plate. So – what did I…
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