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Astros’ 2026: The ultimate YIE
Some folks may not know that the worldwide famous acronym YIE was invented here at Chipalatta. It stands for Yes, It’s Early, and we roll it out when, well, it is early. Like now.
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Predictions. Astros 2026
Before we jump into the predictions part of this post, let’s look back in anger, or at least look back in dislike, at last season.
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The last season for a while?
After being a fan of the Astros for the last 60 seasons, this one feels a little different to me. Usually, springtime comes with a little joy and a lot of hope. But this season is tinged with melancholy due to the elephant in the dugout.
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Ready for the season to start
Every season is the same in one aspect. After many months of off-season and a solid 6 weeks of Spring Training, all fans are ready for the season to finally start. We are ready to stop speculation on personnel. We are ready to enjoy the personnel performing for real. This season, we are ready to…
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Astros’ 26-man roster: One week out
When the Astros complete their exhibition game with the Mets on Thursday, they will be one week out from their opener at Daikin Park against the Angels of Anaheim or Los Angeles or Hollywood or Alhambra or whatever heck their name is this year. They will leave Florida after Sunday’s game with the Cardinals and…
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Astros: Which area brings you the most concern?
In my mind, a baseball team is split into three areas – starting pitching, relief pitching, and offense. One could break this down into sub-areas like left-handed and right-handed pitching, infield and outfield, etc.
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Optimism: Hope springs eternal?
A couple of the comments the last few days from both Sarge and Chip were a bit on the downside. I know it’s tough when you stand back and look at your team, the Astros, where it seems like they have five solid infielders for four spots and 0 solid outfielders for three spots, and…
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But if spring training numbers mattered…
After spending the previous blog post convincing everyone that pre-season numbers don’t matter, let’s explore where the Astros are at this point in Spring Training. And we are doing that ….why? Because there is not much else to write about …
