Category: Astros
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The Astros’ extensions and the core

Last summer, the blog (OK, it was me…) took on the impossible task of a three year look ahead at the Astros future (at least I made it look impossible).
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10 questions for Astros fans

Today is a simple post from your Astro blogger and counsellor. Please, answer the following and your loyal servant will give you the correct numbers below:
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Wow! The Astros extend Bregman and Pressly

The Astros’ front office — due to the team’s great success — has gone through a bunch of turnover in the last few years. This has included David Stearns becoming GM of the Brewers, and Mike Elias becoming GM of the Orioles and bringing along Sig Mejdal to be his top assistant.
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Free Blog Weekend: Injuries and the Keuchel redux

Time again for a Chipalatta special — the Free Blog Weekend. Our loyal readers can go in any direction you want as long as it has to do with the Astros or baseball and as long as it is fit for our blog family.
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10 reasons the Astros can win it all again in 2019

There is always a mix of over-optimism mixed with down in the dumps pessimism in the springtime for baseball teams.
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2019 Astros: The most indispensable player

In a full disclosure statement from this blog – the idea for this post came from elsewhere.
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A few Astro questions on a dreary Saturday

It is another dreary Saturday in Houston as it feels like we can’t string more than one sunny day in a row into our weather forecast. Perhaps the beginning of the baseball season, still about three weeks away will bring a cure to the weather blahs as well as the baseball blahs.
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Astros 2018 vs. 2017: Lineup pluses and minuses

The Astros had the best offense in the majors in 2017 and while their pitching soared to the top in 2018, their offense sank back towards the pack due to injuries and some lesser performances.
