Category: Astros
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Astros’ bullpen: From gas cans to firemen in 2015
There can be little argument that the Astros’ improvement this season is riding on three factors: Better fielding. More runs scored per game; and, A light-years better bullpen. There should also be little argument that the bullpen is responsible for the biggest chunk of that improvement. Perhaps nothing points to the importance of the bullpen more…
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2017 has arrived for Astros, but what are the missing pieces?
Make no mistake. The Astros are in the hunt for 2015. Someone tell Jim Crane to go ahead and get the checkbook ready. So, a little check up on this Tuesday following Marvelous Monday in which two top prospects joined the Astros and Houston had a landmark draft which could mark its final Top 10…
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The Astros’ 2015 draft: Two picks in the first five
One season after drafting and not signing the first overall pick the Astros will have the second and fifth overall picks in the first round in Monday’s draft. Last season, the Astros backed down their offer to Brady Aiken due to fears of future injuries to his arm, fears which proved warranted as Aiken underwent…
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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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