Category: Astros
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MMQB: Ramblings, thoughts, questions and more
Football — both college and pro — has had its moments in the sun over the past weeks. Now, no major events stand between us and the beginning of spring training, and only one is left (NCAA Final Four) remains before the beginning of the 2015 baseball season. Houston pitchers and catchers — all of…
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Free Blog Weekend: Astros’ future may not be now, but by 2017…
With the discussion about Carlos Correa on Thursday and expectations seemingly on the rise, this Free Blog Weekend, let’s take a look in the future. Obviously, much will change over the next three springs, but even with pieces of the puzzle that are now in place or in the pipeline, the Astros may be setting…
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Looking ahead at Astros 2015: Another season, another stop gap at SS
Chip continues a conversation that has been hashed, rehashed, dissected, buried, raised again and has brought frustration along with many failed solutions in recent years. Shortstop. • •• ••• •• • Adam Everett anyone? While the now-37-year-old Everett brought one of the best gloves in Astros’ history to the six hole, fans lamented the black hole he…
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Looking ahead at Astros 2015: The hot corner is heating up
Our position-by-position look at the Astros continues today as Brian takes a closer look at the revolving door that has been third base for the past several seasons. • •• ••• •• • Two positions for the Astros were essentially black holes in 2014. While Houston will rely on Jon Singleton again at first base, it’s likely…
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Meet the new boss: Manfred takes over as commissioner
Astros’ fans worldwide breathed a sigh of relief as Allan “Bud” Selig’s tenure as commissioner of Major League Baseball came to an end this weekend. As a fan of the hometown nine … and of baseball in general, here’s how I — and most Astros’ fans — feel as we see Bud leaving the building:…
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Are the Astros looking to improve the wrong end of rotation?
Are the Astros looking at the wrong end of the rotation? It’s fair to say there are more in-house solutions for the #5 slot in the rotation than there are for the #1 (or even #2) slot. To be sure, only Scott Feldman, Dallas Keuchel and Collin McHugh can lay any type of claim on…
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WTSWTM: Biggio to the Hall and Luhnow’s Roster Fever
This edition of WTSWTM (What They Said, What They Meant) begins with the immortal Craig Biggio (Hall of Famer forever, right?) and morphs into the crazed roster moves since our last editions. Just remember that what they said are actual quotes from Chron.com (spit!!) and what they meant was obtained through ESP by the Amazing Danskin. Biggio on…
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Free Blog Weekend: It’s getting crowded in here!
Okay, take a deep breath. Spring training is just a few weeks away and the start of the season is a little over two months from now. Jeff Luhnow has plenty of time to remake the roster. Of course, I say that in jest as Luhnow has performed his magic on the major league roster,…
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