Category: Astros
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Next men up: Astros’ pitching scenarios
Well, this happened quickly….the Astros’ fans had barely adjusted to the news that Jose Urquidy, who was pulled from his start Sunday due to shoulder discomfort, followed by being put on the IL Monday afternoon then the next domino seemed to fall. Brandon Bielak had barely joined the club as a replacement for Urquidy when…
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Astros’ ChipalattAwards for April
Looking at the Astros’ first month of the season, your humble servant took a quick look at the summary for last April. It does not seem possible, but the 2022 team was worse and with the crummy starts of folks like Jake Odorizzi, Jose Urquidy, Martin Maldonado, Bryan Abreu, and others eerily similar to this…
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Amen to that, Lance
There apparently was an article in the Athletic written about Lance McCullers praising his teammate Kyle Tucker as being outrageously underrated. I would link to that article, but based on the bagels I make off of these posts, I won’t tie to one that demands payment.
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About the Astros’ fifth starter
Entering the 2023 season without Lance McCullers Jr., the Astros rotation rolled out like this…..Framber Valdez, Cristian Javier, Jose Urquidy, Luis Garcia, and Hunter Brown, and that was the order they have pitched this season. Based on performance so far, the top three would be Framber Valdez (2-2, 2.25 ERA), Cristian Javier (2-0, 3.21 ERA),…
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Yordan, Pete, Kyle and the rest
I probably need to throw apologies to the late Old Folkie Pete Seeger for the following, because watching Yordan Alvarez on Friday night face another left-handed pitcher in the late innings in a crucial spot and deliver another intracontinental missile to give the Astros the lead brought to mind a song. “Where have all the…
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Astros’ 2023: It’s rarely easy.
It is always the way these things go. Teams get off to great / bad/ meh starts to the season and people are too joyful/ too despairing/ too meh about it all.
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Hunter Brown: The anatomy of a half-inning
Coming off a very disappointing weekend of two crushing losses offsetting a solid win against the Rangers, it would be quite easy to concentrate on only negative questions today.
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Astros’ musings: So far, so meh?
It is often hard to keep a perspective on baseball when you are a fan(atic) about it. We live and die with every twist and turn, every series, every loss, every injury, and every slump. After a so-so 6-7 start, we are about two weeks into the 2023 season, and our emotions have washed us…
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