Category: Astros
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The Astros ChipalattAwards for the month of June
Time to give the Chippy Awards for the month of June. These were almost all tough calls.
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Halfway there: The defending champ 2018 Astros
Tuesday night’s win by the Astros marked the 81st game and the halfway point in the Astros season.
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Opportunity awaits: Astros need to go full throttle to the All Star break
On June 5, after losing to James Paxton and the Mariners were 37-25, the Astros were two games back in the division behind Seattle, and 5 1/2 games back of the Red Sox for the best record in the majors. For perspective, 37-25 is on pace for a 97 win season, which would tie for the Astros’…
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Questions to chew on with the first place Astros
There is a lot less than usual to complain about with the Astros right now, so here are just some random questions to chew on and/or ponder.
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Top 30 Astro moves under GM Jeff Luhnow
This week the Astros locked up GM Jeff Luhnow through the year 2023 and gave him a promotion and title of President of Baseball Operations.
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Seattle M’s: “Who are those guys?’
In the seminal buddies film (buddies who are 1970’s anti-heroes and – spoiler alert – headed for a sad ending) “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”, Butch and the Kid are pursued incessantly by a mystery posse. They break away from the rest of their gang, try to lose the posse by walking in a…
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Where have all the flowers gone? A look at the Astros’ pitching prospects
A few questions keep coming up about the Houston Astros. Does the current front office of the Astros’ have a weakness relative to developing pitching talent? Does their minor league tandem method fail to nurture major league starters? Can they even develop bullpen parts?
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Can fans accept Dallas Keuchel as Astros’ #5 starter?
Dallas Keuchel is not performing like the 2015 Cy Young DK or even the 2017 DK, where he was brilliant when healthy. After a particularly bumpy three starts in a row where his ERA has ballooned from a very good 3.39 to a below average 4.45, folks are wanting something done, but are unsure what…
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