Category: Astros
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Are sabermetrics sucking the life out of America’s past time?
Recently on these pages, a new stat was introduced to followers that apparently is “all that” in ranking pitchers. Over the past decade, sabermetrics and sabermetricians have become as popular as flies on a cow’s tail, and while many of those stats may have merit, those of us old schoolers are often pessimistic, skeptical and…
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Astros’ orbit: Spending moves budget into all-time high…already
This time last year, the Astros were involved in what was a ho-hum off-season. Houston had just non-tendered Chris Carter, traded Hank Conger to the Rays for cash, and Jeff Luhnow was about to make his biggest splash of the winter, trading former #1 Mark Appel, Vince Velasquez, Brett Oberholtzer and others for Ken Giles.…
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How does that Astros’ 2017 World Series prediction look now?
Any questions you may have had previously about Jim Crane putting up the money and any questions about whether Jeff Luhnow could spend it wisely should be out the door for the time being. Those soothsayers and prognosticators about the Astros’ World Series chances in 2017 look a lot smarter this morning too. When you…
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Random questions in a random Astros’ off-season
Sometimes the mind wanders, especially the sporting mind in the middle of the 2016-2017 hot stove league. So, here are some random questions to chew on for the next few days. Did Brent Strom get really stupid in one season? The pitching probably over-performed in 2015. Was that mostly due to Strom? Did the “modification” to…
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Astros’ off-season: What else, what next?
The Astros have been active in the early off-season. Needed some outfield help with Colby Rasmus moving down the road: Pick up Nori Aoki and Josh Reddick Needed some catcher help with Jason Castro getting lots of attention in the FA market: Trade for Brian McCann Needed some rotation help with Doug Fister done as…
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The Astros’ off-season is early, but will it be fruitful?
Note: This was written this afternoon and before it was published Brian McCann and Josh Reddick are Astros. Well there you go. There are so many good points being tossed randomly around about the 2017 Astros vs. the recent versions of the Astros, that it feels like a dart tournament for the blind. The Astros aren’t…
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Top prospects: A look ahead at the Astros’ long-term health
There will be a lot of work done in this off-season to set and hopefully upgrade the Astros’ major league roster. But just as important to the long term health of the organization is the quality and depth of the minor league prospects. Here is a summary of the top 15 prospects from mlb pipeline (more…
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Ten quick questions for fans of the Astros
So, another team, not named the Astros, has ended a long term world championship drought. The 2016 season is over and we are “enjoying” the first weekend without baseball in a long time. Maybe you checked out when the Astros missed the playoffs, maybe you checked out earlier than that, but now is the time…
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