Category: Astros
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Dan Peschong does the eeny, meeny, miny, mo with Astros’ 5th starter
By Dan Peschong Looking back at 2013 – I will give high marks to anyone who can tell me who started the first 4 games of the season for the Astros and who was the 5th pitcher to start a game (which occurred in the 8th game of the season). Most of you probably got…
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Okay, maybe we should chat about Shin-Soo Choo
So the Astros missed out on Joba Chamberlain. Probably Matt Garza. Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran too. Most fans — including this one — expected the Astros the dabble in the low-to-mid range of free agents and other acquisitions. The three-year, $30 million deal for Scott Feldman and the trade for Dexter Fowler pretty much…
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Choo, Tanaka and other Astros’ stuff
Just a few scattershots while wondering if Jeff Luhnow’s cell phone is smoking after all the calls, emails and texts this week. The Astros don’t need Shin-Soo Choo. Seems as though some Astros’ fans want the team to get back into one of those Carlos Lee-like contracts. Sorry, at this point in the rebuild, I…
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Acquisitions begin to change the face of 2014 lineup, rotation
The past week has taken me to Charlotte, Greensboro and Virginia Beach. Meanwhile, the Astros have also been on a bit of a journey. And, Jeff Luhnow suggests he’s not done. As this week winds down with two new players in the fold, Luhnow has turned his attention to the bullpen and the Rule 5…
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Non tenders increase pool of possibilities for Astros
As I sit waiting for the plane to take me on what will likely be my last business trip of the year, I can’t help but wonder when the Astros are going to get into the game. By “game”, I mean the off-season game, of course. Everyday, players come off the board. Everyday, trades are…
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Ah, yes, the Hall of Fame: Is it a Killer B kind of year?
by Brian Todd We interrupt this depressing offseason (on the heels of a dreadful trio of seasons) to bring you some good Astros news. No, really! Well, probably. The Astros have a Hall of Famer. No, I’m not talking about George Springer or Carlos Correa (not yet anyway). And I don’t mean Jason Castro or…
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Happy Thanksgiving: Yes, Astros’ fans, too, can be thankful
by Dan Peschong As most people know, the Thanksgiving holiday was born from a grand conspiracy of the National Football League and the Butterball corporation to televise three pro football games on a Thursday in late November to millions of people with nothing to do but eat turkey and fixin’s and to watch Uncle Fred…
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Maybe it’s time for Luhnow to adopt the Epstein Thanksgiving Plan
Maybe it’s time for Jeff Luhnow to spend Thanksgiving at somebody’s house. “Somebody”, as in a difference-making pitcher or hitter. Remember where then-Boston GM Theo Epstein at his Thanksgiving turkey in 2003? While the Red Sox weren’t coming off back-to-back 100-loss seasons, they had suffered through a humiliating loss to the Yankees in Game 7…
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