Category: Astros
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Three wishes: You’re on the clock with Dan Peschong
As the Astros streak toward perhaps their worst season in history (again), we continue our look at next season. Dan Peschong sticks to the basics today, inquiring on the three biggest items on your 2014 wish list. • •• ••• •• • There is this old joke about an ever optimistic manager taking questions during…
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An all-too soon look at the 2014 Astros from Brian Todd
It’s September right? The time when teams are making their stretch runs. Well, at least most teams. Today, Brian Todd skips ahead a few months to take an in-depth look at the 2014 Astros. • •• ••• •• • I’ve always been a daydreamer. Not the “I’m an astronaut flying around the moons of Epsilon…
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Rookies, quality starts no good when bullpen leaks like a sieve
Whether it’s little league, high school, college or professional, pitching and defense are the keys to any successful baseball team. Few teams win without those elements and no team wins consistently. Throw in a anemic hitting group, one of the worst defenses in the AL, and you have a 100-loss team. But, as you know,…
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Report: Dan P has news on escape from Astroholics rehab
Dan Peschong reports on an escape from the Astroholics rehab center. • •• ••• •• • A TV glows in the corner of a living room – 9 sets of eyes are gathered around it in silence. There are loud noises and bright lights seeping in from outside and as the clock shows 10 PM…
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Why are you — yes, you! — still paying attention to the Astros?
Barring a late-season “collapse”, the Astros are on pace to lose an organization-worst 108 games and clinch an unprecedented third straight #1 pick in next June’s draft. With 19 games remaining, neither Miami nor the White Sox have been able to keep pace with Houston’s continued slide over the past quarter of the season. Houston’s…
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Astros next quandary: Setting the winter roster
It’s been a few years since the Astros have faced the conundrum of which players to protect in preparation for the Rule 5 draft. Actually, you have to go back to 2004 to find the last player taken from the Astros in that December draft. Can you say D.J. Houlton? But as the team inches…
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The Springer Watch is on for Astros
The George Springer Watch is on! Now that the Oklahoma City Redhawks are out of the playoffs, there are no longer any obstacles to Springer’s major league debut with the Astros. Right? RIGHT? Most true baseball aficionados have agreed with Jeff Luhnow in allowing Springer to fully incubate in OKC after starting the season in…
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Three myths about the Astros
Everyone has an opinion about a team that loses 100 games for three straight seasons. Some of those opinions are based in frustration. Others are founded in rumors or lack of information. Still, some are based in truth — or at least some truth. For the Astros, frustration, rumors and “at least some truth” abounds…
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