Category: Astros
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A quick look at losing Will Harris
The latest Astro free agent pitcher to sign elsewhere (joining Gerrit Cole and Wade Miley) was Will Harris, who signed a 3 year / $24 MM contract with the World Champion (it hurts to type this) Washington Nationals. This transaction feels so unusual because in Games 6 and 7 of the World Series, Harris gave…
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Astros 2020: Areas to sustain and to improve, pitchers
First of all – we at Chipalatta wish you the very best in 2020.
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Astros 2020: Areas to sustain and to improve, position players
Just for fun let’s look at some of the expected main position player’s stats for 2019 and decide what we would want them to sustain from last season and what to improve.
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Christmas Greetings from Chipalatta
Without our loyal readers we are nothing here at Chipalatta. So we hope that you and your family have a blessed Christmas and a happy and healthy new year!!
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Is Lance McCullers Jr. the most critical cog entering 2020?
The last time Lance McCullers pitched for the Astros was game 4 of the 2018 ALCS against the Red Sox. The last time Lance McCullers pitched uninjured for the Astros was probably in early July of 2018. He had a 10-3 record and a 3.41 ERA and then gave up 14 runs in his next…
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The Astros and their finest hour
In the movie Apollo 13 there is a special moment when things are looking grim for the three astronauts and the crippled spaceship that the crew and the support staff on the ground are all trying to baby back to Earth. The director of NASA says, “This could be the worst disaster NASA’s ever experienced.”…
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Random baseball thoughts from a Florida hotel
Here I am in a Florida hotel, my legs feeling like I walked almost eight miles today, which I did.
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