Category: Dan Peschong
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Astros’ Renaissance Men: Part Deux
A bit earlier in the off-season, we shared Astros’ Renaissance Men: Part 1 | CHIPALATTA .
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Astros 2023: Crisis mode?
On the drive into work Tuesday morning, there was quite a bit of discussion on the Astros’ starting pitching situation based on Lance McCullers Jr.’s wonky elbow and Hunter Brown and his healthy elbow playing the role of the Pitching Stud Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight. Sean Pendergast on 610 AM had apparently tweeted something on…
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Astros’ offseason: Questions of the day
Dan P is in a bit of a writing funk. The best way to address that is to come up with some impossible questions and have loyal readers take a shot at them.
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Astros’ Renaissance Men: Part 1
After the disastrous seasons of 2011-2014, when the Astros averaged a record of 58 wins and 104 losses, the sun broke through in 2015 and has stayed shining on up through their second World Championship in 2022. This period of 2015 to 2022 has been a Renaissance of sorts for the team and the fans…
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Astros’ fans multiple choice
Today it just feels like time for you to step up and make your voices heard. (OK, OK, you always get to make your voices heard, but it just felt like the right thing to say). Let’s try some multiple choice.
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Astros’ 2023: The list of open items
It is a pretty normal circumstance in the “real world” to be working on a project and have an open items or action items list. It is just a way of tracking items that need to happen, status, who is responsible, etc.
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Since 2015: Who is the best?
Today’s post is a bit of self-subscribed homework for your loyal servant. Which team has been the best in baseball since 2015? Choosing 2015 coincides with the Astros Renaissance, so if you don’t like that cut-off….please read elsewhere. I chose to chart the teams that were the most consistently good during this period, even if…
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A little look at Astros’ value
Today’s post is looking at something I am calling WAR$. WAR is a value that attempts to compare the statistical worth of players to a single standard. WAR$ is Dan P’s effort to compare the value of the players. Basically, this simply looks at bang for the buck – how much WAR we get per…
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