Category: Dan Peschong
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Astros offseason blues and the one big domino
Let’s face it, compared to playing regular season baseball games almost every day for six months, the off-season is a dead time. On top of this, if you cut the off-season into separate chunks – the period we are in right now – after the teams tendered / not-tendered their arbitration candidates to the end…
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The Astros’ ultimate what if?
From an Astros fan’s point of view, there is one “What If” that comes to mind when looking at the Astros’ past, present, and future. No, not “what if” the Astros had not signed Jose Abreu to his three-year contract when his body failed him, though that is a good one.
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Astros’ off-season: 10 questions for you
Today, we hand over the reins to our readers and ask you to weigh in on important questions of the day relative to the Astros.
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Astros Top 10 Returning Players
Today, we perform a challenging self-assignment on the blog. We attempt to rank the top 10 Astros returning for the Astros in 2025. Note that due to the current situation, this list does not include Alex Bregman or Yusei Kikuchi. The first is certainly a top-10 player on the team in 2024, and the second is possibly a top-10…
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Lookback at Astros’ 2024: Position by position
Today, we look at how the Astros hitters did at each position in the field or (DH) in the dugout compared to the other teams in the American League.
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Astros’ off-season: You’re GM for a day!
Today, the blog would like the readers to take a shot at being the Astros’ GM for a day. Kind of like what Mr. Trump was saying about what he would do the first 24 hours he was president. If you were given GM Dana Brown’s job (and the free rein that he may or…
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Astros’ off-season: The timeline
In many ways, the Houston Astros off-season began for their fans three weeks ago on the afternoon of October 2 as the team bowed to the Detroit Tigers 5-2 in a 2-0 sweep of the Wild Card. And even though the Astros’ front office is no doubt working their donkeys off right now, the off-season…
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Astros’ off-season: Doing more math
I was taking a look at the Astros payroll on my favorite site that does the math for me….Houston Astros 2025 Financial Summary (spotrac.com)
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