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The Kazmir Acquisition: What does it mean for Houston?
Scott Kazmir is on his way to Houston via a trade with the Oakland A’s. Since Kazmir is essentially a rental, the Astros were not forced to dig deeply in the prize closet to acquire the Houston native. There are several questions, so let’s start there: Who moves out of the rotation. You could argue…
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Three years ago: Revisiting 2012 Astros trades
“They” say that trades cannot be judged until three years have passed. This blog has attempted unsuccessfully to locate and bring in “them” for an interview, but in general “their” wisdom is probably a decent baseline for looking at trades. The Astros are likely to make a deadline trade in the next few days, but there…
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Without the farm, where would the Astros be?
As I watched Preston Tucker‘s third hit of the night clear the left field wall Sunday afternoon, I marveled at how good he is. For a guy who has only played in 57 games, he’s got a .754 OPS, 23 RBIs, 6 long balls and has managed to strike out just 42 times in 189…
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Top of the Week: It’s only one series, but …
The Houston Astros won the weekend series with the Texas Rangers on Sunday with a 10-0 tail paddling of the Arlington bunch. This was a follow-up to Friday’s 3-2 win that they could have lost and Saturday’s 7-6 loss that they could have won. It is only one series. It is only winning two games…
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Jeff Luhnow and Astros: Top 6 decisions for the second half
The last few weeks the Houston Astros have been flopping and floundering like a newbie swimmer tossed in a pool, who after good initial effort suddenly realizes they really cannot swim. There has been a huge amount of the fan base, here and on other blogs, who have thrown out a ton of suggestions for…
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As second half looms, don’t expect the cavalry to come
The Astros spent months atop the American League West before falling a half game behind the Angles on the final day before the All-Star break. Is the inevitable end of the 2015 dream now upon us? Was that lead the Astros built just a mirage doomed to fade? Well, here are a few interesting facts as Houston…
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