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  • Fun with numbers! Astros Edition

    Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7, 8, 9! Yes, somewhere deep in my bowels (it left my brain years ago) is a math nerd just waiting to be freed. It’s why I believe in the Luhnow Plan. So, here the Astros are at at 27-15 with 120 games left. If they go .500…

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  • A quarter of way into season, Astros are the best in the AL

    The quarter pole of a baseball season is always a good time to do a check up on a major league team. Dan looked at some of the pros and cons from players thus far last week, but it clearly is time to drop the “it’s too early” mantra from the conversation. After 41 of…

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  • Astros winning with diamonds in the rough

    You can tout your underage prospects and rookie phenoms all you want. You can praise the high-priced talent signed to shore up the back end of the bullpen if you like. Me? I’m here to praise those waiver wire claims and cheap free agents that are putting together some solid season for this team. Why?…

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  • Astros Top 10 prospects: Cavalry is closer than you think

    The recent prospect movement in the Astros’ organization – Carlos Correa promoted to AAA, Preston Tucker and Lance McCullers Jr. promoted to the big show – make a review of the top 10 prospects timely. The Top 10 (actually 11) prospects list entering 2015 was compiled by a look at various resources, including Baseball prospectus,…

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  • Two random and completely unrelated Astros thoughts

    Two random and completely unrelated Astros thoughts

    If you’re looking for a coherent theme to today’s Astros’ entry, too bad. It’s not going to happen. This is as random as that time all your buddies were talking about cars or football, and you suddenly said, “Is it me, or does it seem demeaning to men that most of the Disney princes don’t really…

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  • Sunday Update: Your turn to update me

    Sunday Update: Your turn to update me

    Okay, so I’ve been away for a few days working at the Louisiana high school baseball championships. Great time, with a lot of baseball, some good, some bad, some very intriguing. I do believe I saw it all this weekend. And, I’ve been around baseball for so long I thought I had seen everything before…

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