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  • Luhnow, Astros sharpening after Christmas shopping list

    Somehow the Astros’ off season just doesn’t seem to be complete. Something tells me Jeff Luhnow has some after-Christmas shopping left to do, though the bargains may not be as plentious as shopping at Macy’s and J.C. Penneys. He probably sharpened his pencil after Christmas dinner and crossed through some things, underlined other items and…

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  • The Twelve Days of an Astros Christmas

    Merry Christmas everyone!!  On the first day of Christmas my front office gave to me – A Martes involved in no trade  On the second day of Christmas my front office gave to me – Two Oiled gloves and A Martes involved in no trade On the third day of Christmas my front office gave…

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  • WTSWTM: The off-season edition

    This is the off-season edition of What They Said, What They Meant, where a quote (from Astros.com) is broken down between sportspeak (what they said) and people speak (what they meant). In other words, we are here to serve you with the translation from what they said, to what they actually meant! GM Jeff Luhnow…

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  • Nothing’s changed: Pitching and defense still wins baseball games

    Nothing’s changed: Pitching and defense still wins baseball games

    In football, if you can’t run the football and play defense, you aren’t going to win many games. In hockey, a strong goalie — or not — often defines your win-loss record. In baseball, it’s pitching and defense. History is replete with examples of great hitting teams that run up against good pitching and fall…

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  • Untouchables: Ranking the Astros’ core and nucleus

    Untouchables: Ranking the Astros’ core and nucleus

    Most valuable? Most difficult to replace? Most sought after? Untouchables? Available? Houston has a long list of players that other teams covet. There are some that could be pried loose and others who aren’t going anywhere. But which players are the most coveted and which ones might be available are probably in the eye of…

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  • Hey MLB, when are you going to punish the Cards?

    Between 2013 and 2014, Chris Correa, the St. Louis Cardinals’ scouting director at the time hacked into the Houston Astros’ servers multiple times and accessed confidential data about potential Astros’ draft picks, player information and trade talks among other information that he should not have seen from one of his 29 competitors. Federal prosecutors estimated this action as costing…

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