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  • Astros’ recent award recognition

    Astros’ recent award recognition

    Today’s post springs from curiosity on this writer’s part after noting that the Astros had multiple players and their manager receiving votes for the four major league awards in 2021, Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, Cy Young and MVP. I was wondering about whether the team had done this before in the…

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  • Astros’ off-season: What’s next?

    Astros’ off-season: What’s next?

    The Astros off-season has been pretty much what was expected, except for one little signing. OK, the Justin Verlander signing was big, but it will be called little until it becomes official.

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  • JV returns: The ultimate double down

    JV returns: The ultimate double down

    Of course, the focus today is on Justin Verlander and his decision to forego the rest of the baseball world and return to the Houston Astros for the 2022 and possibly the 2023 seasons. But the person who draws this writer’s interest is the Astros’ owner, Jim Crane.

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  • What We Need Now Is A Big Helping Of Moneyball

    What We Need Now Is A Big Helping Of Moneyball

    This whole Carlos Correa situation makes me fall back on one of my favorite baseball philosophy movies “Moneyball”. Here’s a short scene with Brad Pitt playing the Oakland A’s GM, Billy Beane and Jonah Hill playing the super nerd, Peter Brand, he brings in to help him work through the loss of Johnny Damon, Jason…

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  • What will (And what should) the Astros do about Carlos Correa?

    What will (And what should) the Astros do about Carlos Correa?

    Maybe all that needs to be said about Carlos Correa was said here.

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  • Astros: Seven Free Agents, Plus One

    Astros: Seven Free Agents, Plus One

    As I wrote in the comments the other day (which seems like a week ago at this point), the plan was to write a World Series wrap-up and then move on to discuss the Astros’ free agents with the deadline for making a qualifying offer only a few days away.

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