Tag: hot-stove
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Always Looking for the Next Post
I have to admit that one reason there aren’t more posts from Dan P (especially in the off-season) is a lack of real Astro news and topics. How many times can one talk about the pitching injuries, the fill-in behind Framber Valdez, the potential trade to unplug the infield, or the lack of lefty bats…
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Astros’ 2026: If you were GM for a day…
In the comment section of our last post, a friend of the blog, Steven, wrote a detailed comment on what he would do with the Astros if he were the GM. Our other friend of the blog, Sarge, recognized this as a great topic for our next post, and here we are.
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Why Jim Crane may be hesitant about big contracts
In our previous post, there was some bantering back and forth about where the team might be headed in support of a questionable starting pitching staff heading into 2026. Founder of the blog, Chip Bailey, threw out a sentence that triggered this post. “The money in baseball — and all sports — is ridiculous now,…
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Astros’ 2026: Starting pitching discussion
To say the starting pitching for the Astros to begin the 2026 season will be changed from the 2025 season, especially the start of 2025 is an understatement of the highest order.
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Astros’ going forward: How hot are those seats
A couple posts ago, I requested some help in topics for this long off-season for this Astros-centric blog. Today we pull from a suggestion that friend of the blog Daveb put forth. “How much rope do Dana and Joe get this year? Could they both be moved during the season if things start in a…
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Astros’ off-season: A few questions….
This is a reflective time for those of us who follow the Astros as an advocation. And in reflecting about it and about the newly completed World Series between the Los Angeles (spit!) Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays, a few questions came to mind.
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Astros by AI: A Report From The Robo-Dugout
Just for fun, I decided to use my brain freeze on writing to test out something I have been curious about for a while. How would AI do in answering questions about the Astros’ past, present and future?
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Astros’ position players: Too many notes
There is a scene early on in the Academy Award winning movie, Amadeus, where Mozart has just finished presenting a new piece of wonderful music to his version of Jim Crane. Emperor Joseph II is the money man who pays the bill for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and kind of like Jim Crane, he believes he…
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