Tag: offseason
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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’ offseason: What’s left to do?

The Astros have been active with an almost singular focus this offseason.
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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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Astros’ offseason: Looking around

During the off-season, I will go to a couple of sources on the web daily for Astros info. One is MLB Trade Rumors and the other is the official Astros page on MLB.com. The trade rumors website has, as you would guess, articles covering the latest rumors about each team, but it is also among…
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Random thoughts on Astros’ offseason

It’s one of those dead days of winter where not much is happening anywhere in the baseball world. Hey, those folks have families, and just like with most businesses, the last couple of weeks of the year are filled with vacation time.
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Astros’ offseason: Have they tipped their hand at all?

This will be a quick note of a post today, fitting it in among the many other obligations of the season.
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Astros’ 2026: Dealing from a position of weakness

One of the more interesting things in the early off-season is watching the Astros machinations as they address or don’t address their outfield situation.
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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,…
