Tag: offseason

• Astros’ off-season: Show me the money

  

  In 2025, the Astros crossed the luxury tax Rubicon for the second consecutive season, piling up approximately $245 million in obligations against an approximate luxury tax limit of $241 million.

  Dan P

  October 13, 2025

  Astros

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• Astros’ off-season outside-the-box thinking

  

  As soon as the season was over, my baseball buddy, Justin, pulled me aside and started running down the list of things he said had to happen now that the Astros’ season was over.

  Dan P

  October 8, 2025

  Astros

  baseball, chipalatta, Dan Peschong, hot-stove, houston-astros, mlb, offseason, sports

• Astros’ off-season: Starting pitching review

  

  It’s time to start looking at what was and what will be for the Astros. Today, let’s start with the pitching.

  Dan P

  October 3, 2025

  Astros

  baseball, Dan Peschong, framber-valdez, houston-astros, hunter-brown, mlb, offseason, pitching-review, sports, starting-pitching

• Astros’ 2025: Why are they headed home?

  

  Before this post addresses that question above, we will take a few moments to thank the Astros for a wonderful eight season run of playoff appearances and the two championships that the team brought to this city.

  Dan P

  October 1, 2025

  Astros

  baseball, chipalatta, Dan Peschong, dana-brown, houston-astros, Jim Crane, mlb, offseason, sports

• Astros 2025: The Lost Weekend

  

  For fans of Houston sports teams, this was a Debbie downer of a weekend. The Texans fell to 0-3 and look a lot more like the 4-12 teams of the past than the division winner of the last two seasons.

  Dan P

  September 22, 2025

  Astros

  baseball, chipalatta, Dan Peschong, houston-astros, mlb, offseason, sports, stretch-run