Tag: Spring Training
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Astros’ 26-man roster: One week out

When the Astros complete their exhibition game with the Mets on Thursday, they will be one week out from their opener at Daikin Park against the Angels of Anaheim or Los Angeles or Hollywood or Alhambra or whatever heck their name is this year. They will leave Florida after Sunday’s game with the Cardinals and…
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Astros: Which area brings you the most concern?

In my mind, a baseball team is split into three areas – starting pitching, relief pitching, and offense. One could break this down into sub-areas like left-handed and right-handed pitching, infield and outfield, etc.
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The value of spring training stats…

Your loyal servant was perusing the Astros 2026 spring training statistics (to date) and was wondering how much it matters.
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Astros’ 2026: Another spring training

The Astros’ pitchers and catchers are in camp already, having reported on Feb. 11. Some position players were already gathered in Palm Beach, but the official reporting date was Monday, February 16. They will play their first pre-season game on Saturday Feb 21 against the Nationals who share their stadium and training facilities.
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Astros’ lineups: A work in progress for 2014
BY CHIP BAILEY Bo Porter has his opening day lineup. Unless the trend changes from recent seasons, it will be the first of many this year. The important thing is that some of the changes and modifications coming this year would seem to be obvious. Timing should be the only question. And, if you believe…
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One for daveb: Let the Bo Porter discussion begin

BY DAN PESCHONG Our loyal blogmate daveb has been begging for a shot at talking about Bo Porter all off-season. Daveb – we write to serve here at chipalatta.com. It is difficult to judge managers when they do not have a lot to work with and the lot they do have is filled with inexperience.…
