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Astros Crawfish Boil: October 3, 2023
Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The Astros continue their extra long weekend off between the regular season and the “real” season. Welcome to a day of playoff baseball! Yesterday I asked you who the Most Valuable Player was for the Houston Astros through the regular season. At last count, 61 percent of you chose Kyle Tucker, our honorary 30/30 guy (you know they took that last one back, because Astros). After that, 39 percent of you chose “the field,” led by Mauricio Dubón (12 percent), Jose Altuve (11 percent), Chas McCormick and Yordan Alvarez (four percent...
The Crawfish Boxes 19 hours ago
We Won the Division! Now What are the Implictions (and looming managerial decisions)?
Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports Well, that was fun! A week ago we were desperate just to make it in. Then on Thursday we were disappointed that JV couldn’t be spared from a Saturday start and would at the earliest be ready for G3 of the Wild Card. But the Astros kept winning and us fans got to watch that inside flush. Six days off! DS rotation set! Here are some implications: Rest, rest, and more rest. The bullpen has pitched a ton of high leverage innings in the past week. They get to reset. JP France had a family health situation that forced him to skip a turn....
The Crawfish Boxes Oct 2, 2023
Six games that won the division for the Astros
Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Reliving some of the most thrilling wins For various reasons, the Astros had no business winning the AL West in 2023. For one, using multiple metrics, they were an inferior team to the Texas Rangers this year. Not only did they have a lower run differential, but the Astros also accumulated less WAR. Secondly, the Astros did their best to give away the division in September. After dominantly sweeping the Rangers, the Astros had 13 of their last 21 games against non-playoff teams, with ten coming against the 100-loss A’s and Royals. The...
The Crawfish Boxes Oct 2, 2023
Astros Crawfish Boil: October 2, 2023
Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports Welcome to the playoffs. Welcome to the postseason! It wasn’t always easy, and it wasn’t at any point a foregone conclusion, but in the end, the Houston Astros ended the season where they ended last season, in first place. I know a lot of us here in fanland came into this season treating the playoffs like a birthright, but we should know that in beisbol, anything can happen, and pride goes before the fall. We’re just lucky that our collective schadenfreude didn’t come back to haunt us. Now it’s Seattle’s fanbase (and to a...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Oct 1, 2023
Astros beat Diamondbacks 8-1 to earn third straight AL West title
The Houston Astros celebrated clinching a playoff spot with T-shirts and a subdued toast.
