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Astros Crawfish Boil: March 28, 2024

Astros Crawfish Boil: March 28, 2024

Jake Meyers | Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports It’s your Opening Day Boil! Houston Astros News Did Astros sign wrong free agent pitcher after seeing Jordan Montgomery contract? (CTH) With new skipper, Astros eye same winning ways Houston Astros opening day: First pitch and national anthem (KHOU) Ex-Astros star Michael Brantley set to throw out Opening Day 1st pitch (MSN) LHP Parker Mushinski makes Astros opening day roster (Click2Houston) We have claimed RHP Penn Murfee off waivers from the Atlanta Braves. To make room on the 40-man roster, RHP Kendall Graveman has been...
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Totally Not Fake News: The Baseball Oracle, a good or bad thing for teams like the Astros?

Totally Not Fake News: The Baseball Oracle, a good or bad thing for teams like the Astros?

Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via You sometimes never know what is out there to call the future… NEW YORK - With the MLB regular season fast approaching, it is time for fanbases to gear up to cheer for their team. The end game is the same: win it all. To win requires a lot of work, from player development and talent management to front office acumen. Even then, the seeming randomness of the postseason can leave everything to chance. Not that people don’t try to negate the chance element. Totally Not Fake News sources indicate that there is a somewhat...
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The Starting Nine Predicts the 2024 Astros Season, Part III

The Starting Nine Predicts the 2024 Astros Season, Part III

Watch out AL. He’s baaack. And he’s meaner than ever. | Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports Opening Day is tomorrow. Here’s Part Three of the Starting Nine’s 2024 analysis and predictions Astros fan in VA (Daniel May) The 2023 Astros never really got it together. Just when it felt like the team turned a corner, they suffered another setback. In 2024, I expect the team to be slightly better for three main reasons. Maldy is no longer the starting catcher. Swapping out a historically bad catcher for an above-average one (Y. Diaz) should result in a few extra wins in...
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Did the Astros Do Enough to Keep Pace in the Wild (AL) West?

Did the Astros Do Enough to Keep Pace in the Wild (AL) West?

Ryne Stanek is now part of the Seattle Mariners. | Photo by Carmen Mandato/ The Texas Rangers are defending World Champs, and the Seattle Mariners addressed some shortcomings to close the gap with the Astros. We’re all very conversant about all things Houston Astros, but how did the other four teams in the AL West change from last season? Seattle Mariners Lost: LHP Robbie Ray, IF Eugenio Suárez, OF Jarred Kelenic, OF Teoscar Hernández, 1B Mike Ford, José Caballero, C Tom Murphy, RHP Paul Sewald, RHP Justin Topa, LHP Marco Gonzales, RHP Chris Flexen, RHP Isaiah...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 27, 2024
New York Yankees vs. Houston Astros: Series preview

New York Yankees vs. Houston Astros: Series preview

Photo by Adam Hunger/ The Bombers open up the 2024 season in Houston for an all-too-familiar matchup. Our long national nightmare is over, and the regular season is just about upon us. The Yankees wrapped up their spring schedule on Tuesday, and have headed down to Houston to kick off the 2024 season against the Astros. We won’t be seeing Gerrit Cole on Opening Day like we hoped, but these are real games with real stakes, and there is much to be excited about. Thursday: Nestor Cortes vs. Framber Valdez (4:10 pm ET) Behind the injured Cole, Nestor Cortes gets the nod...