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Astros sign minor league FA Jose Valdez
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Brian McTaggart reports via Twitter that the Astros have signed a minor league free agent coming out of the Yankees system. Jose Valdez (27, RHP) pitched 19.1 innings at their AAA club this year, the proud owner of a 4.19 ERA, 18 strikeouts, and 10 walks. In past seasons...
Baseball America ranks the Astros Top 10 Prospects: Progress rather than perfection (and I'm ok with that)
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by Rob Carr - AP
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Honestly, I was excited to read this. I was excited to see where the experts at Baseball America ranked our fledging group of farmhands that, to...
Keith Law defends his Cy Young vote to a St. Louis ESPN Radio affiliate
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Keith Law defends his Cy Young vote to a St. Louis ESPN Radio affiliate
I don't know if anyone has heard this yet, but it is brilliant. You can almost feel the desperation in the hosts voices as their arguments get torn to shreds and they have nothing but anger to grasp at...
Pondering the Astros free agent offer to LaTroy Hawkins
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by Alan Diaz - AP
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On the eve of full fledged free agency, the Astros have made an offer to LaTroy Hawkins. I sincerely hope that Hawk is back in the fold next season. While...
Will Brad Mills' bring some of Francona's thinking with him?
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by Charles Krupa - AP
New Astros' manager Brad Mills was Terry Francona's bench coach.
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We all know that one of Brad Mills' selling points is his close...
Free Agent Profile: LaTroy Hawkins
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by David J. Phillip - AP
Will the Hawk be back in Houston?
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We already covered the basics of the reliever market with Jose Valverde's profile, so I thought the most illuminating thing...
Thursday Morning Astros, etc. Round Up
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by Pat Sullivan - AP
From the sound of it, Wright isn't doing too much of this in the DWL. Hopefully that translates to MLB in 2010.
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On the "this is good...
Plan? Schman: What is the Astros front office thinking?
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by Pat Sullivan - AP
Just give us a sign, Ed.
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I just got finished reading this piece by Brian McTaggart. I read it; I read it again, and then I...
Tuesday Astros Links N' More
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by David Zalubowski - AP
That's no whiffle bat Bourn is swinging...
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Let's open with a rather long note from Buster Olney's column on Michael Bourn. Since it's protected...
The Astros most impressive performances in 2009: The relievers
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by Alan Diaz - AP
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Why are we fretting so much about Jose Valverde and LaTroy Hawkins? I mean aside from the fact that they're talented pitchers with above average ability...
More on Minor League Free Agents
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We previously have mentioned some Quad-A type players who would be worth a a gamble at the 3d base position. Dave Cameron has an article at Fangraphs which picks out a few minor league free agents of interest. I particularly like Reuben Gotay, who might be a nice gamble...
Free Agent Profile: Miguel Tejada
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by Alex Brandon - AP
The market for Tejada will be tough to ascertain.
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Lets to talk about since the last time we looked at the free agency market. In this profile of what kind of deal...
The Astros most impressive performances in 2009: The hitters
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by Henny Ray Abrams - AP
Not the guy you're expecting to see with a post about "most impressive batting performance."
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This idea struck sometime in...
Astros Hitter Projections by CHONE
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Astros Hitter Projections by CHONE
CHONE is another projection system, and right now only the 2010 hitter projections are released. The CHONE projections are a good deal more pessimistic for the Astros than Bill James' projections. In fact, for Astros' fans they are downright...
Discussion: Chone Figgins
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We haven't spent a lot of time talking about Figgins here, probably under the assumption that the Astros won't be able to pick him up on the free agent market. But what if they did? He likely won't be much more expensive than Miguel Tejada. What will...
Saturday Morning Astros, etc. Round Up
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by Bob Levey - AP
Since it's pseudo-kind-of Christmas season, I just think of things like: Grinch and Scrooge.
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It's Saturday, things have yet to really...
Top 3 ways the Stros should address each of their needs
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The Astros as we all know are in a bit of a bind. Management wants to reduce payroll and presumingly go with a younger lineup, the problem with this is that the Astros have one of the worst farm systems in baseball, and the weakest part of the system lies at the upper...
Kazuo Matsui's Weird Splits
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While looking at stats to see where the Astros have room for improvement in 2010, I noticed something odd. Kazuo Matsui has bizarre splits (insert tasteless anal fissure joke here). For his career, Kazuo has basically hit right-handed pitching as well as he has hit...
Random Friday Astros Discussion Question
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by Kathy Willens - AP
What a silly picture, Derek Jeter...
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In 1992, the Houston Astros selected Phil Nevin first overall in the draft. Astros area scout Hal Newhouser tried to argue...
HLP's interview with SimonOnSports
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HLP's interview with SimonOnSports
Simon, from the appropriately named sports blog, SimonOnSports interviewed me for a post on the off season outlook for our Astros.
Thanks to Simon for giving us this opportunity. The questions were well thought out and fun to answer.
Just when you thought it was safe to feel good aboubt Michael Bourn's Gold Glove
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by Charles Rex Arbogast - AP
Some people can't leave well enough alone, Michael.
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Astros fans probably aren't going to have all that much to cheer about in the coming seasons...
Pitching depth in 2010
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One thing you couldn't have accused the Astros of just before the 2009 season was having a great deal of pitching depth. Wandy Rodriguez had improved in 2008, but it was unknown whether he could continue the trend after just one really good year. The bullpen had...
Rumor Mongering: Payroll to drop in 2010- Astros linked to two free agent pitchers
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by Eric Risberg - AP
Justin Duchscherer would look much better with a star on his hat.
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Hat tip to OremLK for breaking this in the fan posts section, but Brian...
SBN Awards: NL MVP (hint, it starts with a P)
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by Matt Rourke - AP
Is this Pujols? No. Is it an incredible dick-ish picture of Jayson Werth that I've been waiting ages to have a legitimate use for? Yes.
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Unanimity for presidents...
Thursday Morning Astros, etc. Round Up: Michael Bourn's big day
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by David J. Phillip - AP
This was the coolest picture of Bourn I could find.
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That's right ladies and gents, an Astros player took him some awards season hardware...
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