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With Miguel Tejada most likely on his way out, Tommy Manzella is in as Astros Shortstop in 2010
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by Al Behrman - AP
Tommy Manzella and Michael Bourn would give the Astros one of the best defensive SS-CF combos in the NL Central
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Straight from Eddy Wade'...
Cecil Cooper from take off to landing
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by Gene J. Puskar - AP
5 months ago:
Houston Astros manager Cecil Cooper walks in the dugout during a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh Saturday, May 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Bill James' Projections for Selected Astros' Hitters
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by David J. Phillip - AP
Hunter Pence (center) and Carlos Lee (right) are equivalent players?
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Previously, I wrote about the Bill James Projections for selected...
Astros' offense at 3d base and shortstop in the 2000's
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by Tony Dejak - AP
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Detroit Tigers shortstop Adam Everett dives for a single hit by Cleveland Indians' Matt LaPorta in the second inning in a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, in...
Hunter Pence and the Astros Outfield Defense
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by Pat Sullivan - AP
Congrats to the second-best right fielder in the majors.
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Don't know if you noticed, but Hunter Pence was a close second to Ichiro in the...
Astros Roster Breakdown: The Starters
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by Dino Vournas - AP
Roy Oswalt, in a rare good mood
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To lead off the starters section, I wanted to focus a little on Roy Oswalt. The soon-to-be 32-year old had...
Thursday Morning Astros, etc. Round Up: Now with bonus fiction
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by Pat Sullivan - AP
I get the feeling we'll be seeing a lot of this look of confusion on Mills' face in 2010. Carlos Lee, will likely inspire of most of it.
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Astros Roster Breakdown: The Relievers
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by Al Behrman - AP
Reliever Sammy Gervacio
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Your Tuesday morning special is a look at the 2009 Astros bullpen. First, though, I thought we could consider a question...
Managing the Houston Astros: Brad Mills' ability to define himself
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by Pat Sullivan - AP
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Approach the signing of our new manager from that perspective and you can't help but be optimistic about the winter and the regular season ahead. So...
Members of Coaching Staff named; Brocail's option declined for 2010
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Members of Coaching Staff named; Brocail's option declined for 2010
Bobby Meacham (1st base) and Al Pedrique (3rd base) will be our on field coaches next season.
The Astros will pay $250,000 to buy out Doug Brocail's option for 2010. The probable Type B Free Agent...
Let's Hope Bill James Projections for Astros Pitching is Wrong
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by Pat Sullivan - AP
Former Houston Astros' pitcher Shawn Chacon isn't expected to be around the Astros for any future seasons. In fact, he has his own problems in Las Vegas right now. This is a 2008 AP...
13 days later, Astros owner, Drayton McLane, still doesn't get it
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If I would have know how prescient it would be when I wrote it, I probably wouldn't have. But I wrote it, and now we have to deal with the...
Breaking Down Arnsberg: What Are the Astros Getting?
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by Darren Calabrese - AP
Is the criticism of Brad Arnsberg justified?
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In case you missed the FanShot from last Friday, the Astros hired a new pitching coach. Brad...
Point/Counterpoint: Astros Managerial Search*
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by Gene J. Puskar - AP
Acta, obviously dejected he won't be an Astro
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*The part of Devil's Advocate will be played by Davo.
Is it really that bad that...
Astros Roster Breakdown: The Outfield
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by Paul Beaty - AP
The Astros most important outfielder?
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We take a break from the managerial search to look at the Astros' 2009 outfield. The three starters...
Cooper Fired. Justice: Astros Waited Too Long.
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Cooper Fired. Justice: Astros Waited Too Long.
Talk about strange timing. The Astros waited until a season had been lost to make a move they should have made months ago. The maddening thing is, the people in charge knew there was a problem.
They could see that Cecil Cooper didn&...
Astros Top Prospects For 2010 And A Few Words About Jim Fregosi
Top Prospect Alert has beaten Baseball America to the punch and named the top 10 Astros Prospects and yes, I KNOW they really REALLY had to look long and hard to think of 10 of em. Just because you sign all the guys you draft doesn't mean that the guys you drafted were all that...
What should the Astros do with their shoe string budget?
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by Nick Wass - AP
Rich Hill is definitely my pick for sexy-under-the-radar reclamation project. He still has a few prime years in his tank and is a major head case, it seems. From we know of Arnsberg, that's...
Some fan perspective on the Astros managerial candidates
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by David J. Phillip - AP
Continuing with the theme of cool pictures instead of relevant ones.
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If you haven't caught on by now, I'm not overly enamoured...
Friday Roundup: All the links fit to print
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by Bob Levey - AP
Happy trails, Doug Brocail.
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What's that, you say...a discussion question and a links post, all in the same day? How do you find the time...
Firing First Base Coach Jose Cruz Is THE Key To Turning Around The Astros
Yeah, sarcasm. I'm getting good at it.
Drayton fired, uh, I mean, "reassigned" all of the Astros coaches except for Dave Clark and Sean Berry, the hitting coach. I was sorry about the latter and hoped that maybe Drayton would put out the bucks to hire Jaime Cevallos...
Improvements to SBN are afoot
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Wilton Lopez would love the SBN page layouts if he knew about them. Maybe he does! (Probably not).
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Bolstering the Astros Infield - Pt. 2: Second to Third
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In the second installment of this series, I'd like to talk about a few players who can play both second and third base, and who would likely move to third if the Astros acquired them. I do think a move like this might actually be the most likely one for the Astros to...
Sunday Afternoon Astros, etc. Round Up: Refreshingly not all about managerial candidates
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by David J. Phillip - AP
At this point, I'm just trying to post awesome pictures from the season.
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Playoff baseball has not disappointed in the last forty-eight...
Bolstering the Astros Infield - Pt. 3: Shortstop of the Future
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When I mentioned in my last FanPost that I wanted to talk about some unlikely ideas that Wade probably won't take to, I was thinking more about converted first basemen like Russell Branyan. A bit of news on MLB Trade Rumors caught my eye, though, and changed my mind....
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