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Astros Rumors: Pitching Targets, Valverde, Tejada
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Houston Astros Senior Director of Digital Media Alyson Footer invited her Twitter followers to participate in a Q&A with Astros GM Ed Wade. The exchange resulted in too many tweets to individually link them all, but check out her Twitter account for some quotes from the conversation...
Chris Coste "Always a Phille"
If you have not heard by now, former Phillie and journey man minor league catcher turned 33-year-old rookie Chris Coste has signed a contract with the New York Mets.Comcast Sportsnet's John R. Finger quotes Coste as saying the Mets were one of the last teams he saw coming for him...
Today in Phillies history - Gold Gloves for Schmidt, fare well to Wild Thing
On this date in...1978 Mike Schmidt won the Gold Glove for his work at third base.1986 Schmidt won his tenth, and final Gold Glove.1993 Mitch Williams traded to the Houston Astros in exchange for Doug Jones and Jeff JudenSchmidt's streak of Gold Gloves, which started in 1976, was...
Astros' OF Michael Bourn wins National League Glove Glove
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by Paul Beaty - AP
NL Gold Glove winner Michael Bourn snags a fly ball. MB ranked 4th in UZR for all NL OFs, and 5th in UZR/150...A legitimate winner of the Gold Glove. Refreshing.
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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...
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...
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...
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'...
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...
Carlos Lee isn't going anywhere....
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The New York Post, attempting to aid a Mets' team desperate for a slugging outfielder, investigates whether Carlos Lee is available. Ed Wade put the kabosh on that idea:
“He is going to be our left fielder. He has a complete no-trade clause and he has made it...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Cooper Fired. Justice: Astros Waited Too Long.
September 21, 2009 by
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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&...
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...
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...
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...
Damon, Tejada among stars not offered arbitration
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Yankees outfielder Johnny Damon, Houston shortstop Miguel Tejada and Dodgers pitcher Randy Wolf were among the free agents who weren't offered salary arbitration, moves that enable new teams to sign them without losing draft picks.
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...
Astros Roster Breakdown: The Relievers
October 27, 2009 by
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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...
Thursday Morning Astros, etc. Round Up: Now with bonus fiction
October 29, 2009 by
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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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