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• Best Batter Today
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers stayed in second place in the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings with a home run and a walk in the 8-0 win over the Mets. He sits six points behind Aaron Judge of the Yankees. Francisco Lindor of the Mets dropped to sixth place, behind Yordan Alvarez of the Astros. Lindor […]...2024
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• Best Batter Today
Jose Ramirez of the Guardians moves into fifth place in the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings as Cleveland prepares to host the Tigers in the ALDS. Yordan Alvarez of the Astros drops to sixth place after an 0 for 3 with a walk in the 5-2 Detroit victory. Alvarez’s season is over. That puts three post-season […]...2024
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• Best Batter Today
The only change in the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings comes from the return of Yordan Alvarez of the Astros. He moved back into fifth place with a two for four game in the 3-1 Tigers win. His double set up the the Astros only run of the day. We won’t see much action at the […]...2024
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• Braves News: Bats quiet in SoCal, Chris Sale stays in Atlanta, and more

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images October baseball is officially underway. The Atlanta Braves had an underwhelming start to the Postseason, dropping game one of the Wild Card Series 4-0 to the San Diego Padres. The Braves entered the game in a less-than-ideal pitching situation, as AJ Smith-Shawver got the start. Offensively, though, the Braves had plenty of opportunities to plate a ru...2024
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason

Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports Here’s what to expect in the Wild Card round. Once again the Major League Baseball postseason is upon us and once again the Cubs will be watching from home like the rest of us. In what is becoming one of my least favorite annual traditions, I bring you this Cubs fan’s guide to each round of the postseason. If yesterday’s stunning doubleheader between the B...2024
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• Alvarez on Astros' roster but Verlander left off
Yordan Alvarez is on the Astros' roster for their wild-card series against the Tigers and batting second in Game 1 on Tuesday. Justin Verlander, who pitched Saturday, is not on the roster....2024
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview

Even in a relative down season, the Astros might very well extend their ALCS streak. Will any American League team make like the Rangers and topple them? During the decade-plus of MLB play from 2005-16, only two American League teams won at least 100 games. Outside of the 2008 Angels and 2009 Yankees, it was always a scramble of several good teams, but no true slam-dunk standouts (and even the ‘08...2024
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• Houston Texans News: Texans donate $1M to Helene relief

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Tuesday October 1, 2024. Houston Texans News Houston Texans Donate $1 Million To Hurricane Helene Relief (HoustonTexans.com) Nico Collins eclipses Texans franchise record against Jaguars (Chron.com) Texans RB Praised After Game-Winning TD Against Jaguars (Sports Illustr...2024
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• Houston Texans News: Back to the Drawing Board

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Monday, September 23, 2024. Houston Texans News Texans head “back to drawing board” after Sunday’s loss (HoustonTexans.com) Five keys to Texans’ 34-7 road loss to Vikings (KPRC 2 Houston) Penalties, turnovers leave bad taste for QB Stroud, Texans (Fox Sports) What W...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves sweep big doubleheader at Citi Field

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Always a good time whenever this happens Braves Franchise History 1928: The Phillies take two from the Braves, winning 10-6 and 4-0. Earl Caldwell, who reported to the Phillies yesterday, tosses the shutout in his first major league start. 1955: With a 10-2 win over the Braves at Milwaukee’s County Stadium, the Dodgers clinch the National League pennant w...2024
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• Disaster four-run 8th inning leads to 6-3 loss

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports Erceg and Vinnie were injured on the same fateful play For a second, you could squint and see another late-inning rally. A clutch Kyle Isbel double had Kansas City six outs away from another comeback win. Then a disastrous ground ball ended with Lucas Erceg and Vinnie Pasquantino injured and the Royals’ lead gone. The air had been let out of the balloon at that...2024
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• Astros series preview: A fading dynasty?

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Astros are still very good - but for how much longer? The Astros have had a mini-dynasty lately. They have reached the American League Championship Series in each of the last seven years, winning four pennants and two championships. Notwithstanding their sign-stealing scandal, they have been a franchise to emulate with a record of success any other organiz...2024
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• AL Week 23 Strategy-August 24, 2024
In The Field 1B Ryan Mountcastle left Thursday's game early with a sore wrist. The injury occurred on a slide into second base in the second inning. He was not in the lineup on Friday or Saturday. OF Mickey Moniak left Thursday's game early due to left elbow irritation. He is considered day-to-day. OF Jazz Chisholm Jr. (elbow) was activated off the 10-day IL on Friday and returned to the lineup ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Waiting for a milestone

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Aaron Judge is on the cusp of a major career moment. As of Wednesday morning, Aaron Judge is currently sitting at 299 career home runs. The major 300 home run milestone is just around the corner, and Judge will join a special club, and doesn’t seem poised to slow down any time soon. Judge’s quest (and how he adjusted his swing) is a big story of the week...2024
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"He will face a steep challenge on Monday against Yordan Alvarez, Alex Bregman and a deep Houston lineup."

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"In the eighth, Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker hit back-to-back doubles off Tucker Davidson to make it a one-run game."

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"Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani finished second, followed by Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez."

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"Houston’s Yordan Alvarez grew up in Cuba believing he’d never need to learn English."

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"Yordan Alvarez, the reigning American League Rookie of the Year, might miss the rest of the season, Astros manager Dusty Baker told Houston's SportsTalk790 on Wednesday."

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"Houston has an abundance of outfielders on the roster with Michael Brantley, George Springer, Kyle Tucker, Josh Reddick, Myles Straw and Yordan Alvarez all likely ticketed for varying levels of time in the outfield in 2020."

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"Whitley and outfielder Yordan Alvarez were selected to participate in the the 2018 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game,"

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"In an intriguing minor deal, the Dodgers have announced that they’ve acquired righty Josh Fields from the Astros for first baseman Yordan Alvarez."

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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 19

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images The Braves stood pat with all four teams winning on Wednesday It was undoubtedly a big win for the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday evening, but they did nothing but come up scratch against their competition in the National League wild card race. Each of the three teams they trail had commanding wins of their own, though the road for the Diamondbacks and Met...2024
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• Braves NL Wild Card Race Report: September 18

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images Atlanta’s choke job pushes them further back Tuesday’s action wasn’t a total loss for the Atlanta Braves, with three of the four teams in the wild card picture taking losses, but their unfortunate late-inning collapse now looms large with such small margins. The Mets kept rolling, lengthening the Braves chase to earn a spot back into the playoff picture. C...2024
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• It can mean a thing if you ain’t got that swing

Luis Arráez has the slowest bat in the majors — and is one of the best hitters. | Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Bat speed is great, but it isn’t all-important Back in the day when Americans read newspapers, there was a terrific Chicago-based nationally-syndicated columnist named Sydney J. Harris who would occasionally depart from normal column style for something he titled “Things I Learned...2024
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• Yordan Alvarez Reveals Secret Back Story Behind Dodgers Trade

Before the Los Angeles Dodgers traded Yordan Alvarez to the Houston Astros, Alvarez didn’t even know what a trade was. He learned quickly. Alvarez signed with the Dodgers as an international free agent out of Haiti in June 2016, however, he did not last long with the team. Two months later, Alvarez was traded to …...2024
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• Disaster four-run 8th inning leads to 6-3 loss
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• Astros series preview: A fading dynasty?
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• AL Week 23 Strategy-August 24, 2024
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• Austin Riley producing despite Braves’ slump

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images It may not always feel like it with his hot-and-cold nature, but Austin Riley is about as reliable as a player can be when it comes to what you’ll find on the back of his baseball card. Austin Riley is inconsistently consistent. Just so we’re clear, that’s definitely not a bad thing. It’s certainly a better fan experience than someone who is consistently...2024
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• Braves News: Bats quiet in SoCal, Chris Sale stays in Atlanta, and more
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 19
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• Braves NL Wild Card Race Report: September 18
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• It can mean a thing if you ain’t got that swing
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• Royals swept in Houston with 7-2 loss

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The Royals could not hit with runners in scoring position this series. Royals hitters went 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position as the Astros finished off a four-game sweep with a 7-2 win on Sunday afternoon. The Royals went 3-for-21 with runners in scoring position for the series as they extend their losing streak to five games. Astros starter Ronel Blan...2024
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• Astros’ starter outduels Royals starter for second night in a row, Royals lose 5-2

Cole Ragans #55 of the Kansas City Royals pitches in the first inning against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on August 31, 2024 in Houston, Texas. | Photo by Kevin M. Cox/Getty Images Ragans was amazing until he wasn’t. Here’s a rule change the Royals could get behind if it were applied to tonight: let the Royals choose one inning to eliminate from the final results. If you did th...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: A Rockies fan’s guide to the 2024 Wild Cards

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, September 30, 2024 We did it, everyone. The 2024 edition of the Colorado Rockies has come to a close. They won some, they lost a lot more, but the real joy came in seeing some of the “kids” make their MLB debuts and play (some more than others, obviously). The 2024 Rockies finished with a record of 61-101, and ...2024
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• White Sox back to the (being) shut out routine, fall to Astros, 2-0

Nothing Bush League about Ky’s performance today. | Maria Lysaker/Getty Images Too bad you can’t rob homers in the Crawford Boxes For a moment there, it looked like this might go the White Sox way and they wouldn’t lose their unlucky 13th straight series, even with rookie Ky Bush facing Framber Valdez. Bush gave up singles to the first two Astros batters, one a cheapie, and it looked like ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Waiting for a milestone
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• Caminero Returns To Give Some Brief Hope In Another Loss: Astros 3, Rays 2

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Alex Bregman’s homer and Josh Hader’s save secured Houston’s 3-2 win over the Rays. Tonight was supposed to be about the return of the No. 2 prospect in baseball, Junior Caminero, to the Tampa Bay Rays from Triple-A Durham. Instead, Houston Astros’ Yordan Alvarez broke the scoreboard in Tropicana Field during batting practice before a game with little of...2024
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• Tyler The Conqueror Leades Rays To Another Series Win: Rays 1, Astros 0

Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports Tyler Alexander allowed only three hits as he dominated Astros’ hitters. The Rays usually take a next-man-up approach, and today, it was time for a new opener. Shawn Armstrong served as the Rays eight times, and they have used one since July 2023. With his departure at the trade deadline, it’s time for someone else to fill the role. Enter Hunter Bigge. Bigge ...2024
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• Recap: Vines’ solid start and late burst from the offense pushes Braves past Astros 6-1.

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports Braves went into Houston with a rookie starter and took the first game of their 3-game series. Darius Vines made a good impression with his first start of 2024, while the offense showed up late and the bullpen held things down in the Braves 6-2 win over Houston. The Braves are still trying to get their rotation reset after losing Spencer Strider to season-endin...2024
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• The most colorful hobby box I've ever opened, part 1

All right, welcome to my 2024 Heritage box break. This is the first hobby box I have purchased since 2011 when I bought a box of Allen & Ginter for the third year in a row. After that I went into box-breaking rehab and have done quite well, except for falling off the wagon ... right now.I don't buy hobby boxes these days for a lot of reasons, but one of the big ones occurring to me now is I ...2024
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• 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas

Photo by Bailey Orr/Texas Rangers/Getty Images The defending champion Rangers and the relentless Astros dominate the division’s focus, but keep an eye on Seattle. The 2023 American League season came down to a Lone Star State Showdown in the Championship Series. Amazingly, the Houston Astros were back in the LCS for the seventh year in a row, one shy of the record held by the ‘90s Atlanta ...2024
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• Aaron Judge Wins AL MVP
AL home run record holder Aaron Judge has been named the league’s Most Valuable Player, the Baseball Writers Association of America announced. Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani finished second, followed by Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez. Judge has been the favorite to claim the award since a few weeks into the year. The herculean slugger popped six home runs…...2022
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• The Astros Win The World Series
For the second time in franchise history, the Houston Astros have won the World Series. Houston clinched the championship with a 4-1 victory over the Phillies tonight in Game 6, fueled by a massive home run from Yordan Alvarez in the sixth inning. With the Phillies leading 1-0 after the top of the sixth, starter…...2022
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• Judge caps historic season with AL MVP award

Yankees slugger was crowned AL Most Valuable Player on Thursday night, beating out Shohei Ohtani of the Angels and Yordan Alvarez of the Astros...2022
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• Royals again take advantage of Astros miscues, win 3-2

Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images The Royals take the series and the season series against the defending champs. If you had only watched Royals/Astros games this year, you’d think the Royals were an aggressive, dynamic team high in the standings while the Astros were a tight, mistake-prone team going through a tough year. Baseball is funny that way! The Royals took the season series from the...2023
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• Braves sow seeds for strong season with successful April
Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves were supposed to be the cream of the crop, and they pretty much played like it in April The Braves came into 2023 as the on-paper Best Team in Baseball, the culmination of a not-too-fast but steady ascent up the league’s implicit power rankings. In both 2021 and 2022, fairly lofty expectations foundered aground the rocks of rea...2023
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• Alvarez hits 3-run walk-off HR as Astros win G1

Yordan Alvarez smashed a game-ending, three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning off Robbie Ray to lift the Astros past the Mariners 8-7 in Game 1 of their best-of-five Division Series....2022
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• Matt Olson, Ronald Acuña Jr. among 6 Braves’ finalists for this year’s Silver Slugger Awards

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Atlanta Braves are well represented among the nominees for this season’s Silver Slugger Awards Louisville Slugger announced Thursday the finalists for the Silver Slugger Awards in the American and National Leagues. The Atlanta Braves are well represented with six finalists in Matt Olson, Ozzie Albies, Austin Riley, Ronald Acuña Jr, Sean Murphy and Marcell ...2023
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• Royals take advantage of Astros miscues for 7-5 win

Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images The Royals score seven runs on just five hits. The Royals scored seven runs on just five hits and defeated the Houston Astros for the third time in four tries with a 7-5 win on Friday night. The Royals jumped on Framber Valdez with four runs in the first inning. Maikel Garcia struck out to start the game, but reached first on a passed ball. Bobby Witt Jr. wo...2023
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• Veteran Starters and Mashers
Pablo Lopez-Twins-SP Pablo Lopez went 5 IP and gave up 2 ER on 5 H, 0 BB, and 5 K's against the Rockies. Lopez now has a 5.33 ERA and 1.21 WHIP through 76 IP. He has not had the results that fantasy owners expected when they took Lopez early in drafts following two very strong seasons. His underlying skills still look solid (26% K and 6% BB) which is why his SIERA (3.29) is much lower than his t...2024
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• Yordan Alvarez and other need-to-have slow staters
Tristan H. Cockcroft takes a look at the final April stats and passes judgment on which slow-starting fantasy players need to be traded for....2024
• Preseason Prep - March 22nd, 2024
Snag, Lag, or Red Flag? A classic exercise (that was just made up) where we look at players in different ADP ranges of the draft and decide which of these three categories they fall into: Snag - Get the player. Don't hesitate to draft him in that range. Lag - Pump the breaks. See what else is available and if he falls, maybe. Red Flag - Forget about him. Early Rounds: Yordan Alvarez, OF/DH,...2024
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• Alvarez out of Astros' lineup due to bruised knee
Yordan Alvarez is out of Houston's lineup for the start of a three-game series against Seattle on Monday night because of a bruised right knee. Houston can clinch the AL West with a victory over the Mariners....2024
• Royals Rumblings - News for September 23, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The last week of the season. Matt Quatraro was frustrated at the winless week for the Royals. “It’s an easy narrative to say, well, it’s a bad week,” Quatraro said. “But so what? We have another week and it can be a good week. We have to attack it one day at a time. You can’t look forward to next weekend or trying to get into the playoffs. You’ve got to win t...2024
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• Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top projected hit averages versus starting pitchers: 0.308 — Yainer Diaz batting against Mitch Spence. 0.306 — Jose Altuve batting against Mitch Spence. 0.299 — Luis Garcia Jr. batting against Darren McCaughan. 0.297 — Harold Ramirez batting against Darren McCaughan. 0.297 — Yordan Alvarez batting against Mitch Spence. 0.289 — [̷...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 22, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Seth Lugo is “THE SURGEON” Anne Rogers writes about Seth Lugo’s first complete game of the season. “The way he controlled that game, I thought it was the right decision,” Quatraro said. Chants of “LUGO, LUGO” filled Kauffman Stadium after the Royals finished their sweep of the White Sox and improved to 55-45 through 100 games of the season. “I had chills out...2024
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• Texans News: Blake Fisher signs rookie contract

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Friday, May 31, 2024. Houston Texans News Houston Texans sign second-round draft pick Blake Fisher, rookie contract details revealed (On3.com) After a turnaround season, DeMeco Ryans has the Texans on the rise (The New York Times) Texans excited about trio of WRs wit...2024
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• Cubs 4, Astros 3: Getting the job done

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Dansby Swanson’s three-run homer highlighted a four-run first inning that the Cubs made hold up for another win. It wasn’t the best of games. Cubs hitters struck out 12 times. Some sketchy defense helped lead to a Houston run. The Cubs had only one hit after the fourth inning. And yet, the Cubs put a large crooked number on the board in the first inning f...2024
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• Astros series preview: Signs of struggle

Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images The buzz on the Astros is they may not be what they once were. The Astros have been in the ALCS in each of the last seven seasons, winning four pennants and two titles. But they fired GM James Click after the 2022 season and last year their 90 wins were their fewest wins in a full season since 2016. This year, the Astros have stumbled out of the game, fall...2024
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• Astros series preview: Astroball keeps winning

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images With the sign-stealing scandal behind them, the Astros just keep on winning. There are only two weeks left in the season, but the Royals and Astros will play each other for the first time this year, meeting again in Houston next weekend. The Astros continue to roll on as a juggernaut, with the third-best record in the American League, but holding onto a...2023
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Astros series preview
Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images It’s been four years since these teams have played each other. The last time these two clubs met was May 29, 2019. The Cubs won 2-1. Of the 23 men who played in that game, just one is on either team’s current active roster -- Alex Bregman. Somehow, that seems like a very long time ago. For more on the Astros, here’s William Metzger, managing editor of o...2023
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