Climbing Tal's Hill » Brandon Wheeland http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:00:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Astros Around the Horn: Catcher http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/11/25/around-the-horn-jason-castro-catcher/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/11/25/around-the-horn-jason-castro-catcher/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 23:06:50 +0000 Brandon Wheeland http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=5037 Over the course of the upcoming weeks I will take a look around the diamond and give my projected Opening Day 2013 starters for the Houston Astros. Predicting whom the Astros will sign is always possible, but I wouldn’t want to spend time writing an article on a player I assume will end up an [...]

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]]> Over the course of the upcoming weeks I will take a look around the diamond and give my projected Opening Day 2013 starters for the Houston Astros.

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/11/25/around-the-horn-jason-castro-catcher/feed/ 0 Chris Snyder’s Option Declined by Astros http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/10/31/chris-snyders-option-declined-by-astros/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/10/31/chris-snyders-option-declined-by-astros/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 02:57:17 +0000 Brandon Wheeland http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=4933 Chris Snyder will be bought out by the Houston Astros. Earlier Wednesday Snyder was informed that the team would not be picking up the $4 million option on the 31-year old catcher and instead would be opting to pay a $500,000 buyout. Snyder, a nine year major league veteran is a University of Houston alumni [...]

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]]> Chris Snyder will be bought out by the Houston Astros.

Earlier Wednesday Snyder was informed that the team would not be picking up the $4 million option on the 31-year old catcher and instead would be opting to pay a $500,000 buyout.

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/10/31/chris-snyders-option-declined-by-astros/feed/ 0 Gold Glove Winners Announced http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/10/31/gold-glove-winners-announced/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/10/31/gold-glove-winners-announced/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:53:49 +0000 Brandon Wheeland http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=4930 The Gold Glove winners have been announced. Baseball awards have begun to mean less and less to me over the years. From all-star selections to MVPs, the whole process seems to be more political than anything. Rarely do I agree with the players who are selected, but who says my opinion is law? A total [...]

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]]> The Gold Glove winners have been announced.

Baseball awards have begun to mean less and less to me over the years. From all-star selections to MVPs, the whole process seems to be more political than anything. Rarely do I agree with the players who are selected, but who says my opinion is law?

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