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Astros Draft: Will Mark Appel Be The Pick?

MLB’s Rule 4 Draft is in just 20 days. Our Houston Astros will have the top pick and unlike most recent years, there isn’t a clear cut favorite to go first overall. Some of the names being…Read More

Time may be running out on Happ and Harrell

The Astros have done remarkably well so far this season but that doesn’t mean everyone is having fun. The rotation has two horses in Wandy Rodriguez and Bud Norris but after that, it gets dicey.…Read More

Astros Drop 2nd of 3 Game Set to Bucs

J.A. Happ took the mound for the Astros tonight in Pittsburgh, facing off against Charlie Morton. As was the case with most J.A. Happ starts, the Astros lost the game. In the first inning, Neil Walker…Read More

Brett Myers looks very comfortable as the Astros’ closer

When we first heard the Astros were planning on moving Brett Myers to the closers role, most fans were willing to give it a shot. Afterall, the purpose was to fill a hole and increase value in the righthander…Read More

Bud Norris shuts down Pirates

The offensively-challenged Pittsburgh Pirates were unable to score tonight against Bud Norris and three Astros relievers. Houston’ Brian Bogusevic crossed the plate on a second inning double-play…Read More

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Astros Drop Rubber Match vs Marlins

The Astros dropped the finale vs the Miami Marlins tonight 5-3. Astros starter Lucas Harrell got off…Read More

Right field wide open for the Astros

I’ll be honest, coming into the season, I was hoping Brian Bogusevic would show doubters wrong…Read More

Teams calling on the Magic Wandy

So, it appears that Wandy Rodriguez‘s success is starting to translate into phone calls for Jeff…Read More

Astros Promote Jarred Cosart to AAA

During pre season, I wrote an article encouraging every Astros fan to “Adopt A Prospect”.…Read More

Astros State of the Team Report

Welcome to the first installment of our “State of the Team” report. This will be a monthly…Read More

Wandy Rodriguez making Jeff Luhnow’s job easier

For 2 years now, most Astros’ fans have expected Wandy Rodriguez to be dealt as part of the newly embraced rebuilding plan but that hasn’t happened yet. Reality is Jeff Luhnow will trade Wandy…Read More

Bullpen can’t hold lead for Jordan Lyles

Jordan Lyles outpitched Mat Latos today in Cincinnati but the Astros bullpen couldn’t hold onto a 5-3 lead. The Astros jumped on Latos early, as Jed Lowrie drove in Jose Altuve in the first inning…Read More

Brad Mills puzzling benching of Brian Bogusevic and belief in Chris Johnson

To say there has been more than one opportunity for me to go off onto a tangent concerning Brad Mills would be an understatement. That said, I’ve tried to keep my word and not judge the guy until…Read More

Get to know the Astros’ offense

As I was driving into work a few weeks back, yes I haven’t left my day job as of yet, I was listening to a certain sports talk show in Houston which will remain nameless. They were babbling on about…Read More

Astros’ rally comes up short vs Brewers 6-5

The Astros looked like a fish ready to be cooked for dinner but a nice 7th inning rally brought them back to life only to fall to the Brew Crew 6-5. The Astros didn’t do much against Zack Greinke…Read More

Astros, Wandy try to avoid sweep

The Astros offensive struggles against the Dodgers continued Saturday. Houston plated only one run for the second straight night, resulting in back-to-back losses. Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp has supplied…Read More

Jose Altuve showing he belongs

The question at every single level about Jose Altuve wasn’t about his height, that’d been talked about enough, it’s when would he come back down to earth? After all, he can’t keep…Read More

Minor League Update

We are a few weeks into the minor league season and the Astros system hasn’t looked this good in…well gosh, I can’t remember how long its been since we’ve looked good as an organization.…Read More

Brett Myers On The Move?

With word breaking last night that San Francisco Giants All Star closer, Brian Wilson, would be needing surgery that would end his 2012 season, Bob Nightengale of USA Today tweeted that the Astros have…Read More

Jed Lowrie Debuts Friday

The Astros announced earlier today that after a few minor league rehab assignments in AAA, Oklahoma City, Jed Lowrie will make his debut with the Astros tomorrow, April 13 as the Astros kick off a three…Read More

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