An old friend returns to Minute Maid Park
With the boys in brick red and ugly pinstripes playing so badly and focusing on 2013, one of the more interesting story-lines that has been put on the back-burner is the return of Hunter Pence. Remember…Read More
Down On The Farm
Yesterday, I wrote an article about top prospect George Springer being promoted (finally!) to AA Corpus Christi. I wake up this morning to see that Delino DeShields Jr. had also been promoted to AA, which…Read More
Phils trade Hunter Pence to Giants
The Philadelphia Phillies have traded former Astro Hunter Pence to the San Francisco Giants for Nate Schierholtz and two minor leaguers. Pence became a member of the Phillies exactly one year ago today,…Read More
Wandy’s exit brings closure
While I think the Carlos Lee deal brought closure to an era of bad baseball in Houston, Tuesday’s Wandy Rodriguez trade brought closure of a different kind. It seemed like every offseason and trade…Read More
Astros Complete Mega Trade with Blue Jays
So I get to the theater to see “The Dark Knight Rises”, I park the car, buy the ticket and on my way into the theater, I pull up twitter on my iPhone and see that we have completed a mega deal…Read More
Astros To Replace Brad Mills at Seasons End
Late last night, Ken Rosenthal tweeted that the Astros will dismiss manager Brad Mills at seasons end.…Read More
Extra innings unkind to Astros
Former Astro Hunter Pence hit two homeruns, including the game winner in the tenth inning of Tuesday’s…Read More
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…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
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…Read More
Will We Really Miss Hunter Pence?
As everyone knows, last year, the Astros traded their face of the franchise and RF in Hunter Pence to…Read More
Astros FanFest 2012: Sit down with JD Martinez
In late July, as most Astros’ fans had one eye on their TV screen and the other on twitter, waiting…Read More
Keith Law gives the Astros a harsh assessment
Keith Law,a once prospective Astros employee, gave his assessment of all 30 MLB teams via ESPN on Tuesday…Read More
Adopt a Prospect
For the first time in quite a while, the Astros have a respectable farm system. Not just that, but the…Read More
Morning Links
Today’s serving is centered around former and future Astros. It also includes a player that could…Read More
Singleton, Cosart, and Springer land on MLB’s Top 100 Prospects List
Yesterday, MLB.com released its annual list of top 100 prospects in baseball. The A’s and Padres…Read More
Astros Q & A with a Cleveland Indians blogger
Much to the dismay of many Houston fans the Astros are moving to the American League in 2013. It will…Read More
Player Profile: J.D. Martinez
When the Astros called up JD Martinez last season, it happened during one of the most difficult stretches…Read More
Player Profile: Jason Bourgeois
Jason Bourgeois hit .294 in 238 at-bats with the Astros last season. It was an up and down season for…Read More
2011 Astros season in review
Most of the so-called baseball experts predicted the 2011 Astros would lose about 100 games. But a strong…Read More

















