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Astros Around the Horn: Shortstop
The Astros have historically been weak at shortstop. They were possibly at their best at that position when they traded for 31-year old, errr, 33-year old Miguel Tejada… after his prime. That said,…Read More
Player Card: Jonathan Villar
Shortstop prospect Jonathan Villar has been invited to Astros Spring Training for the second straight year. Last year, Villar spent his age 21 season at AA Corpus Christi. But, in July, the season came…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
Jed Lowrie injury looks serious
It appears as though the Astros may have lost shortstop Jed Lowrie for a significant length of time. Lowrie had to be helped off the field in the third inning of tonight’s game after what looked…Read More
Let’s not forget about Jonathan Villar
I hope Jayne over at whattheheckbobby.com doesn’t get too upset with me but I wanted to discuss some Astros’ minor league ball. Specifically, a still very young shortstop that was once the…Read More
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Corpus Christi finishes first half with a win
The AA Corpus Christi Hooks finished the first half of the Texas League season with a 4-0 win over the…Read More
Roy Oswalt Signs with Rangers
Earlier today, former Astros ace and arguably the best pitcher in club history, Roy Oswalt, inked a deal…Read More
Minor League Update
We are a few weeks into the minor league season and the Astros system hasn’t looked this good…Read More
Jed Lowrie Debuts Friday
The Astros announced earlier today that after a few minor league rehab assignments in AAA, Oklahoma City,…Read More
AAA RedHawks readying for PCL season
Last year the Astros moved their AAA affiliate north to Oklahoma City. The first season in Oklahoma could…Read More
Astros walk off with win, demote six to minor league camp
For the second time in less than 24 hours the Astros scored in their final at-bat to secure a victory.…Read More
Astros’ future to be on display during Spring Training
As if this season’s spring training wasn’t going to have a young feel to it already, today,…Read More
A very early look at the 2012 MLB draft for the Astros
The Astros will get their reward for the miserable 2011 season in June when MLB holds its annual amateur draft.…Read More
A Roy Oswalt Reunion?
Several media outlets have reported that the Astros are one of a handful of teams that are interested…Read More
Player Profile: Brett Wallace
Next up on our tour of the Astros 40 man roster is Brett Wallace. Wallace was acquired by the Astros…Read More
Player Profile: Jimmy Paredes
Jimmy Paredes is a switch hitting third baseman who was acquired by the Astros, along with closer, Mark…Read More
Astros top Minor League prospects
Today Baseball Instinct released their list of the Astros top prospects. The article is very nicely done…Read More
Former Pirate Jack Wilson maybe the Astros answer at SS
Now that Clint Barmes has joined an NL Central rival, well rival for one more season, the Astros have…Read More
Revisiting the Roy Oswalt Trade: How does it compare?
At the trade deadline last year the Astros made a decision that would drastically affect the franchise…Read More
Astros have two prospects make Top 100
The Houston Astros have not one but two players make Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects for 2011…Read More
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