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Astros Morning Links

Good Morning Hill Climbers! It’s a day off for the Astros as they return home from the West Coast. Here are a few stories from around the web to help pass the time and keep you up to date on the…Read More

Astros Call Up Brandon Barnes from AAA

It was tweeted earlier from the Corpus Christi Hooks twitter account and later confirmed by the Astros. Brandon Barnes has been called up from AAA to the big leagues. A corresponding roster move has not…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

Schafer’s struggles getting tougher to watch

As Spring Training came and went and the regular season took form, Jordan Schafer began to tease with his abilty to reach base and what appeared to be new found purpose. Fast forward to the All-Star break…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. If he makes it the entire year, Mills will not be fired, but rather, he will not be brought back as…Read More

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Counting down to July 31st

So as the Astros begin to plateau and reach the level we all realistically expected, at least in the…Read More

Astros Catcher Situation

When Ed Wade was hired as Astros GM in late 2007, the first thing he did was trade closer, Brad Lidge…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 State of the Team Report

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

Astros win slugfest over Mets 9-5

The Astros had some fun on Sunday as they flexed some of their offensive muscle while beating up on their…Read More

Wandy roughed up by Braves

The Astros got off to a good start versus the Braves on Friday. Jordan Schafer led off by bouncing a…Read More

Nationals interested in Jason Bourgeois

It has been no mystery to anyone in baseball over the past 12 months that the Washington Nationals have…Read More

Opportunity knocks for Juan Abreu

Just imagine releasing a baseball and knowing that you just threw it 100 mph, pretty amazing feeling…Read More

Jordan Schafer looking to reboot his career with the Astros

As players start to arrive in Kissimmee, the first signs of spring training are evident. Many of the…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

Player Profile: Jordan Schafer

Jordan Schafer is quite the interesting prospect. He was originally drafted by the Atlanta Braves in…Read More

Paul Clemens added to the 40 man roster and Pendleton re-signed

The Astros have announced that Paul Clemens has been added to the 40 man roster. This protects him from…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

2011 Star Performer of the Year

The worst season in the Astros 50 year history is finally over. Their 56-106 record is the worst posted…Read More