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Astros rookie reaches legendary status
Last night’s Astros game in Oakland turned ugly in a hurry when starting pitcher Erik Bedard walked the first three A’s he faced. When Astros castoff Nate Freiman blasted a 3-run homer later…Read More
Josh Fields to DL, Paul Clemens Called Up, and More
The twittersphere was buzzing last night as reports were that Paul Clemens was coming up to the show. There was no official report as to where Clemens was headed. Was he being called up by the Astros?…Read More
Pitching Prospects: Cisnero, Clemens, and Cosart
Pitcher Jose Cisnero is up next in our series of player cards. Since I already discussed Cisnero and Jarred Cosart in an earlier post, I’m going to turn this into one of those cards that features…Read More
Astros minor league recap; Most Disappointing Player of 2012
Before the rest of the CTH crew hands out some awards for the minor leaguers, I’ll get things started by naming the year’s “Most Disappointing Player.” The major league team was…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
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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…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…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
Astros Will Keep Both Rule 5 Picks
The Astros have announced that that both Rule 5 draft picks, Marwin Gonzalez and Rhiner Cruz will…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 Rotation Taking Shape
This morning, the Astros released veteran RHP, Livan Hernandez. This comes after also releasing veterans…Read More
Let’s Talk Astros – Roundtable #2
With spring training in full swing, the gang here at Climbing Tal’s Hill got together and decided to…Read More
Paul Clemens & Jonathan Singleton included in latest round of cuts
Top prospects Paul Clemens and Jonathan Singleton were among nine players sent to the Astros minor league…Read More
Union Leader dances around questions about Astros
MLB Player’s Association executive director Michael Weiner stopped by the Astros clubhouse yesterday…Read More
Pitchers & Catchers Report (Part 2)
The Starters Ten of the 28 pitchers in Astros camp made at least five big league starts in 2011. An eleventh,…Read More
Astros invite 2 more catchers to camp; sign Bogusevic and 6 others
With Spring Training rapidly approaching the Astros took care of some clerical obligations today by signing…Read More
Astros sign 16 year veteran Livan Hernandez
As Greg noted earlier today, the Astros continued to create starting pitching depth by signing 16-year…Read More
Astros news from around the web
I found a few Astro related info-nuggets out there today. MiLb.com did a nice write-up on future Astro…Read More
Player Profile: Jordan Schafer
Jordan Schafer is quite the interesting prospect. He was originally drafted by the Atlanta Braves in…Read More
Player Profile: Bud Norris
The Astros will be counting on Bud Norris to continue to improve as a pitcher in 2012. Norris has shown…Read More
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