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Posted in Breaking News, Prospects Watch, Roster Moves on Aug 10th, 2011
The Astros will have their ninth player make their major league debut for the club tonight when Henry Sosa takes the mound against the Diamondbacks. Sosa was acquired from the Giants in the Jeff Keppinger trade on July 19. There has been no announcement yet on who will be moved to make space for Sosa. [...]
Posted in Breaking News, Prospects Watch on Aug 1st, 2011
Baseball America released this list today of the Astros’ top 10 prospects: 1. Jonathan Singleton, 1B 2. Jarred Cosart, RHP 3. George Springer, OF 4. Jonathan Villar, SS 5. Brett Oberholtzer, LHP 6. Paul Clemens, RHP 7. Mike Foltynewicz, RHP 8. Delino DeShields Jr., 2B 9. Jimmy Paredes, 2B/3B 10. Ariel Ovando, OF This list, [...]
Posted in Breaking News, Prospects Watch, Roster Moves on Jul 30th, 2011
The long speculation about Hunter Pence is over. After a furious few days of rumors and speculation, Pence is a Philly. It was announced in the bottom of the third inning of the Astros game last night, and finalized in the fifth. Pence went out to right field but was called back and replaced by [...]
Posted in Breaking News, Prospects Watch, Roster Moves on Jul 29th, 2011
MLBTradeRumors says as many as four teams (Phillies, Braves, Rangers and Red Sox) still seem to be seriously interested in the Hunter Pence sweepstakes with the Phillies being the front runners. There had been rumors that the Astros turned down a deal for Pence that included top prospects RHP Jarred Cosart and 1B Jonathan Singleton, [...]
Posted in Breaking News, Checking in with Ex-Stros on Jul 27th, 2011
Breaking news: the long speculation is over about if/whether/when/where Cardinals center fielder Colby Rasmus would be traded. ESPN SweetSpot Yankees Blog “It’s About the Money, Stupid” says that the Blue Jays have acquired Rasmus for Edwin Jackson, who they acquired earlier today in a trade with the Chicago White Sox. Also involved in the trade [...]
Posted in Breaking News, Prospects Watch, Roster Moves on Jul 22nd, 2011
The Astros reactivated infielder Matt Downs from the paternity leave list yesterday and optioned Wesley Wright back to Triple-A Oklahoma City without making an appearance for the big club. And Jason Bourgeois Tweeted this morning that he’s on a plane to join the team in Chicago. No official word yet from the team website on [...]
Posted in Breaking News, Game Previews, Gripes and Groans on Jul 18th, 2011
It gets better and better, Astros fans. The dynamic duo of Jason Michaels and Carlos Lee aren’t just starting against lefties anymore. Even though both of them have terrible numbers against right handed pitchers (Lee bats .243 with a .665 OPS; Michaels bats .184 with a .496 OPS) those two are starting tonight with Michaels [...]
Posted in Breaking News on Jun 14th, 2011
Let the restructuring begin. It’s been widely speculated that the imminent takeover of Jim Crane also means big changes are on the horizon for the Astros front office and coaching staff. Hardball Talk is now reporting that the first victim is pitching coach Brad Arnsberg. The reason cited, according to Hardball Talk, is “philosophical differences.” [...]
Posted in Breaking News, Game Previews on Jun 2nd, 2011
Bud Norris has been on a bad slide lately. He’s gone five starts without a win. And although it’s not all his fault because he’s caught a lot of bad breaks with poor defense and poor offense, it still remains that he’s 0-3 with a 5.48 ERA in those five starts. So the timing really [...]
Posted in Breaking News, Gripes and Groans, Roster Moves on May 25th, 2011
Greeting Astros 290 junkies. It’s great to be here on this stellar (you’ll find that I like to use a few words over and over and over; “stellar” is one of them) blog, full of good old-fashioned news, notes, and criticisms about the team that we all love, or on most days, hate virulently. My [...]
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