Josh Hader | Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Welcome to the Wednesday Boil! Your Daily Boil...now with Retsyn! Houston Astros News Astros set preliminary Minor League rosters Brendan Rodgers earns final spot on Astros’ season-opening roster (HC) ‘Fleeced’: Chicago Cubs called out for Kyle Tucker trade amid Astros-Cam Smith news (Chi City Sports) Predicting when … [Read more...] about Astros Crawfish Boil: March 26, 2025
Archives for March 2025
The Starting Nine Predicts the Astros 2025 Season (with poll)
Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images Is 2025 the start of re-building, or just re-loading? Clearly, the Astros have entered a new era. The Age of Championship Dominance is over. The Age of Pretty Good has begun. The question is, can the Astros go all the way as a merely good team, as other teams have done in the recent past, sometimes at the Astros’ expense? Since 2017, … [Read more...] about The Starting Nine Predicts the Astros 2025 Season (with poll)
The Astros’ Opening Day Roster
Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images It will be a work in progress The Astros finalized their 26-man roster today. Yesterday’s blockbuster news was the addition of Cam Smith AND Zack Dezenzo on the roster. Besides, the obvious choices, there remained some doubt as to who would be the second utility infielder and possible starting second baseman. As many expected, Brendan … [Read more...] about The Astros’ Opening Day Roster
Can we really call the Cam Smith promotion a mistake?
Reinhold Matay-Imagn Images A respectful rebuttal on Cam Smith I should first start this off by immediately setting the tone for this piece. It is not my nature to put people on blast or dunk on them in the social media sense. Hell, I quit Twitter over a year ago when things there took a much darker turn. In an era where we expect instant gratification and instant … [Read more...] about Can we really call the Cam Smith promotion a mistake?