Welcome to the Wednesday Boil!
It’s the Wednesday Boil!
It ssems not so very long ago that we were fretting and gnashing our teeth that Houston couldnt get more than one game above .500. Now, 11 games above the watermark, I wonder if anyone feels just a little more confident in what the Astros are trying to do this season.
Houston Astros News
Brewers Trade Wes Clarke To Astros (MLBTR)
Smith homers twice, finds rhythm as Astros show off hot bats
Astros’ offense: Position by position (Chipalatta)
Latest Astros injuries & transactions
Rafael Devers fallout is loud warning for Astros front office in future negotiations (CTH)
Cam Smith ends homer drought with first four-hit game in Astros’ rout of A’s (HC)
Kurtz focuses only on walk-off homer — then does it vs. Astros
Astros back Jason Alexander with season-high five homers in rout of A’s (HC)
AL West News
Mariners Claim Jacob Hurtubise (MLBTR)
Cowboys’ Brandon Aubrey impresses with Rangers 1st pitch (CP)
Jo Adell Remains a Work in Progress — But He’s Making Progress (FG)
A’s Notes: Ginn, Gelof, Fisher (MLBTR)
MLB News
Emotions boil over in latest Padres-Dodgers showdown
Jo Adell Remains a Work in Progress — But He’s Making Progress (FG)
14 prime trade candidates and where they might be dealt
Let’s Analyze Shohei Ohtani’s Return to the Mound in Excruciating Detail (FG)
Devers says he’ll play wherever Giants ask ahead of 2-hit debut
Rafael Devers To Start Work At First Base With Giants (MLBTR)
Changeups Are Weird (FG)
What a walk-off! Blue Jays call game on back-to-back blasts
2nd ROY poll of 2025 shows recent callups lurking
O’s Minor Leaguer Luis Guevara passes away at age 19
Castellanos benched following ‘inappropriate’ comments, ending games started streak
Houston Astros Birthdays
6/17
LHP Yusei Kikuchi (34)
LHP Mike Magnante (60)
6/18
Jake Meyers (29)
C Jason Castro (38)
RHP Ferndando Rodriguez Jr. (41)
OF JB Shuck (38)
C Miguel Flores (20) DSL Astros Orange