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Astros Crawfish Boil: April 19th, 2021

April 19, 2021 by The Crawfish Boxes Leave a Comment

Houston Astros v Seattle Mariners
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So this weekend was not the best, but at least 40 degree snow games in Colorado might be better?

Check out the rest of the Crawfish Boxes here and listen to the latest version of Locked on Astros, our partnered podcast, here.


Astros News

  • It was another poor showing by the Astros yesterday, though there were some signs of leadership from Odorizzi in the loss to the Mariners (Astros.com)
  • Odorizzi also reached the 1,000th strikeout in his career yesterday, so that was pretty cool (Astros.com)
  • Another cool moment was Peter Solomon’s MLB debut, and he looked pretty solid during his one scoreless frame (Twitter – MLB Pipeline)
  • Lance McCullers Jr. is still having health issues after his COVID vaccine, which has put his scheduled start in Colorado in jeopardy (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
  • Still, Click remains optimistic that the Astros will hit the 85% vaccinated threshold, which will allow restrictions to loosen somewhat (Astros.com)
  • Another important step is the players who tested positive for COVID have been cleared to work out again (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)

Around the League

  • The Twins-A’s game for today has been postponed, which makes me wonder just why the Astros were forced to play while the Twins have been getting days off (MLB Trade Rumors)
  • A number of big names are on the IL across the league, and here are updates on all of them (MLB.com)
  • Shane Bieber has made history with four straight 10+ strikeout games since the season started (ESPN)
  • Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks also made history this weekend, but not the good kind (Sporting News)
  • Jay Bruce is officially hanging up his spikes after a pretty atrocious start to the 2021 season (MLB Trade Rumors)

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