The end of a week is upon us. Is it also the end of an era?
Houston Astros News
Astros insider: 7-19 start a ‘slap in the face’ and ‘gut check’ (Houston Chronicle)
Houston Astros Season Keeps Getting Worse (OutKick)
‘Gut-check time’: Astros determined to steer out of early funk
Sad Joe Espada ejection has Astros fans down bad after getting swept by Cubs (Climbing Tal’s Hill)
Alex Bregman feels ‘zero pressure’ playing in a contract year amid another slow start (The Athletic)
Astros Send France To Sugar Land, Framber Expected to Return, Cabbage Added (SportsTalk 790)
How a Bad Season Can Save the Houston Astros Dynasty The Astros Rough Start Could Be a Blessing in Disguise (Last Word on Sports)
Astros not worried despite brutal start to season (NY Post)
Angels News: Former Los Angeles Utility Player Joins Astros in Mexico City (Athlon Sports)
AL West News
Halos: Mike Trout Is Running Again (Again) (FG)
M’s: Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford lands on injured list with an oblique strain (The Spokesman-Review)
Blarts: Bullpen Strong But Rangers Drop Game, Series To Seattle (Dallas Sports Nation)
A’s: A’s are (Almost) Closer to First than Last (SI)
MLB News
Let’s Go: A Theory About Aaron Boone’s Phantom Ejection (FG)
Rumors, drama squarely in the past as Ohtani, Dodgers head to Toronto
MLB fans getting younger as more kids taking to the diamond
103.3 mph heat, 118.7 mph HR among stats of the week
Can the White Sox Lose 120 Games? (FG)
Yamamoto hitting his stride with best start yet
‘Dad Strength is a real thing’: Fatherhood agreeing with Harper
Contreras brothers, Jared Jones and other fascinating MLB storylines
Houston Astros Birthdays
Friday
RHP Angel Aybar (20)
RHP Alejandro Torres (23)
RHP Scott Strickland (48)
IF Geoff Blum (51)
2B Steve Lombardozzi (64)
RHP Mike Scott (69)
SS/RF Leon McFadden (80)
Saturday
UT J.D. Davis (31)
RHP Julio Marte (21)
RHP Runelvys Hernández (46)
UT Pedro Feliz (49)
C Tony Eusebio (57)
Sunday
OF Jackie Brandt (90)