Not sure if you noticed but it seems like this Framber guy is pretty good
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Astros News
- Framber Valdez wobbled in the fist inning last night but ended up firing off 7 strong innings to continue the run of impressive starting pitching by the Astros (Astros.com)
- A run made up of 7 consecutive games where the starter only gave up 1 run (Twitter – Jose De Cruz)
- Last night’s game also saw the 2021 debut of Yordan Alvarez in left field (Astros.com)
- Bregman is currently riding a 20-game on base streak, which is kind of par for the course when it comes to Alex (Twitter – Brian McTaggart)
- The Astros continue to get healthy as it looks like Brantley is on course to return from the IL tomorrow (Astros.com)
Around the League
- 2021 is turning into a modern “Year of the Pitcher,” and it looks like there’s a chance we’ll get a new ERA leader if Jacob deGrom has his way (FanGraphs)
- The dominance of pitching this year has also led to increased aggressiveness at the plate as hitters aren’t waiting around for two strikes (MLB.com)
- Here are some of the trade rumblings going on as teams begin to reach out to each other about swaps (MLB.com)
- Lady Luck has turned her back on the Marlins in 2021 after guiding them to the postseason last year (538 Sports)
- The Padres had a collision in the outfield yesterday that led to some words in the dugout between Tommy Pham and Ha-Seong Kim (ESPN)
- Old Friend Josh Reddick is rocking a mohawk for the ages in Arizona (Houston Chronicle)
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