The Crawfish Boxes

By Pat McDonogh/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK (Written before the result of last night’s game) Over the course of 162 games, one can be forgiven for thinking: what does one game really matter anyway? or even, what’s one bad week after all? But baseball is life, and each day one chugs along, becoming what one will be. So too in baseball: every year one thinks that … [Read more...] about Notes at the Quarter Mark

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images After losing his trademark swing loft in 2021, the 2019 AL MVP runner-up is lifting the ball more than ever in 2022. But it could be to his disadvantage. The 2019 version of Alex Bregman was an absolute dynamo offensively. It was a Mike Trout-like season for the Astros third baseman, as he slugged 41 home runs, registered a .423 OBP … [Read more...] about In trying to regain his old form, Alex Bregman might be making things harder for himself

Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images It was great seeing Myles Straw again last night, until about the third inning 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 not the Astros’ best game when it came to defense and pitching last night (Astros.com) Unrecommended … [Read more...] about Astros Crawfish Boil: May 24th, 2022

Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports Bregman home run the only glimmer of light in a game dominated by Astros defensive errors The Astros, who lead the league in defensive runs saved, gifted the Guardians three of their six runs tonight thanks to two critical errors. However, you can’t hang this loss entirely on the defense. Even with tight defense the Astros could not have … [Read more...] about Rare Sloppy Defense Sinks Astros. Guardians Take Game One, 6-1

Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports The upcoming schedule is kind to Houston for a month prior to arguably their toughest stretch in late June. Thus far in 2022, the AL West appears to be a two-team race between the Astros and Angels. Only one-and-a-half games separate the two clubs, who arguably have the best talent within the division on their respective rosters. Of … [Read more...] about The Astros’ schedule eases up before raising the difficulty level up to ten

Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports Luis Garcia takes on 24-year-old Triston McKenzie to help keep the red-hot Astros in boiling mode At 27-15, the Astros are 1.5 games ahead of the Angels in the AL West. For more on this game and the series, check out the series preview by ckuno HERE. Here are the lineups. For Your Viewing and Listening Pleasure Game 1: … [Read more...] about Game 43 Thread. May 23, 2022, 7:10 CT. Guardians @ Astros

Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports It’s only 42 games into the season, but so far...Just maybe. The season is about one-quarter over and guess who’s the best shortstop in baseball? If you guessed Francisco Lindor you’d be wrong. If you guessed Xander Bogaerts you’d be wrong. If you guessed Corey Seager or Dansby Swanson, you’d be wrong. If you’d guessed Carlos Correa, wrong … [Read more...] about Jeremy Pena: MLB’s Best Shortstop? Astros MVP?

The Hooks Enmanuel Valdez slaps the ball into play for the Hooks in their exhibition game against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas. | Pete Garcia/Special to the Caller-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK See how the prospects performed yesterday Another day of minor league action is in the books. You can see … [Read more...] about Astros Prospect Report: May 22nd

The Fayetteville Woodpeckers closed out a six-game sweep of the Kannapolis CannonBallers at Atrium Health Ballpark on Sunday. On Sunday, the Fayetteville Woodpeckers were on the road at Atrium Health Ballpark in Kannapolis, NC. With a 12-21 record coming into the six-game series, the Woodpeckers had a tall order dealing with the then 17-16 CannonBallers. Five days later, both … [Read more...] about Balling in Kannapolis: Woodpeckers Report