The Crawfish Boxes

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Defense is an bright spot for the Astros so far. Measuring defensive efficiency is an arcane science, if it is a science at all. But if you go by the advanced stats we use today, the Astros have been one of the top defensive teams in baseball, albeit in small sample, and sample size is especially important when measuring defense. Despite … [Read more...] about A Quick Look at Astros Defense

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Ryan Gusto holds forth until the return of Lance McCullers. Let’s sweep, Stros! … [Read more...] about Game 24 Thread. April 23, 2025, 6:40 CT. Blue Jays @ Astros

Reinhold Matay-Imagn Images See how the prospects performed last night. Another day of baseball in the books! See the results below. AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (10-12) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE) Walter started for Sugar Land and was great tossing 5 scoreless innings with 7 strikeouts. The offense got on the board in the 6th inning scoring 4 runs with three coming on wild … [Read more...] about Astros Prospect Report: April 22nd

What happened today in team history? 1964 - Houston loses on a no-hitter Despite a no-hitter thrown from Houston’s Ken Johnson, the Colt .45s still lost 1-0 to the Cincinnati Reds. The one run came in the ninth off a booted ground ball, scoring Pete Rose, who reached on a two-base error. 1986 - Astros rally to win Down 2-0 with no one on and two outs in the bottom of the … [Read more...] about Today in Astros history – April 23

Christian Walker | Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Welcome to the Wednesday Boil! The Houston Astros are above .500. Last season, it took Houston three dozen games to reach one dozen wins. This year, 23 games was enough. Maybe that’s a good sign. Houston Astros Cam Smith’s ‘seamless’ outfield transition prompts Astros to explore center field options (NY … [Read more...] about Astros Crawfish Boil: April 23, 2025