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Houston Astros Should Opt for Byron Buxton On Draft Day
With the Major League Baseball draft just around the corner, it is time to talk about the first name(s) that will fly off of the board. In case you are unaware, the Houston Astros ”earned” the top selection and are faced with what some may call a dilemma: prep outfielder Byron Buxton or Stanford right-hander Mark Appel? [...]
Houston Astros Top Pick In MLB Draft: Byron Buxton or Mark Appel
While the Houston Astros quietly continue to play above their heads in 2012, the future of their rebuilding process earns a face on June 4th. Major League Baseball‘s Draft occurs two weeks from Monday and the top selection remains a mystery. A result of their 56-106 record in 2011, Houston picks first among a pool [...]
Houston Astros Hanging Around In The National League Central
Though the Houston Astros‘ five-game winning streak figures to end this afternoon against St. Louis, a 13-15 record is being celebrated at Minute Maid Park. Four games will separate the projected 100-loss Astros and defending champion Cardinals on Monday. Even 28 games into the season, that’s a minor miracle. So how are the Astros hanging [...]
Jordan Schafer Provides Early Stability For Houston Astros
Jordan Schafer may never win a batting title but his quick start in 2012 signals one of the few, and there are definitely few, bright spots of the Houston Astros final National League season. The 25 year-old centerfielder sports a solid, perhaps slightly above-average stat line through the first seventeen games. He’s hitting .274, has [...]
Houston Astros Only 1.5 Games Back in the National League Central!
If you were to tell Houston Astros fans prior to the 2012 season that the team would sport a 3-2 record five games in and already worn the Colt .45′s uniforms, you’d depressingly find many who wondered whether the season’s optimism was nearly done. That’s the truth though for a club that’s still destined to [...]
“Hold The Phones!”: With Season Approaching, Astros Bullpen Offers Plenty Of Cause For Concern
As another round of Spring Training nears its conclusion, the Houston Astros are now just days away from hosting the Colorado Rockies to open up their 2012 campaign – which of course will serve as the final one as a member of baseball’s National League. While the organization inches further and further toward seeing Wandy [...]
Lance Berkman Levels Extortion Claims At Commissioner
Bud Selig doesn’t strike me as a conniving, evil, ruthless extortionist. Maybe it’s because of the way he looks. Lance Berkman disagrees. The former Houston slugger and current first baseman in St. Louis told Scott Miller of CBS Sports that he thought the Commissioner’s Office “extorted” the Astros by making the move to the American [...]
Ryan Gaydos’s 2012 Houston Astros Preview
The Houston Astros are in a deep rebuilding process and after recording Major League Baseball’s worst record last year finishing with a 56-106 record. The Astros will have a chance to turn their future around with the first pick of the 2012 MLB Draft. There was also some front office changes this offseason too. The [...]
Major League Baseball Backtracks on Astros Colt .45 Uniforms
Major League Baseball tried to take a gun from a Texan. If you’re away of the state’s firearm inclinations, that’s not a good idea. Reneging on an earlier ban, the Commissioner’s office allowed the Houston Astros to wear retro uniforms with the colt gun emblazoned on their Colt .45′s throwbacks. Worn the first three years [...]
Astros Move to AL is Good for Carlos Lee and Team
When I first heard about the Houston Astros proposed move to the American League, I was devastated. All of my life I have listened to and watched the Astros as a National League team. The thought of moving to the other side left me disoriented, nearly lifeless. The purist in me could not fathom being [...]
