How great is Jose Altuve though?

gang, this was 14 games into 2022. you know, the year they won it all and everything. I promise you there's no lack of effort or attention or whatever, the sport is just like this sometimes. x.com/brianmctaggart…

This is an enlightening & somewhat eye-opening view into the Astros’ decision-making process when it comes to acquiring players. I can’t help but think perhaps there are (1) too many cooks involved in this process & (2) the wrong cooks. Thoughts? #Astros

For whatever it’s worth, Blake Snell has been on the injured list twice since 2019 — and both of those were due to an illness, nothing arm-related.

Reggie tells us here why his Astros didn’t sign Snell. “We don’t play that game.” Reggie talks A’s, Yanks, Bregman. Altuve in full cast. Praise for Volpe, concern for pitchers

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'Being fiscally responsible is what kicked us out of the Snell deal. He signed a 2-yr deal for $62m. That's too much for him. He's been hurt a couple of times ... he's got an option on his own. Between the 4 or 5 people who make decisions with the Astros, we don't play that game'

HEY HOUSTON! I guess it's officially official...I'm BACK! So excited to be filling-in on Space City Home Network this season for Houston Astros pre/postgame...and filling in for the 🐐 Julia Morales for a few games later this season. ❤️❤️❤️ see you tomorrow night!

UP NEXT: 3 games vs the Rangers
@ Minute Maid Park

Game 1: TOMORROW
7:10pm CT/1:10am BST

Look out for the Astros Fans UK ‘Series Mission Plan’ tomorrow!

HUGE series, a chance to turn this early season rut around. #Relentless #Astros

SFA has never lost to Duke in men's basketball Lifted Ape 𐤊 while they’re being overworked. that’s the crux of this: they are counting on guys who haven’t carried a full big league workload, are exhausting them in April because they have no starting depth and have a huge risk of gassing them by June

times on base per game vs.
runs scored per game

This is what happens when you have an entire starting rotation on the IL and did little to nothing to address depth.

That’s on Jim Crane and Dana Brown.

The Astros are still committed to Justin Verlander making another minor-league rehab assignment this weekend, Joe Espada said. No thought of inserting him back into a big league rotation that really needs length

An abomination of an Astros game. Led by Hunter Brown’s genuinely startling, jaw-dropping meltdown of an 11-hit, 9-run, partial 1st inning & capped off by our staggering inability to drive in runners from scoring positions - that was an unacceptably bad Astros performance to…

File this one under - “Not my most accurate prediction”(!).

Hunter Brown, you owe me one next time I’m in Houston… 😑

Game over. Peña pops up to foul territory to the right of home plate on 1 pitch to end the game & confirm the heavy sweep defeat in Kansas City. 3-13. An abomination of a ballgame. #Astros

Singleton blasts a double to RF that bounces off the warning track. Nice contact. #Astros

Yainer hits a tapper that the catcher makes the throw to 1st on for the 2nd out. #Astros

The Royals bring in former Astro Jordan Lyles to pitch the top of the 9th, Bregman grounds out to shortstop for the 1st out. #Astros

Top of the 9th, down to our final 3 outs, if we pull off a 10-run comeback here I’ll legally change my name to whatever you like. #Astros