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It cannot be overstated how much potential the Houston Astros have waiting in the minor leagues. However, something like that is hard to get a grasp on when the MLB club is doing so poorly. But one thing that is impossible to ignore is when the top six Astros minor league clubs make the playoffs [...]
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The question that’s been on every Houston Astros fans’ mind since the call ups began in late July has been, ‘When do we get to see George Springer?’ Well, fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on who you ask, it may be sooner than expected. After setting a franchise record with all of their top six minor league [...]
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The Houston Astros aren’t in a playoff race or anything, so to call any setback “detrimental” may seem silly. That being said, they are still playing for pride. They’re playing with this brand new crop of talent that will be the future of the team, and any time one of those guys goes down with [...]
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Houston Astros‘ former first-round pick Jason Castro is yet again ailing in the knee that has plagued him his entire career. Once believed to be the Astros version of Buster Posey, the Stanford product has really come on this season, his first fully-fit season since making his MLB debut midway through the 2010 season. Castro is [...]
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Coaching the current Houston Astros is an unenviable position. Players are coming and going and the fans are inevitably going to blame management for their team’s failures. But as long as the team is consistently showing improvement, a lot of judgment must be withheld, given the current rebuilding status of the team. For the most [...]
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The Houston Astros have had very little consistency this year, that much is certain. But if any position could be highlighted as perhaps the most productive, stable and yes, even consistent, it is at the premium position of catcher, where All-Star Jason Castro remains the everyday starter. Castro has batted a solid .282 with 18 [...]
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Jarred Cosart continued his phenomenal rookie year by tossing another quality start in the rubber match against the Chicago White Sox. The Texas product threw six innings of one-run baseball. Unfortunately for Cosart, the only pitcher more dominant than him was his dueling mate, Chris Sale. It just was not a pretty game for the Houston Astros, [...]
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Remember that old Houston Astros bullpen that led the league in earned runs by about 30? Yeah, they’re still the same. Paul Clemens started the game, his first MLB start after an unsuccessful stint in the bullpen. And just like Brett Oberholtzer, who came over with Clemens, he pitched masterfully. Although he had scattered control issues, [...]
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It’s not everyday that the Houston Astros win a game where their offense has to come through in the clutch and their bullpen has to fend off the opposition, but they did just that in the series opener against the Chicago White Sox. The Astros offense was lead by the most unlikely of players, Chris [...]
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I recently wrote an article about how many records the 2013 Houston Astros have broken. Well, I may have forgotten one. The worst team in the MLB is apparently also the most profitable. While only one player, Erik Bedard, is making over one million dollars, owner Jim Crane has turned a $99 million operational income. [...]
