Welcome to the Launch Briefing, a daily feature, where you will find a roundup of news and interesting stories from the Astros clubhouse and from around the league.
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Houston Astros News
Astros lost a no-no? (Chron)
Conversations about the Astros rotation
Roa claimed by the Twins (Heavy)
AL West News
Rangers select Grey (TR)
M’s on a stretch of good play (SNW)
A’s fans voted the rudest in the league (FN)
MLB News
Lindor expected to miss time (ESPN)
Phillies release Walker (NYT)
Diamondbacks release Dubin (TR)
Cubs trade for Lopez (TR)
Sox recall Tolle (BG)
Braves select Cookie (RW)
Houston Astros birthdays
OF Iván Murrell (83, died in 2006 at 63)
RHP Todd Jones (58)
OF Carlos Beltrán (49)
RHP Grayson Saunier (22, FCL Astros)
IF Landon Arroyos (19, FCL Astros)
Feature photo from Astros on X, Source Link
> “The blessing on this is that we haven’t experienced an injury where we’re going to lose anyone for the season,” Brown said.
Ohh, Dana, why you gotta say such things. Don’t tempt the baseball gods.
The link about Trout is part of a larger article about the best feel good stories for each position. It includes Yordan Alvarez as the best feel good story among DHs.
That outkick piece on a survey of rudest fan bases is ridiculous. It was done by looking at all 30 teams MLB subreddits as if REDDIT is representative of anything .