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Houston Astros News
Astros sign Nigh (GG)
Burrows workings on himself (HC)
AL West News
Angels place Trout on IL (ESPN)
Mariners sign Wilson (TR)
MLB News
Al Worthington passes away (YS)
Priester undergoes surgery (TR)
Garcia undergoes season-ending surgery (NYP)
MLB proposes draft changes (TR)
Arcia stays with the Twins (TD)
Turner exits Phillies game early on HBP
Houston Astros birthdays
IF Bob Aspromonte (88)
LHP Jerry Reuss (77)
IF Craig Smajstrla (64)
LHP Bruce Chen (49)
RHP Collin McHugh (39)
RHP Miguel Ullola (24, Triple-A)
Feature photo from Astros on X, Source Link
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mlb-teams-bunt-more-quietly-160417525.html
The Brewers are number one at it according this article, which checks with when I looked into how good teams were at scoring a runner on third with less than 2 outs. Brewers also ranked #1 for that too.
I read a long article, I couldn’t post a section here, where Hinch and Espada were compared at using small ball. The conclusion was that Espada is a more analytic driven manager. Allow me to tell Yahoo Sports, bullshit! I don’t care what label they use. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.
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oof. trout’s on the IL again? why’s he playing CF all the time? I get it when pujols and ohtani were there, but save his body, let him have the DH spot now that pujols and ohtani are gone.