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Houston Astros News
Comparing Yordan to other Astros MVPs
Blubaugh drawing trade interest (NYT)
McMullers makes another rehab start (CBS)
Ullola optioned to Triple-A (NBC)
AL West News
Rangers add Peoples (NBC)
Lucchesi released by Angles (TR)
Lasko facing long recovery (ESPN)
Kelenic, Ross and Paddack released by Rangers (YB)
MLB News
Royals sign Barlow to minor league deal (RK)
Huff elects FA (YS)
Houston Astros birthdays
RHP Matt Keough (71, died in 2020 at 64)
OF Danny Heep (69)
OF Jack Daugherty (66)
OF Moisés Alou (60)
OF Trenton Brooks (31, Triple-A)
RHP Jairo Bautista (18, DSL Astros Blue)
Feature photo from Astros on X, Source Link
Nice knowing you, Ullola. I would have preferred another move, other than optioning Ullola.
Who came up in Ullola’s stead?
My assumption is that it will make room for Javier in the bullpen. But no announcement that I know of.
Oh right. Javier must be activated from his rehab stint by today. That makes sense.
I wish tomorrow was the deadline instead. Then, if arrighetti stinks tonight, he could be optioned for Javier instead. Oh well, so barring an injury, Ullola’s not gonna be with the big team again til after the break
Guys like Pearson and DSL will need to be looked at being moved next. Or we can be men about things and cut Abreu next.
I ran through our “pitching depth” for next season, and it does make sense on why you would listen to AJ(still not advocating for it).
SP:
Brown
Imai
Arrighetti
Lambert
Burrows
Blanco
Walter
Gordon
Alexander
SP/RP:
Javier
Wesneski
Teng
RP:
Hader
King
Blubaugh
Pearson
Sousa
VanWey
Santa
Ullola
Prospect:
Pecko
Hicks
Nezuh
Mayers
Most would probably prefer pulling from Burrows, Wesneski, or Gordon if we could. But it makes sense that Blubaugh might be the most valuable to move.
Kelenic’s gonna end up in Anaheim isn’t he? Where all failed and disapppinting prospects end up.
Right where he will do massive damage to us per the order of nature.