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
Burrows optioned to Triple-A (NYT)
Pecko could be up soon (MSN)
Astros trade deadline decisions (HC)
Astros recall Santa (NBC)
A bunch of rehab starts for the Astros
Astros linked with O’hearn (EB)
AL West News
Nothin’ much
MLB News
Braves sign Tellez (NBC)
Tigers trade Go to the Twins (TR)
Pirates lose Griffin for 8-10 weeks (ESPN)
Buxton lands on IL (ESPN)
Houston Astros birthdays
OF Al Spangler (93)
RHP George Culver (83)
C Alan Ashby (75)
OF Terry Puhl (70)
OF Dustin Harris (27)
RHP Nic Swanson (27, Double-A)
Feature photo from Astros on X, Source Link
Random Astros highlight for today:
This is Altuve’s hardest hit ball in his career: 112.3 mph. A crushed home run onto the train tracks off of Nathan Eovaldi capping a Springer-Bregman-Altuve back to back to back home run sequence.
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-videos?playId=560e0a55-5fd4-45ed-b918-f3fdc5dca428
Not sure why the Pirates would even consider trading O’Hearn at this point, especially with Griffin hurt.
Verlander saying he’s done after this year.
Also I just noticed that with Buxton on the IL, all 3 voted Al outfield starters are injured (trout judge buxton)
And this is why the All Stars are the biggest fugazi in sports. Pathetic.