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
How the Astros remade Peter Lambert (NYT)
Houston may not be able to afford Pena (YS)
Astros sign Radel (YS)
AL West News
Ornelas signs minor league deal with A’s (CBS)
Mariners open to trading Hancock (TR)
M’s fire assistant hitting coach (ST)
MLB News
Biggest movers in each farm system
Marinaccio traded to Pirates (NYP)
O’s DFA Rodríguez (NBC)
Lawrence sent to Triple-A by Nationals (RW)
Rajcic set to undergo tommy john (TR)
Houston Astros birthdays
IF Jason Smith (49)
OF Eduardo Perez (20, DSL Blue Astros)
Feature photo from Astros on X, Source Link
Trading JP3 at the deadline would be unAstros. Trading him at the deadline with one more year of team control would be unheard of. I guess all will depend on how he behaved during extension negotiations. Boras’ style shouldn’t surprise anyone.
I didn’t know the M’s had an assistant hugging coach. Are those players that bad at expressing their emotions? 🤔