The Skubal nano-surgery is absolutely mind blowing. We live in an amazing time. Now if they can shorten TJ by…
Category: Analysis
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Cam Smith Has Been Good Whether You Realize It or Not: Astros at Cubs, 5-24-26, 1:20 CT Game 54 Preview and Thread
5 CommentsAs the Houston Astros go for the sweep in the third game of their 3 game series with the Chicago… READ MORE
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Which Way for Kai-Wei? Astros at Cubs, 5-23-26, 1:20 CT Game 53 Preview and Thread
As he prepares for his 4th start fo the season, we check in on Kai-Wei Teng’s transition from relief pitcher… READ MORE
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Bryan Abreu Has To Figure Out His Fastball Woes
Bryan Abreu got the last out and the save Tuesday night against the Twins, but those nine pitches he threw… READ MORE
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Two New Right Field Hall of Famers
Bobby Abreu and Dwight Evans belong in Cooperstown. READ MORE
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May Days of Yordan: Mariners at Astros, 5-14-26, 1:10 CT Game 45 Preview and Thread
May Yordan Alvarez hasn’t been as good as April Yordan, or even baseline Yordan, but he’s been better than you… READ MORE
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Right Fielders on the Outside
Who is the best of what is left to enshrine in Cooperstown? READ MORE
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Point of Contact: Is Brice Matthews Getting Better? Dodgers at Astros, 5-6-26, 1:10 CT Game 38 Preview and Thread
Brice Matthews’ overall contact numbers are still well behind the where they need to be, but they are improving. Brice… READ MORE
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How much of the Astros’ pitching problems is due to defense?
So far this season, we know that the pitching has been the Astros’ Achilles Heel. We also know that the… READ MORE
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Life is a Kai-Wei: Astros at Orioles, 4-28-26, 5:35 CT Game 30 Preview and Thread
Kai-Wei Teng Faces the Orioles in his first start as a Houston Astro. He has been great for the Astros… READ MORE
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On the Outside Looking In: Do Kenny Lofton and Jim Edmonds Belong?
Comparing Lofton and Edmonds to the rank and file enshrined in Cooperstown READ MORE
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