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    Great deal for all sides. Altuve probably leaves some money on the table, but the Astros reward him for his greatness the last 3 years.    More importantly, this deal doesnt prevent the Astros from adding payroll this year or next. Verlander will come off the books when this kicks in. 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22146240/players-association-rejects-mlb-proposal-institute-20-second-pitch-clocks-limits-mound-visits       Personally, I am in favor of Manfred over-ruling and implementing the changes. Game times have just gotten longer and longer and longer. Keep the...

A comment in the Cole Trade thread sparked a thought: What is the best rotation in baseball??     IMO, it is between the Nationals and the Astros. Someone else threw out the Indians and Yankees (eventually). So to get the discussion going, I will post some stats for response. Using a self-made...

https://twitter.com/bitzybetsy/status/946407707606740992 If true, then dangggggg

I thought I'd get a thread going for the Cy Young awards that will be announced this evening. Should be a good race:   NL: Kershaw / Scherzer / Strasburg   AL: Kluber / Sale / Severino   Who ya got? 

I thought I'd get the thread going for the MVP announcement tomorrow.    Altuve vs. Judge in the AL   Goldschmidt vs. Votto vs. Stanton in the NL       Who ya got? 

NL voting seemed a little more screwy than the AL. I would have flipped Francona and Hinch in the AL, and flipped Black and Roberts in the NL. Who the hell voted for Maddon?? Jokester....      NL Manager of the Year voting Torey Lovullo       111...

...A look to the future.   The Astros are in the middle of a great (and hopefully long) playoff run. While at Game 1, my buddies and I had the discussion of who should be part of the core that the Astros lock up long-term. Most of their youthful players are in arbitration or almost there. Here's...

Not even a month into the off-season, and Luhnow has already made 4 significant additions to a team that came close to the playoffs last season. Each of them have addressed problems with last year's club. In no particular order those were:    1- Horrendous offensive production in the OF 2- A...

I was on the site just browsing when my screen shot to the Chrome icon and auto-downloaded a Chrome patch that my computer identified as malware. Has anybody else had this problem???

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17121935/jj-watt-houston-texans-back-surgery-ok-season-opener     Twitter has been abuzz about this. Some think it will be more like 10 weeks. 6 weeks puts him ready to play by September 1st, only 10 days before Opening Day. 8 weeks means he will miss the first...

http://espn.go.com/chalk/story/_/id/17118822/michigan-betting-favorite-win-college-football-national-title     What a joke. Anybody betting on the Wolverines is throwing their money away. Sure, they have one of the most ridiculously weak OOC schedules in all of College Football this year, but...

Some of you might know me as AstrosFanatic from other boards. I am a baseball fan first, and overall sports fanatic. I support my hometown teams, but really obsess with the Astros and casually follow the Texans/Rockets/Dynamo. I also follow the EPL rather closely, supporting Everton for the last...