Welcome to the latest edition of your Crawfish Boil.
Welcome to the Wednesday Crawfish Boil.
Spring Training is less than a month away now. Things get cooking right after the Super Bowl. It’s almost time to get crazy — are you ready for it?
Houston Astros News
Astros are one shrewd move away from dethroning Dodgers for MLB’s best offseason (CTH)
Astros’ surprise reentry into the game potentially smashes Red Sox’s dreams of landing star player Alex Bregman (Motorcycle Sports)
MLB Insider: Where things stand between Alex Bregman and the Astros, Cubs, Red Sox and Tigers (FS)
Previously Retired Houston Astros Pitcher Will Get Career Restarted This Spring (SI)
Josh Hader signing turned out to be a disaster for the Astros in more ways than one (FS)
Ex-MLB player gives Astros’ Christian Walker his flowers (CP)
AL West News
Mariners add another right-hander named Luis Castillo
Is it Time for the Angels to Stop Building Around Mike Trout? (Just Baseball)
Rangers ink deals to expand TV broadcast options (ESPN)
After Rays’ $1.3 Billion Ballpark Scandal, MLB Puts Homeless Athletics to a Major Disadvantage (Essentially Sports)
MLB News
Is Roki Sasaki the best pitching prospect ever? Here’s what execs said
Superstar trio makes for one-of-a-kind MLB The Show 25 cover
Has a frontrunner emerged to sign Scherzer?
Matt Seidler Files Response To Sheel Seidler Lawsuit (MLBTR)
Kirby Yates latest addition to Dodgers’ super bullpen
‘Great baseball mind’ Jones back with O’s as advisor to GM, community ambassador
The HR got out in a hurry. The trot that followed … not so fast
Yankees Planning To Play Jasson Dominguez In Left Field (MLBTR)
Let’s Imagine Some Asymmetric Contract Structures (FG)
They own baseball’s longest winning streak. The story doesn’t end there (read this, and then go watch it)
Reds To Sign Austin Hays (MLBTR)
The More It Stays the Same, the Less It Changeups (FG)
Houston Astros Birthdays
C Hank Conger (37)
1B José Abreu (38)
RHP Brian Meyer (62)