Good morning and welcome to the Weekend Boil.
Just a normal Friday. Nothing special about it. Last year and next year, of course, but not this one.
Nothing special happening in the world of baseball today.
Houston Astros News
Astros Inbox: Bregman’s status, rotation plans and more
Houston Astros Reportedly Signing Cuban Pitcher Alex Santiago Gonzalez (SI)
Astros announce 2025 MLB coaching staff
AL West Farm System Rankings: Astros barely keeping up despite division’s missteps (CTH)
AL West News
M’s: Four insiders dive into what went wrong with Mariners’ offense (Seattle Sports)
Blarts: Rangers Aiming To Drop Beneath Luxury Tax Threshold In 2025
A’s: Owner John Fisher Looking To Sell 25% Of Athletics For Completely Overvalued $500 Million (Daily Caller)
Los The Angels Angeles: Angels Outright Six Players (MLBTR)
MLB News
Roberts: ‘No possibility’ Ohtani will pitch in 2024 World Series
Dodgers Notes: Rojas, Vesia, Graterol, Kelly, Ohtani (MLBTR)
Rays Prospect Tre’ Morgan Talks Hitting (FG)
‘I’ll turn one loose for him’: Honeywell, Valenzuela bonded by screwball
How will Soto celebrate his 26th birthday in World Series Game 1? (on a cake with (probably) more than 26 candles?)
Ohtani’s speed could be a World Series X-factor … if he runs
Houston Astros Birthdays
RHP Danny Darwin (69)
LHP Skip Guinn (80)
Saturday
LHP Francisco Liriano (41)
Sunday
LHP Eric Bell (61)