The Crawfish Boxes

Hunter Brown | Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Welcome to the Crawfish Boil, Tuesday Edition. There is no Houston Astros Baseball to watch. Are you the type who will watch baseball no matter what....or do you shift to a different sport when the Astros are eliminated? I thought I was a die-hard baseball fan, but I’m not in the least bit interested in watching any of … [Read more...] about Astros Crawfish Boil: October 8, 2024

Parker Mushinski | Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images Of the 55 players to appear in a regular season game for Houston in 2024, Parker Mushinski ranks had the 40th most positive impact. First, a word on methodology. Two years ago, I did “Oops! All Astros!” That was a player-by-player recap of every player to appear in Houston’s system from the Dominican Summer League … [Read more...] about Parker Mushinski, the 40th-most positively impactful Astro of 2024

Alex Bregman | Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images What’s in your Crawfish Boil? (I use a little mustard) Welcome to another week of Astros-less playoff baseball. Houston Astros News Speculation building Astros could target $172 million superstar (Sporting News) 3 free agents Astros can sign to redeem themselves and win the 2025 World Series (FS) Three offseason trades … [Read more...] about Astros Crawfish Boil: October 7, 2024

Thomas Shea-Imagn Images What is really standing in the way of winning My earliest baseball memories were of watching the Astros in the early 1980s. I think Al Rosen was the general manager back then. I’ve gone through Bill Wood, Bob Watson, Gerry Hunsicker, Tim Purpura, Ed Wade, Jeff Luhnow, James Click, and finally Dana Brown. I might have left an early general … [Read more...] about Astros HOF Index: A Longitudinal Study

Framber Valdez reacts to issuing a walk to the Detroit Tigers in the Wild Card series. | Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Has Hunter Brown overtaken Framber Valdez as the Astros’ No. 1 starting pitcher? Framber Valdez and Hunter Brown were the Astros’ starting pitchers in the wild card series. Obviously the Astros lost both games, but Hunter Brown’s starting performance was … [Read more...] about Valdez and Brown after the wild card series