The Crawfish Boxes

Thomas Shea-Imagn Images The Twins have almost fallen out entirely, so it’s up to the Tigers and Royals It took long enough, but the Houston Astros have won the AL West for the fourth year in a row and the seventh time of the last eight years. While it was expected by almost everyone, after the start of the season they had, no one knew if it … [Read more...] about Magic Number Counter: Hard parts over, now we sit back and see who’s coming

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images After many months of white-knuckle baseball and many projections that had the Astros playing meaningful baseball to the bitter end, the team has nothing to play for. They are the 3-seed. They will play the third wild card team, best two out of three, next Tuesday through Thursday. But that doesn’t mean that players don’t have something to … [Read more...] about Things to Ponder Before the Wild Card Starts

Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images It's the first day of the rest of our season. Yusei Kikuchi goes to keep his unbeaten streak alive as an Astro and put the final silver stake into the hearts of the beast from Seattle. The lineup looks like Manager Joe Espada doesn’t mind seeing the Mariners again in the WC, as unlikely as that currently is. … [Read more...] about Game 159 Thread. September 25, 2024, 1:10 CT. Mariners @ Astros

Jeremy Peña and Framber Valdez | Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Zero (0) Houston got their magic number down to zero last night with four games yet to play. It’s possible, probably likely even, that Joe Espada will choose to rest some of the guys who will be most important to postseason play. Definitely Yordan Alvarez, and possibly Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman, Kyle … [Read more...] about Astros Crawfish Boil: September 25, 2024

Tonight's starter, CYoung candidate Framber Valdez | Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Is tonight the night? … [Read more...] about Game 158 Thread. September 24, 2024, 7:10 CT