The Crawfish Boxes

Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images Tigers fans gave a sigh of relief last night watching their game and others The Mariners day off yesterday was helpful for the Astros after they dropped their first game against the Padres, seeing as it kept them four games back of the AL West. All around, the American League playoff race is getting tighter and tighter as the season keeps … [Read more...] about Pennant Race Roundup: Astros fall on the road, Guardians come back for late win and Tigers get win

Justin Verlander pitches against the Angels on Sept. 14. | Jason Parkhurst-Imagn Images Can Justin Verlander right his ship after rough outings in August and September? As we head into the last two weeks of the season, Justin Verlander is one of the intriguing question marks for the Astros pitching staff. The future Hall of Fame pitcher has endured a series of poor … [Read more...] about Verlander and the Astros

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images One of my favorite moments from the 2024 season thus far. Spencer Arrighetti has made some large strides throughout his rookie season. Remove that disastrous first start against the Royals on April 10 and he has a 4.31 ERA and 4.21 FIP on the season. Respectable for a rookie pitcher thrust into a situation he wasn’t arguably fully … [Read more...] about Breaking Down Spencer Arrighetti’s Strike Out Of Luis Arraez

Kyle Tucker | Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Welcome to the Tuesday Crawfish Boil. Houston still leads the Seattle Mariners by four games in both columns with a dozen games to play. That means that even if Houston goes 1-8 and the M’s go 7-2 over their next nine respective games, Houston can still win the division with a sweep of Seattle. Houston Astros … [Read more...] about Astros Crawfish Boil: September 17, 2024

Tonight’s starter, Spencer Arrighetti | Photo by Jason Mowry/Getty Images With 13 games left the Astros are 4.5 games ahead in the AL West over the Mariners. The Bronx team is in Seattle tomorrow. Do I dare say, “Go Yankees.” Jon Singleton is not starting. Hasn't he been wielding a semi-hot bat? And plays decent first base? And Darvish is right-handed? Is this the time … [Read more...] about Game Thread 150. September 16, 2024, 8:40 CT. Astros @ Padres