The Crawfish Boxes

Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images Hunter Brown remains red hot It’s not too late to lose this thing. Miracles happen. But so do curses. A few games ago Fangraphs had the Astros playoff odds at something like 97%. That was after sweeping the Royals but before getting swept by the Reds. In the first two games of the series, the Astros starting pitching had … [Read more...] about Reds Sweep. Astros hatch a Goose Egg, Lose 1-0

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports See how the prospects performed last night. Another day of Astros minor league action is in the books. See the results below! Here is the previous day’s recap. AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (84-49) won 8-3 (BOX SCORE) The offense got on the board in the 5th inning on a Cabbage RBI single. They got another run in the 6th on a Hummel RBI … [Read more...] about Astros Prospect Report: September 4th

Spencer Arrighetti | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Welcome to the Thursday Boil! Houston has now lost eight in a row to the Cincinnati Reds. If I had to pick one team that “had our number,” I would probably select a team from the National League. Seeing as how we only play three games a year against most of them, I guess Cincinnati is as good as any. Maybe we can … [Read more...] about Astros Crawfish Boil: September 5, 2024

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Katie Stratman-Imagn Images Arrighetti’s nine earned runs before the end of the first inning exceeded his total run allowance for the entire month of August. During August, five Astros runs would be an almost for-sure Astros win. Today, five runs were not enough to avoid a blowout. Oh well. At least a blowout loss feels better than a walk-off loss. For those skeptics … [Read more...] about Reds Bomb Arrighetti, Astros, 12-5