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Young Arms Near Majors Vs. Young Arms In Minors
With minor league placements and pitching roles being decided for the organization's arms in the coming days, let's take a brief look back at how the righthanded candidates for organizational rotation spots pitched during the 2012 minor league season
Xavier Cedeno's New Pitching Strategy
The interesting case of Astros reliever Xavier Cedeno, Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim minor league pitcher Michael Roth and the possibility of improving Dallas Keuchel's strikeout rate.
Podcast: Talking Lancaster With Pitcher Aaron West
Impressions from the Astros first week of baseball and the historic strikeout pace the Astros are on. Interview Aaron West and discuss the tandem pitching being implemented in the Astros farm system.
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Young Arms Near Majors Vs. Young Arms In Minors
With minor league placements and pitching roles being decided for the organization's arms in the coming days, let's take a brief look back at how the righthanded candidates for organizational rotation spots pitched during the 2012 minor league season
Xavier Cedeno's New Pitching Strategy
The interesting case of Astros reliever Xavier Cedeno, Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim minor league pitcher Michael Roth and the possibility of improving Dallas Keuchel's strikeout rate.
Occam's Razor, Predicting ERA, and the Astros
Explaining Glenn DuPaul's pFIP and how it relates to the 2013 Houston Astros in the simplest terms available.
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Breaking Down Lefty Astros Propsects
a statistical review of how 2012’s minor league lefthanded pitchers performed against lefthanded batters
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Analyzing The Luhnow Trades
A look at what Jeff Luhnow has accomplished in his dealings since taking over as general manager of the Houston Astros.
Sabermetrics: Astros pitching BABIP
What should we expect from Astros pitchers in the future?
Talking Sabermetrics--starting pitcher control.
Can the Astros reduce the injury risk for their rotation by favoring control pitchers?
Game Score: The Stat Sweeping The Pitching World
Presenting TCB's Astros Minor League Game Score Database. Just about every Minor League start in Game Score form.
Advanced Stats and 4A Minor Leaguers
Looking at the International League and Mexican League Hitters
Talking Sabermetrics
As we enter the season's last week, let's look at batting measures, and the Cubs vs. Astros.
Talking sabermetrics, and looking ahead to the AL.
The Astros move to the AL will have implications for construction of the team next year. A key question is how much of the AL's advantage is due to the DH and how much is due to better talent . Can sabermetrics help us with this question?
Talking Sabermetrics: Astros Pitchers and Defense
The advanced stats suggest that the Astros' weak defense was a major part of the Astros' pitching problems.
Talking Sabermetrics: More On Pitchers and Runners On Base
Sabermetric topic takes a closer look at Astros' starters Norris, Lyles, and Harrell.
Talking Sabermetrics: Fangraphs' New Fielding Dependent Pitching Stats
New family of fielding dependent pitch stats helps us analyze Astros' starters.
Pre-Spring Training Has Begun For The Houston Astros, Call-up Four Players
Looking at the four most recent call-ups by the Houston Astros. What it means for the team overall and what they provide the Major League ball club.
Which WAR Works Best? (Pitching Version)
Comparing pitching WAR between baseball-reference.com and fangraphs.com.
