Astros Crawfish Boil: July 6, 2015

Houston Astros News

Jose Altuve passes Omar Infante on final tally to earn All-Star nod - Ultimate Astros
It’s one of the 2015 Astros’ best come-from-behind victories to date: Jose Altuve has been voted the starter at second base for the American League in the All-Star Game on July 14 in Cincinnati.

Mixed results for Astros’ Feldman in start at Hammons Field
Springfield Cardinals rally to win on Wisdom’s home run in ninth

Astros report: Qualls on verge of rehab stint - Houston Chronicle
The pinched nerve in Chad Qualls' neck seems to be resolved, and the reliever is nearing a minor league rehab assignment, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said Sunday.

Brian McTaggart Talks The Astros Trade Market " CBS Houston
CBS Houston - MLB.com's Brian McTaggart joins the Sunday Brunch with Howard Chen and Cody Stoots to talk all things Astros and the trade market, also should Jose Altuve be starting in the All Star game, listen and find out! ...

Chicago Cubs: Reliving the Dexter Fowler for Luis Valbuena trade
With the first half of the season coming to an end, we're going to relive the trade between the Cubs and Astros that involved Dexter Fowler.

Astros cognizant of young starters' workloads | astros.com
BOSTON -- As the season progresses, the Astros are going to be keeping close tabs on the workload of their starting pitchers, especially rookie right-handers Lance McCullers Jr. and Vincent Velasquez. They're both on pace to shatter their career-high marks for innings pitched. The Astros are poised to be in the playoff race into September, so they won't be in a position to shut either one down and will have to get creative. General manager Jeff Luhnow said one option could be going to a six-man rotation once rosters are expanded in September.

Around the Major Leagues

MLB All-Star Game 2015 rosters: Royals get 4 starters, Bryce Harper leads voting - SBNation.com
Bryce Harper garnered nearly 14 million votes to lead all players among the 2015 MLB All-Star Game starters announced Sunday night.

Say hey, baseball: Those Fourth of July uniforms were way too tacky - SBNation.com
Sunday morning's baseball includes tacky tributes to America, a star-spangled bat and a game-saving catch that has to been seen in order to be believed.

Carlos Gomez left gum and a note in center field for Billy Hamilton - SBNation.com
Nice guy!

The only correct rosters for the 2015 MLB All-Star Game - SBNation.com
Phew. Glad that's settled. What's for lunch?

Melissa Mayeux loves Derek Jeter, is a badass - SBNation.com
Melissa Mayeux became so many things overnight -- a global symbol for women's sports, an ambassador for European baseball -- that it's easy to forget that, deep down, she's just a teenager.