Astros Crawfish Boil

Astros Crawfish Boil: September 15th, 2018

Start your morning with the top headlines in baseball.

By Jeremy_Brener@JeremyBrener Sep 15, 2018, 8:00am CDT

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MLB: Houston Astros at Detroit Tigers

Astros News

Who is every club’s September hero? (Astros.com)

Bregman’s deep desire to improve paying off (Astros.com)

The number that defines each AL West team (Astros.com)

Alvarez boosted stock with strong season (Astros.com)

Around the League

Matt Kemp is home again in LA (ESPN)

Rosenthal: With key issues to resolve, the Orioles are in a state of confusion (The Athletic)

‘It was hard to measure anything other than dreams’: The inside story of how the Mets first scouted a little-known college shortstop named Jacob deGrom (The Athletic)

Judge coming off DL, but won’t be used as hitter (MLB.com)