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Astros Crawfish Boil: February 2nd, 2019

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League Championship Series - Los Angeles Dodgers v Milwaukee Brewers - Game Two
More Miley for your weekend
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Astros News

It’s wave two of the Astros-Miley linkfest as he was officially introduced by the team yesterday (MLB Video)
So let’s take a look at ten thoughts on the rotation now that he’s on the roster (The Athletic, $$$)
Either way he looks to be a comfortable fit for the Astros (Texas Sports Nation)
Which makes sense considering that he profiles as a poor man’s Dallas Keuchel (FanGraphs)
The signing also has implications for DK’s market by raising the question of whether or not he could still re-sign with Houston (House of Houston)
But at the very least the Miley signing means a reuniting of him with Will Harris (Baltimore Sun)

Around the League

Does Bryce Harper make more sense for a team looking to compete in a few years or for a current contender? (Sports Illustrated)
The Nationals have won the first arbitration case of the offseason, defeating Michael Taylor’s requested $3.5 million (ESPN)
We’ll be getting some looks at Jason Hammel and Matt Davidson as they join the Rangers for 2019 (MLB.com)
And it looks like they’ll be giving Davidson a shot at the mound as a two-way player (Yahoo Sports)
After the worst showing at their annual fan’s day since moving to Target field, it seems that the Twins faithful may be running out of patience (MinnPost)
The A’s have unveiled a throwback “wild elephant” cap, and I like it (CUT4)
Jose Canseco has some, uh, interesting ideas on aliens and time travel (AV News)