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Astros News
- The Astros are at a critical point for the team and will need to choose wisely for Manager and GM (Houston Press)
- Nolan Ryan spoke briefly about his association with the Astros, but mostly to say that there isn’t one (Click2Houston)
- Ken Griffey Jr. weighed in on the cheating scandal and how it relates to the integrity of the game (USA Today)
- Verlander’s silence on the scandal is causing some rancor after setting himself up as a stalwart against cheating while with Detroit (Beyond the Box Score)
- Another California politician is trying to score brownie points by introducing a resolution to have the Astros’ 2017 title stripped (Santa Monica Daily Press)
- Clayton Kershaw feels like the Astros need to show remorse but, at the same time, is also ready to move on (MLB.com)
- Alex Bregman is engaged after proposing to girlfriend Reagan Howard in Aspen, CO this past week (Houston Chronicle)
Around the League
- The Reds continued their torrid offseason with another big signing, this time landing Nick Castellanos with a 4-year, $64 million deal (MLB Trade Rumors)
- The Diamondbacks also continue to improve, this time with a trade for Starling Marte (AP News)
- The Cubs made their first move of the offseason, picking up Steven Souza (FanGraphs)
- People are becoming increasingly certain that we will see the DH in the NL sometime in the next few years (Sports Radio 610)
- We could see umps mic’d up this season in a similar fashion to NFL referees (ESPN)
- Dustin Pedroia’s injury-plagued career demonstrates one of the perils of pricey long-term contracts in baseball (Sports Illustrated)
- Ryan Braun has announced that 2020 may be the final season of his career (ESPN)
- ESPN is considering moving on from Jessica Mendoza as an announcer for Sunday Night Baseball (NBC News)