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Astros Crawfish Boil: November 13th, 2020

MLB Trade Rumors released their offseason outlook for the Astros but forgot to note that I’m probably going to be sad about some of the changes.

By CKuno Nov 13, 2020, 8:50am CST

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Astros News

Here is the offseason outlook for the Astros, which kind of made me sad while reading (MLB Trade Rumors)
Especially with questions beginning to swirl about the Astros’ championship window closing (The Ringer)
And with the market for George Springer beginning to heat up across the league (FanGraphs)
Rumors of the Astros targeting Jackie Bradley Jr. don’t exactly boost my confidence in Springer re-signing (Radio.com)
Speaking of George, check out this podcast where Red Sox hitting coach Peter Fatse discusses what he saw in the young slugger at UConn (Twitter - Rob Bradford)
According to Logan Morrison, MLB players aren’t mad that the Astros cheated, they’re mad that they talked about it to MLB investigators when they really didn’t have to (CBS Sports)

Around the League

After starting the baseball season with a positive COVID diagnosis, Freddie Freeman has won the NL MVP (MLB.com)
On the AL side of things, an emotional Jose Abreu took home the hardware for 2020 (MLB.com)
Maybe these extra awards should be on the slate for future offseason recognition (MLB.com)
Should pitchers even be included in MVP voting? (Sports Illustrated)
Braves’ Assistant GM Perry Minasian will be the Angels’ new GM (MLB Trade Rumors)
The White Sox are just trying to ride out a bumpy start to Tony La Russa’s second managerial tenure with them (ESPN)
MLB has proposed eliminating clubhouse dues and changing clubbie’s responsibilities in 2021 (Baseball America, $$$)