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Astros News
- The Astros have signed Jose Siri to a minor league deal with an invite to Major League Spring Training (MLB Trade Rumors)
- Meanwhile, there is some indication that the team is also zeroing in on a reunion with Jason Castro at the catcher position (Call to the Pen)
- Let’s take a look back at the Teoscar Hernandez trade that landed the former Astros prospect in Toronto (MLB Trade Rumors)
- Here’s the story of how the Astros’ farm system has influenced both Julio and Rodney Linares, and how the latter is taking that education to the Rays’ system (Our Esquina)
- This North Houston family lost everything in a house fire, except for an Alex Bregman painting that miraculously survived (ABC 13)
Around the League
- Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro has passed away at the age of 81 (MLB.com)
- And here’s the story of the man’s famous knuckleball (Sports Illustrated)
- The Padres have landed Blake Snell in a blockbuster trade with the Rays (MLB.com)
- Meanwhile, the Nats have pulled off a trade of their own with Josh Bell leaving Pittsburgh for DC (ESPN)
- Jose Urena has signed a one-year deal with the Tigers (ESPN)