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Astros Crawfish Boil: March 12th, 2020

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By CKuno Mar 12, 2020, 8:50am CDT

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Astros News

In a disturbingly familiar score, the Astros dropped yesterday’s match to the Nationals with a final of 6-2 (MLB.com)
McCullers was grinding in the first few innings, but he’s on track to be stretched out and seems penciled for the #2 spot in the rotation (Astros.com)
Yesterday’s game also saw Kyle Tucker spending some time at first base (Astros.com)
This season will be the answer to a number of questions about the Astros (Sports Illustrated)
The City of Houston and Harris County have declared an emergency over concerns about the Coronavirus (ABC 13)
But the Astros have yet to adjust their March schedule at Minute Maid Park (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)

Around the League

Baseball is just beginning to come to grips with what COVID-19 means for the upcoming season (The Athletic, unlocked)
Meanwhile the NBA has taken the extraordinary step of suspending its season (MLB Trade Rumors)
The Mariners have made it official that they won’t be playing any games at home this March (ESPN)
With California recommending no gatherings of more than 250 people, the openers for the A’s, Angels, Dodgers, and Padres are all in doubt now as well (ESPN)
And Ivy League schools were stunned to have their season shutdown suddenly (Baseball America)
It seems as though baseball may well become a panopticon over this whole situation (The Hardball Times)
Since MLB might be spending more time there than previously thought, check out the history of how the Cactus League came to be (MLB.com)
SI took a crack at predicting the 2020 season, but I think they got the ALCS wrong (Sports Illustrated)
Pete Alonso got himself a tidy little raise thanks to his rookie season performance (MLB.com)
Javi Baez recently sat down to talk about his journey to MLB and what it meant for him (La Vida Baseball)