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Astros Crawfish Boil: March 2nd, 2020

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By CKuno Mar 2, 2020, 8:40am CST

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The Astros’ youngsters won it on a walk off in yesterday’s Spring Training game (MLB.com)
But first it opened with the spring debut of Lance McCullers, who returned after a full season of rehabilitation from TJS (Astros.com)
Brian McTaggart opened up his mailbag to answer some questions, starting with the 5th rotation spot and the 26th man (Astros.com)
Speaking of the 5th rotation spot, the Astros aren’t opposed to looking for outside help to fill it (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
MLBTR did an examination of the where the battle for the 26th spot on the roster currently sits (MLB Trade Rumors)
Cy Sneed may play a key role for the Astros this season (Astros.com)
Bregman has been ill this weekend but it looks like he’ll return to the field tomorrow behind JV (Astros.com)
The baseball world could have been a lot different if Nick Martinez had ended up with the Astros’ managerial job in 2015 instead of Hinch (The Athletic, $$$)
In spite of all the articles about it, it’s really hard to believe that the Astros are being targeted by pitches this spring (ESPN)
Chipper Jones was asked about the sign stealing scandal and had a much more measured response to it than some others (USA Today)

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