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Astros News
- Jake Kaplan opened up his mailbag to talk sign-stealing, roster battles, HBP’s and all sorts of Astros subjects (The Athletic, $$$)
- Speaking of Kaplan, check out his brand new Astros-related podcast, The Crawford Talks (Apple Podcasts)
- But don’t forget about the local guys as Chandler Rome talked Astros on the TSN podcast (Texas Sports Nation)
- Ken Giles gave an interview where he offered to return his ring but also had some words of sympathy for Astros players (The Star)
- Josh James just might be the fifth starter this team needs (House of Houston)
- Check out the latest prospect report from Spring Training for the Astros (Astros.com)
- And here’s a Q&A session with prospect Jeremy Pena by Jonathan Mayo (Astros.com)
- Here are five minor league players you may want to keep an eye on this season (Astros County)
Around the League
- Keith Law released his farm system rankings for MLB, and it’s not pretty for the Astros (The Athletic, $$$)
- MLB has a plan to crack down on cheating now that it’s in a position where it can’t really ignore it (Sports Illustrated)
- Jeff Passan addressed that as well as his flippant words on cheating in 2018 in his latest 20 questions article (ESPN)
- Chipper Jones will join ESPN as an on-air game analyst in 2020 (AP News)
- Here are 10 overreactions from Spring Training (MLB.com)
- After barring fans from Spring Training games, Opening Day may be in jeopardy for Japanese baseball (The Portland Press Herald)