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Astros News
- The Astros made it interesting in the 9th but ultimately fell to the Cardinals in yesterday’s 6-3 loss (Astros.com)
- It didn’t help early in the game when Kolten Wong made one of the best defensive plays of the spring so far (MLB.com)
- Verlander gave up a couple of runs, but he brought the heat and showed that his groin issues don’t seem to be lingering (Astros.com)
- Jose Urquidy looked sharp in yesterday’s game as well, tossing 3 innings of scoreless ball (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
- Unfortunately there were a couple of scratches yesterday with Alvarez battling knee soreness and Altuve on his sickbed (Astros.com)
- David Schoenfield did a deep dive into Games 4 and 5 of the 2017 World Series and the results were cloudy (ESPN)
- The irony of Alex Rodriguez giving morality lessons to anyone is overwhelming (Bleacher Report)
- Stripping the 2017 World Series Title isn’t as black and white as fans of other teams would like it to be (Beyond the Box Score)
- Speaking of, Dallas Keuchel took his new teammates out for a $25k dinner where he noted that his 2017 ring means everything to him (USA Today)
Around the League
- The Brewers and Christian Yelich are nearing a possible mega-extension for the slugger (MLB Trade Rumors)
- Boston is holding its breath as Chris Sale awaits the results of an MRI for elbow soreness (AP News)
- Andrew Miller has lost his feel for his pitches and no one quite knows why (ESPN)
- David Price made his Dodgers debut yesterday and promptly allowed two runs on three hits in 1 1/3 innings (AP News)
- It’s a little interesting how Trevor Bauer saw a sudden increase in spin rate last September (FanGraphs)
- It looks like the Yankees will have to replace both Judge and Stanton to start 2020, so who will be the next man up? (Sports Illustrated)
- Harvard’s baseball team committed at least three errors on the same play and no one has thought to put a Yakkety Sax soundtrack to it (NESN)