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Astros Crawfish Boil: April 22nd, 2020

Start your morning with some of the best Astros links around

By CKuno Apr 22, 2020, 9:30am CDT

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Astros News

Here are how the top five Astros shortstops shape up according to Brian McTaggart (Astros.com)
These milestones may be pushed a little further out of reach for Astros players if we don’t have a 2020 season (Texas Sports Nation)
Here are the ways that Carlos Correa is helping with relief efforts for COVID-19 (House of Houston)
CBS Sports took a crack at putting together an all-time Houston team (CBS Sports)
Here’s what a full 2020 could of looked like if all the Astros batters from 2017 had been banned (YouTube)
The Round Rock Express have begun a weekly talk show series called “Sidetracked” (Round Rock Express)
The Astros have agreed to pay a full-time employees through May (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
Alex Bregman has raised his goal to raising $2 million to help feed Houstonians (Click2Houston)

Around the League

It appears as though MiLB may be gearing up to accept a cut to 120 affiliates (AP News)
Fans are suing MLB and teams over ticket money as the coronavirus shutdown continues (AP News)
MLB is discussing adding Texas to Arizona and Florida as a third neutral site for playing games (Bleacher Report)
Do the Dodgers have the most to lose if the 2020 season ultimately isn’t played? (Sports Illustrated)
Have they already lost the Mookie Betts trade? (MLB Trade Rumors)
A-Rod and J-Lo have retained a bank and are moving closer to making a bid on the Mets (ESPN)
The Tigers and Rockies are going beyond most other teams in their commitment to paying other teams (The Athletic, $$$)
Apparently the A’s had an offer on the table for Michael Jordan (MLB.com)