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Astros Crawfish Boil: April 3rd, 2020

Start your morning with some of the best Astros links around

By CKuno Apr 3, 2020, 9:00am CDT

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Astros News

In the second part of his interview with the 755 is Real podcast, Evan Gattis opened up about the cheating scandal and his feelings on it (The Athletic, $$$)
Greinke’s eephus curve qualifies as one of the nastiest unique pitches in baseball (MLB.com)
The Astros’ 2012 draft was one that signaled the dawn of a new era for the franchise (The Athletic, $$$)
Lance McCullers Jr looks to be the ace of the future for the Astros (Astros.com)
Dusty Baker and AJ Hinch are two sides of the same coin in both baseball and self-isolation (ESPN)
Chandler Rome opened up his latest mailbag to answer questions about which veterans the Astros might keep and which prospects to watch (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
Dusty Baker and Zac Efron have a heartwarming past (NBC Sports)
There’s a chance that Paul Goldschmidt and not Zack Greinke would have been an Astro if the team had been willing to deal Corbin Martin earlier (MLB Trade Rumors)

Around the League

Will 2020 be the season that MLB un-juices the balls? (Bleacher Report)
College baseball is about to be inundated with extra players (Sports Illustrated)
Why in the world did the White Sox ever trade Fernando Tatis Jr.? (MLB Trade Rumors)
Gerrit Cole is putting his newly acquired wealth to good use and donating to NYC COVID-19 relief (MLB.com)