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Astros Crawfish Boil: May 13th, 2020

Start your morning with some of the best Astros links around

By CKuno May 13, 2020, 9:35am CDT

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Astros News

Julia Morales sat with Brent Strom for a remote interview and you can check it out here (AT&T Instagram)
According to projected lineups, the Astros are the proud owner of he most expensive 26-man roster in 2020 (Spotrac)
Randall Cobb, one of the newest Houston Texans, donated $10,000 to Alex Bregman’s FEEDHOU initiative (Bleacher Report)
The Astrodome’s old scoreboard was iconic, making it that much more impressive when it was used by former GM Spec Richardson to rip on some poor umpiring (The Athletic, $$$)
Former Astro Preston Tucker was featured on an SNL joke over the weekend thanks to his current position in the KBO (Twitter - joon lee)

Around the League

Here’s why the fight over player compensation could get really ugly (ESPN)
But even so, MLB players shouldn’t accept a cut to appease a bunch of billionaires (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
Could MLB force them to though? (Yahoo Sports)
And with all that brewing, is an 82-game season even worth all the bad blood? (MassLive)
The Arizona Governor says his state is ready for no-fan pro sports on May 16th should MLB need it (ESPN)
Under the current proposal the NL would see the use of a designated hitter (Sports Radio 610)
Here are the 10 weirdest stat lines of the 2010’s for MLB (MLB.com)
Let’s remember the worst baseball card ever created (Sporting News)