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Astros Crawfish Boil: May 18th, 2020

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By CKuno May 18, 2020, 10:05am CDT

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Astros News

Check out the story of that time that Bob Watson raced for a million tootsie rolls (the Athletic, $$$)
Art Howe has been released from the hospital after his bout with COVID-19 (Astros.com)
The Astros set a precedent with the Jon Singleton extension, but it didn’t produce the dividends the team was hoping for (MLB Trade Rumors)
Extending George Springer is a critical move for the long term health of the team (House of Houston)
In an unsurprising twist, Myles Straw is the Astros’ representative when it comes to fastest players in the AL West (MLB.com)
Correa has come down on the side of players taking a pay cut when it comes to the 2020 season (MSN.com)
As far as Lance McCullers is concerned, the end goal is to have a season at some point (Sports Radio 610)

Around the League

Manfred has announced his plan for testing if the 2020 season gets underway (FanGraphs)
A-Rod came off sounding more like an owner when he urged MLB players to take a pay cut for the sake of 2020 (Sporting News)
But, to be fair, MLB is staring at a $4 billion revenue loss thanks to the ongoing pandemic (MLB Trade Rumors)
At the end of the day, reopening MLB is going to take more than just money and testing (The Ringer)
Here is each team’s greatest individual season performance from the past 20 years (Bleacher Report)
It looks as though the 2020 MLB draft will be held remotely on June 10th - 11th (Astros.com)
Here is the story of the one day in 1941 that changed so much for baseball (MLB.com)