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Astros Crawfish Boil: May 7th, 2020

Start your morning with some of the best Astros links around

By CKuno May 7, 2020, 9:35am CDT

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Astros News

Here are the Astros’ all-time top five international signings (Astros.com)
And here are the top five RBI leaders for the franchise (House of Houston)
Chandler Rome profiled James Click as he learns on the job at his new GM position (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
Is Justin Verlander at the beginning of a decline? (CBS Sports)
Alex Bregman gave a pretty cool tour of his house to MLB Network (Houston Sportsmap)

Around the League

Word on the street is that MLB will give an official return-to-play proposal to players by next week (ESPN)
But there can’t be a firm plan in place until MLB knows what they’re dealing with in each individual state (The Athletic, $$$)
So maybe MLB should work to plug the leaks until there is some clarity (Sporting News)
Collin McHugh sat down with a Red Sox podcast to discuss the plan to return and how his throwing program is going (MassLive)
Baseball is back in Korea, so what lessons can MLB take away from its return? (538 Sports)
Meanwhile, Taiwan baseball is gearing up to allow fans back into ballparks (AP News)
How are the peanut and hot dog industries holding up without baseball? (Sports Illustrated)