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Astros Crawfish Boil: May 8th, 2020

Start your morning with some of the best Astros links around

By CKuno May 8, 2020, 10:20am CDT

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Astros News

The Astros (and I) are hoping that they can extend George Springer (MLB Trade Rumors)
Brian McTaggert recently caught up with Astros fans’ favorite 18th-inning guy Chris Burke (Astros.com)
James Click is looking to inject some sustainability back into the Astros’ farm system (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
In his latest interview Joe Smith talked about being separated from his mom during these difficult times (Astros.com)
The Astros broadcast team had a little virtual happy hour (Astros YouTube)
The latest Astros podcast features an interview with bench coach Joe Espada (ART19)
Alex Bregman surprised this third grader by zoom-bombing his online presentation (KHOU 11)

Around the League

The Athletic has you covered on which KBO team you should consider rooting for (The Athletic, $$$)
And FanGraphs is ready with stats for those who need that sweet data dose (FanGraphs)
MLB teams are expected to have a decision on the 2020 season soon (Baseball America)
The league is also floating revenue sharing with players as a fight over pay is looming (The Athletic, $$$)
How do you build a perfect pitcher? (Sports Illustrated)
Bryce Harper thinks it’s dumb for MLB to block pro players fro the Olympics (ESPN)
Here is the #1 villain for each franchise (MLB.com)