Astros Crawfish Boil

Astros Crawfish Boil: June 22nd

Start your morning with some of the best Astros links around

By CKuno Jun 22, 2020, 10:00am CDT

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Astros News

An Astros player working out at their minor league facility has tested positive for COVID-19 (Astros.com)
The Astros have officially signed all of their draft picks and picked up an additional 6 non-drafted players (Astros.com)
That includes Cody Orr, who is a rather intriguing prospect due to his versatility (Texas Sports Nation)
The team has also exceeded their draft pool and will have to pay a 75% tax on the overage (Twitter - Brian McTaggart)
Alex Bregman continues doing good deeds and landed a $2 million donation for the Houston food bank (Houston Chronicle)

Around the League

Manfred has informed the players association that MLB will not budge from its 60-game offer (Texas Sports Nation)
He also told Tony Clark that reports of new coronavirus infections makes the 70-game mark impossible (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
To be fair, there has been a bit of a spike with 40 MLB players and staff testing positive (MLB Trade Rumors)
In fact, MLB spring training camps have announced that they will close amidst all the new cases (ABC 13)
But no matter how you slice it, the negotiations between the players and the owners has really turned into a “pox upon both their houses” situation (Sports Illustrated)
The A’s have entered into negotiations to officially purchase the Coliseum (MLB Trade Rumors)
With a larger than average pool of undrafted talent, here are the top players picked up in 2020 (MLB.com)