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Astros News
- It’s been a long, strange trip but Opening Day is upon us and the 30-man roster is officially set (Astros.com)
- The 2020 season represents a chance for the Astros to change the narrative (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
- Here are some FAQs for the opening series against the the Mariners (Astros.com)
- Let’s have a look at the rotation now that it’s set for the start of the season (Click2Houston)
- A rotation that includes Lance McCullers Jr., who released a mini-documentary on his road back from Tommy John surgery (Youtube - LMJ 43)
- How will the Mookie Betts contract impact George Springer’s big money chances in the offseason? (The Athletic, $$$)
- Jack Mayfield has made the Opening Day roster, which should be an inspiration to all (House of Houston)
- Dusty Baker and the Astros foundation will donate 3,000 masks to people in the Houston area (Twitter - Mark Berman)
Around the League
- The MLB playoffs will be expanded this season and here’s what you need to know about it (MLB.com)
- And Fangraphs is already out with expanded postseason odds for 2020 (Fangraphs)
- These are the teams who are the most helped and hurt by the expanded postseason (538 Sports)
- Pandemic baseball is officially here, but is it really what we wanted? (Sports Illustrated)
- Will we even finish the season? (Houston Chronicle)
- Here’s the road we took to finally get to 2020 baseball (ESPN)
- Here are eight takeaways from what was a bit of an oddball Opening Night (The Ringer)
- It was also somewhat somber as teams knelt in an effort to raise awareness for racial justice (CNBC)
- Juan Soto was forced to sit for Opening Night after testing positive for COVID-19 (MLB Trade Rumors)
- Clayton Kershaw also missed the first game of 2020, but that was due to back issues forcing him on the IL (MLB Trade Rumors)