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Astros Crawfish Boil: July 28th, 2020

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By CKuno Jul 28, 2020, 10:00am CDT

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Astros News

The Astros’ bats were on full display as they beat the Mariners in yesterday’s finale by a score of 8-5 (Astros.com)
That disply included Bregman launching his 100th career home run (Astros.com)
Though yesterday’s pitching left something to be desired, Brandon Bielak had an excellent debut for his MLB career (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
But that’s a bright spot for a bullpen that has seen a lot of injuries with news coming yesterday that now Pressly and Devo are experiencing elbow soreness (MLB Trade Rumors)
Speaking of pitcher injuries, what’s the next step for the Astros after losing Justin Verlander? (Sports Illustrated)
The loss certainly puts strain on what was already a pretty thin rotation (Fangraphs)
It also opens the door for Lance McCullers to step up and sieze the Ace-1 roll for the Astros (House of Houston)
Here are five takeaways from the opening series of 2020 (The Athletic, $$$)
Fangraphs sat down to have a conversation with Astros prospect Tyler Ivey (Fangraphs)

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