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Astros Crawfish Boil: August 10th, 2020

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By CKuno Aug 10, 2020, 8:55am CDT

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Astros News

The Astros will need to regroup and get back on track after a disastrous road trip that ended with a five-game skid (Astros.com)
But the highlight was definitely the benches clearing brawl from Sunday’s finale against the A’s (Astros.com)
Both teams will need to brace for fines and suspensions as MLB gets ready to doll out punishment (The Athletic, $$$)
Some good news though as it looks like George Springer is getting closer to returning (Astros.com)
Yordan Alvarez is also making progress down in Corpus Christi (Sports Radio 690)
The Astros addressed the Osuna injury by placing him on the 45-day IL and trading for Brooks Raley (Sports Radio 690)
Michael Brantley reached in important milestone and now has 10 years of MLB service time (Texas Sports Nation)

Around the League

Another Cardinal has tested positive for COVID-19 (MLB Trade Rumors)
Which has led to the postponement of yet another Cardinals series this week (MLB.com)
The Indians sent Zach Plesac home after he violated health protocols in Chicago (MLB Trade Rumors)
An ex-Angels employee is being charged in the overdose death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs (Houston Chronicle)
The NL has three pretty surprising division leaders as of this morning (Sports Illustrated)
These bad teams may be masquerading as good teams in this shortened season (538 Sports)
A’s players and coaches are standing firmly behind a coach who made a Nazi salute at the end of a game last week (AP News)
The Rays-Yankees rivalry got a little more bitter after the Yankees got their feelings hurt by some chirping from Tampa’s bench (MLB.com)