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Astros News
- It was a tight one last night but rookie pitcher Cristian Javier won a pitchers duel against the Rangers in one of the best starts of his young career (Astros.com)
- After the game Dusty Baker took some time to remember the great Tom Seaver (Twitter - Mark Berman)
- Jose Urquidy may be on his way back to the Astros rotation sooner rather than later (Astros.com)
- Jake Kaplan opened up his mailbag to talk about the Astros’ quiet trade deadline and their upcoming free agent departures (The Athletic, $$$)
- The Fernando Rodney era has come to a close in Houston (MLB Trade Rumors)
Around the League
- Legendary Mets pitcher Tom Seaver has passed away at the age of 75 (MLB.com)
- And baseball grieves (MLB.com)
- The Brewers’ Josh Hader has set an MLB record with 12 consecutive hitless relief appearances (MLB.com)
- MLB’s history of bucking tradition looms large among all the rules changes we’re seeing this season (ESPN)
- Should the league ban the shift in order to raise batting averages? (CBS Sports)
- Let’s have a look at how the NL & AL West stack up in the eyes of Rangers broadcaster Dave Raymond (FanGraphs)