Astros Crawfish Boil: November 24th, 2021

May all your turkeys be cooked to perfection tomorrow

By CKuno Nov 24, 2021, 8:10am CST

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Turkey Week Lowdown

A little more offseason accolades for the Astros as Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker have been named to the All-MLB second team (Astros.com)
Maybe we wouldn’t be having so much Correa drama this offseason if the Astros hadn’t made a dog’s breakfast out of the contract negotiations (Houston Chronicle)
The Astros are all in on making sure that Billy Wagner gets into the Hall of Fame (Twitter - Jose de Jesus Ortiz)
Bill Virdon, the Astros’ longest tenured manager, has passed away at the age of 90 (Houston Chronicle)
The MLBPA and MLB have agreed to move the contract tender deadline up to November 30th so that players will have a chance to sign with other teams before the current CBA runs out (MLB Trade Rumors)
Kendall Graveman is headed north on a 3 year deal with the Chi-Sox (ESPN)
The Rays and Wander Franco are in agreement on an 11-year megadeal, which is becoming all the rage for prospects these days (MLB trade Rumors)
It looks like Steven Matz is headed to St. Louis on a 4-year deal (MLB.com)
In what feels like a perennial situation, Sonny Gray is on the trade block again (MLB Trade Rumors)
These were the ugliest pitcher wins of 2021 (MLB.com)