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Astros News
- It was another poor showing by the Astros yesterday, though there were some signs of leadership from Odorizzi in the loss to the Mariners (Astros.com)
- Odorizzi also reached the 1,000th strikeout in his career yesterday, so that was pretty cool (Astros.com)
- Another cool moment was Peter Solomon’s MLB debut, and he looked pretty solid during his one scoreless frame (Twitter - MLB Pipeline)
- Lance McCullers Jr. is still having health issues after his COVID vaccine, which has put his scheduled start in Colorado in jeopardy (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
- Still, Click remains optimistic that the Astros will hit the 85% vaccinated threshold, which will allow restrictions to loosen somewhat (Astros.com)
- Another important step is the players who are on the COVID-IL have been cleared to work out again (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
Around the League
- The Twins-A’s game for today has been postponed, which makes me wonder just why the Astros were forced to play while the Twins have been getting days off (MLB Trade Rumors)
- A number of big names are on the IL across the league, and here are updates on all of them (MLB.com)
- Shane Bieber has made history with four straight 10+ strikeout games since the season started (ESPN)
- Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks also made history this weekend, but not the good kind (Sporting News)
- Jay Bruce is officially hanging up his spikes after a pretty atrocious start to the 2021 season (MLB Trade Rumors)