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Astros Crawfish Boil: April 19th, 2021

So this weekend was not the best, but at least 40 degree snow games in Colorado might be better?

By CKuno Apr 19, 2021, 9:45am CDT

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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, $$$)
Still, Click remains optimistic that the Astros will hit the 85% vaccinated threshold, which will allow restrictions to loosen somewhat (Astros.com)
Another important step is the players who are on the COVID-IL have been cleared to work out again (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)

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