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Astros News
- Altuve returned to the lineup ready to swing the hot bat last night with 3 hits and player of the game honors as he led the Astros to victory (Astros.com)
- Yesterday also saw Dusty Baker claim the record for 13th most wins as a manager (Twitter - Houston Astros)
- Before the game there was a little housekeeping as Abraham Toro was optioned to the alternate site and Pedro Baez was placed on the 60-day IL (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
- Jake Odorizzi has gone on the 10-day IL in what he described as the best-case scenario after leaving his last start with forearm stiffness (Astros.com)
- Yuli Gurriel seems to have really put it all together to start the season and is now riding a 6-game RBI streak (Astros.com)
- Here’s a great clip of Brad Ausmus talking about Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio and his friendship with them (Twitter - Jose de Jesus Ortiz)
Around the League
- The Rockies have finished putting on their clown makeup thanks to GM Jeff Bridich stepping down after he orchestrated a very steep decline for the team (AP News)
- Here’s the story of how Corbin Burnes went from complete disaster to Ace for the Brewers (538 Sports)
- The Yankees had another bad game yesterday, this one centered on a baserunning blunder by Aaron Judge and a denied review (Inside the Pinstripes)
- Speaking of Judge, apparently there was the briefest of flirtations with the idea of trading him to the Angels in the offseason (Sporting News)
- The Padres are pushing back on the idea that Tatis Jr. peeked at signs the other night (MLB.com)
- Turns out this Shohei Ohtani kid is pretty good (MLB.com)