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Astros News
- Urquidy’s stellar start yesterday is a testament to the fact that Astros pitching is slowly getting healthier after a pretty rough patch (Astros.com)
- You may also have noticed that Urquidy was working at a swifter pace in yesterday’s match (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
- Blake Taylor was also activated off the IL, strengthening a bullpen much in need of strengthening (Sports Radio 610)
- McTaggart’s latest notes cover that return as well as Diaz’s new regimen and McCormick enjoying his time in The Show (Astros.com)
- Carlos Correa is helping Sabin Ceballos, a young San Jacinto College player, to achieve his MLB dreams (KHOU 11)
Around the League
- Anyone who counted the Tampa Bay Rays out after a poor start to the season hasn’t been paying attention (AP News)
- What you’ve seen from them is what you should expect from a team that is the avatar of modern baseball (Sports Illustrated)
- Team USA baseball notched its first win in its first game on the road to qualifying for Tokyo (ESPN)
- The homerun leaderboard belongs to the young bucks of the baseball world this season (MLB.com)
- Not all of the biggest trades happen at the deadline, as demonstrated by these June trades that helped shape championships (MLB.com)