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Astros News
- The Astros picked up another series win last night after an encouraging start from Odorizzi, who ended the night with 5 solid innings after a wobbly 1st (Astros.com)
- Bregman slapped a 2-run homer right into the glove of an Astros fan sitting on the green monster and promised to send him some salsa after the game (Twitter - Mark Berman)
- Lance McCullers Jr. is chomping at the bit to get back on the mound, which is good because he’s all set for a rehab assignment (Astros.com)
- When we look at trends in the AL West, the Astros’ bullpen has been a particularly big wart so far this year (Astros.com)
- Jose Cruz Jr., son of former Astro Jose Cruz Sr., will be the new head coach at Rice University (Twitter - Mark Berman)
- If you haven’t been vaccinated yet now might be a good time as you can get yourself a couple of free Astros tickets in the process (ABC 13)
Around the League
- The crackdown on pitchers is coming, and it looks like MLB is getting pretty serious about it (MLB Trade Rumors)
- But it sounds like players consider the bigger problem to be MLB manipulating the balls themselves to drive down salary costs (Sports Illustrated)
- NCAA Super Regionals are going on as we get ready for some Omaha baseball, and here’s how you can watch (Sporting News)
- Meanwhile, the Women’s College World Series is currently underway, and there will be a winner-take-all Game 3 tonight (MLB.com)
- Modern baseball has expansive roots, some of which reach all the way to Canada (FanGraphs)
- Luke Williams is living big time baseball dreams this week after helping Team USA qualify for the Olympics and hitting his first MLB homer, which was also a walk off (MLB.com)