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Astros News
- Luis Garcia is making things rather complicated for when Lance comes back from the IL (Astros.com)
- Aledmys Diaz will miss a couple of months as he recovers from a fractured hand, so how will the Astros deal with the pretty big hole this leaves in the roster? (The Athletic, $$$)
- Kyle Tucker is emerging as one of the young stars of the game and Bill Ripken highlighted that fact on MLB Network this week (Twitter - MLB Network)
- Here’s the story of the time that two Astros players took a helicopter to a game that was not rained out in the middle of a tropical storm (KHOU 11)
- This Astros program from 1966 showing a bear cub drinking from a bottle of LSD certainly was an interesting choice (Snopes.com)
Around the League
- MLB is zeroing in on some new rules concerning foreign substances to try and clean up the “crisis” that they helped create (Sports Illustrated)
- And there may be some early results with Trevor Bauer getting slapped around in his latest start while his RPM dropped by several hundred (Houston Chronicle)
- Team USA is Tokyo bound after their latest victory in the WBSC Baseball Americas Qualifier (Sporting News)
- The Giants took a blow over the weekend as Evan Longaria will head to the IL for 6 to 8 weeks following a collision with Brandon Crawford (ESPN)
- Mike Trout continues to sit on the IL convalescing from a calf injury with no timeline for his return (ESPN)
- The Blue Jays are extending their stay in Buffalo and will call the Nickel City home through at least July 31st (AP News)