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Astros News
- Martin Perez may have escaped the Astros’ wrath in Houston last week, but he was not so lucky last night (Astros.com)
- It also helped that Framber Valdez was on point last night, which Dusty talked about after the game (Twitter - Mark Berman)
- Michael Brantley returned to the lineup last night as well, and knocked a double during his first AB back from the IL (Astros.com)
- Correa has been on an absolute tear lately, which is good considering how much he’s looking to get paid this offseason (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
Around the League
- Gerrit Cole was ambushed by a question about sticky stuff yesterday and it was not a great look for him (MLB.com)
- But it’s disingenuous at best to make Cole the face of this manufactured crisis just because of one poorly-worded answer (Twitter - Kevin Goldstein)
- Pirates rookie Ke’Bryan Hayes missed a home run by inches yesterday, but that came at first base rather than the wall (MLB.com)
- It looks like Shohei Ohtani was trying to air mail this ball to his family back in Japan last night (MLB.com)
- The Rangers have designated Khris Davis for assignment as they look to give more playing time to kids with a future on the team (MLB Trade Rumors)