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Astros News
- Here’s a review of the Astros’ draft activity on Day 2, including a quick profile of top Houston pick OF Tyler Whitaker (Astros.com)
- And here’s a more in-depth look at the Astros’ first new prospect in 2021 (Houston Chronicle)
- To the surprise of no one, it looks like baseball media is hyping up the Astros being absent from the ASG more than the players, who don’t seem to really care (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
- Josh James had a nice little scoreless outing across 2 innings in Sugar Land last night (Twitter - Mark Berman)
- Oh, and something I definitely missed the other day, that game on Sunday with the Altuve walk-off also featured the first MLB win for Ralph Garza Jr. (Twitter - Mark Berman)
- It was 35 years ago that the second-ever MLB home run derby was held in the Astrodome and featured a Darryl Strawberry dinger that hit off the speakers (Houston Chronicle)
Around the League
- Pete Alonso’s tyranny over the Home Run derby continued for a second straight year (The Ringer)
- But Shohei Ohtani and Juan Soto’s home run duel was probably the most epic of the evening (MLB.com)
- That one featured the longest homer ever measured during the derby thanks to Juan Soto destroying a ball for 520 feet (MLB.com)
- Speaking of Ohtani, Stephen A. Smith decided that he shouldn’t be the face of baseball because he needs an interpreter and, hoo boy, what an idiot (Spoting News)
- This fan almost sacrificed it all to catch a Matt Olson homer, which I don’t particularly consider a fair trade (MLB.com)
- Here is a rundown of all the All Stars currently stuck playing on terrible teams (538 Sports)