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Astros News
- It’s time to give out some half season awards for the Astros (Apollo Houston)
- Pitching will be the target at the deadline, but it might be of the starting variety rather than the relieving (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
- Players are getting healthy again as Pedro Baez and Aledmys Diaz are both out on rehab assignments (Sports Radio 610)
- They can keep booing and the Astros will just keep winning (Texas Monthly)
- A fan lawsuit brought against the Astros for sign stealing has been dismissed by an appeals court (The Athletic, $$$)
- The Astros have released Hector Valezquez, who will head down ol’ Mexico way (MLB Trade Rumors)
Around the League
- Yesterday’s opener for the second half was postponed after the Yankees had six(!) players test positive for COVID-19 (ESPN)
- We had a trade go down over the break as the Cubs dealt Joc Pederson to the Braves (MLB.com)
- Let’s pass out some midseason awards for ballplayers outside of Houston... well, them and Straw (MLB.com)
- It’s time to stop messing about and get on making more kids movies for baseball (FanGraphs)
- Chris Sale is rehabbing his way back to the Red Sox, and things looked good in his first outing (ESPN)
- It’s a free weekend for MiLB.tv starting today, so feel free to watch some Skeeters or Hooks or whatever action this weekend (Astros.com)