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Astros News
- The Astros continue to struggle with pulling away from the division, which is becoming more urgent as we sit 50 games away from playoff baseball (Apollo Houston)
- The Kendell Graveman trade has been paying dividends for the Astros so far (MLB Video)
- The Skeeters made a move yesterday to promote IF Sean Mendoza, almost as if they’ll be down a third baseman soon... (Twitter - Mark Berman)
- Some of the Astros coaches took time during yesterday’s off day to provide hitting lessons for some local kids (Twitter - Mark Berman)
Around the League
- The Field of Dreams game is right around the corner and MLB really wants you to be excited as they try to recapture the hype of a 30 year old movie (MLB.com)
- So it turns out that the fan at the Rockies game allegedly yelling a racial slur was actually calling out “Dinger” to the mascot (Sports Illustrated)
- Max Muncy was just a JAG until the Dodgers got ahold of him, and now he’s a perennial All Star (538 Sports)
- Musgrove came out and shoved last night, and I’m really glad that he’s making a name for himself in his home town (MLB.com)
- Giancarlo Stanton matched his record for hardest-hit ball yesterday, scorching it firmly into the second baseman’s glove for a double play (MLB.com)