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Astros News
- The Astros’ woes continued in KC last night as they dropped their 4th consecutive game and the series to the Royals (Astros.com)
- Dusty’s bullpen deployment raised some eyebrows last night, especially when it didn’t work out (Texas Sports Nation)
- Spring Training schedules have been released in case you wanted to mark your calendars for a Florida trip next year (Astros.com)
- I get that everyone hates the Astros, but how could anyone hate Zack Greinke? (538 Sports)
- Jim Crane granted an interview, talking about how he feels confident that the Astros can turn it on and go deep into October (MLB.com)
Around the League
- In what looks like an opening offer, MLB is proposing a $100M salary floor coupled with a soft $180M cap that will supposedly funnel money to smaller markets (MLB Trade Rumors)
- Tigers announcer Jack Morris will take an indefinite amount of time off after making a racist comment about Shohei Ohtani on air (NBC News)
- Speaking of Ohtani, he had a game for the ages last night, going 8 strong innings on the mound and belting his 40th home run of the season (MLB.com)
- Fernando Tatis Jr. is now a centerfielder, so what can we expect from the young superstar at that position? (FanGraphs)
- Freddie Freeman has become the first Brave to hit for the cycle twice during his career (MLB.com)
- Lance Lynn was ejected in last night’s game for hurting an umpire’s feelings after tossing his belt at him from the dugout during a substance check (MLB.com)
- Meanwhile, Caleb Smith of the Diamondbacks was tossed for actual reasons after a check, though he vociferously denies any cheating (MLB.com)