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Astros News
- Teams with losing records remain a problem for the Astros as they dropped the opening game and season series against the Royals last night (Astros.com)
- It’s just so perplexing that a team of this caliber can’t get itself together against the weakest teams in the league (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
- Their record against the AL Central alone defies logic (Twitter - Brian McTaggart)
- Phil Maton had a bad day at the office yesterday, but there is some intrigue surrounding the young righty (FanGraphs)
Around the League
- The Mariners did their thing against the A’s last night, storming back in the 9th to take a W and keep the Astros 3.5 games ahead of Oakland (MLB.com)
- So who’s next to join Miggy in the 500 homer club? (MLB.com)
- The Angels are going to need to do more than just trade for and draft hurlers if they really want to improve their pitching staff (MLB Trade Rumors)
- They may also be heading for hot water as the investigation into Tyler Skaggs’ death has uncovered some disturbing allegations (ESPN)
- The languishing Padres have fired pitching coach Larry Rothschild after a season of ineptitude from 3/5 of the rotation (MLB Trade Rumors)