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Astros Crawfish Boil: January 3rd, 2022

My New Year’s resolution is to buy a Houston Astros 2022 World Series Champs sweatshirt

By CKuno Jan 3, 2022, 8:45am CST

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The Astros are getting some new Front Office personnel from the Dodgers, with a chance to poach another from the Angels (Twitter - Jeremy Booth)
These are the New Year’s resolutions that each team should be making as they prep for 2022 (The Athletic, $$$)
Tal’s Hill may have been a cool quirk in MMP, but it was hardly the only one in the league (MLB.com)
So who had a better career, Bobby Abreu or Ichiro Suzuki? (FanGraphs)
If one goes by BB/KK ratio, these fringe players might be more than they seem at first blush (MLB Trade Rumors)
Sometimes big free agent deals work out and other times they flop, so let’s have a look at the best examples of both in the last 10 years (ESPN+, $$$)
The latest batch of Hall of Fame candidates have played for many teams, inclusing some that you may have forgotten (MLB.com)
Here are the top 200 starting pitchers in the league as we head into next season (RotoGraphs)
2022 will be a critical year for the future of the sport, and it’s not just because of the new CBA (CBS Sports)