Astros Crawfish Boil

Astros Crawfish Boil: October 4th, 2022

Congratulations to the Phillies and all that, but can we just start the playoffs already?

By CKuno Oct 4, 2022, 8:50am CDT

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Philadelphia Phillies v Houston Astros

Astros News

LMJ was spot on last night, but Aaron Nola was better and the Phillies were hungry for October (Astros.com)
Highlights here (MLB Video)
The Astros have made a couple of international signings for their Dominican league system (FanNation)
Houston has a Cuban connection when it comes to baseball, and a big part of that is Yuli Gurriel (Yahoo! Sports)
Let’s get in the way-back machine to see what the last day in the Astrodome was like (Houston Chronicle)

Around the League

With the Phillies clinching last night, we have our playoff entrants all set (MLB.com)
The Blue Jays will be the top WC team this weekend after clinching last night (MLB.com)
Pujols’ magical final season tour continues as he mashed homer number 703 last night (MLB.com)
The Mariners are getting healthy at the right time with Julio Rodriguez returning to the lineup this week (MLB Trade Rumors)
Tony La Russa has announced that he will not be int he White Sox’s dugout next season as he due to health issues (MLB Trade Rumors)
He’s just one rider on the manager carousel that looks to be on this way this winter (The Athletic, $$$)