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Astros Crawfish Boil: March 11th, 2022

And God said, “Let there be baseball.”

By CKuno Mar 11, 2022, 8:20am CST

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(The Last) Lockout Lambada

A new CBA has been agreed upon and there will be a full season of baseball in 2022 in spite of all the false deadlines (MLB Trade Rumors)
And here’s a quick primer on how the 2022 season will play out now that we will be having one (MLB.com)
Teams may need to expand active rosters early in the season thanks to how close this deal came to the deadline (MLB Trade Rumors)
People are happy to get back to baseball, but the real test for how good this deal is will come in 2026 (AP News)
It also feels like a good time to look at all the top free agents still left on the market (MLB.com)
2023’s schedule will be rather different as division games will be reduced and each team will play every other team in the league (Sports Radio 610)
Here are the big questions that the Astros face as we gear up for some regular season baseball (Astros.com)
And here is a reminder of where they stood just before the lockout began (Astros.com)
But the biggest question for Astros fans now is probably going to be about the future of one Carlos Correa (The Athletic, $$$)