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Astros Crawfish Boil: April 6th, 2022

One more sleep ‘til baseball

By CKuno Apr 6, 2022, 8:30am CDT

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Astros News

Big news from yesterday as the Astros announced a two year extension with All Star Closer Ryan Pressly (Astros.com)
Alex Bregman released a hype video for 2022 and it’s worth two minutes of your time today (Youtube - Alex Bregman)
Shortstop and Center Field will be the two spots to watch for the Astros as the season unfolds (The Athletic, $$$)
Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker are ready to seize the spotlight this year (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
Will the Astros be able to fend off the upstart Mariners and Angels in 2022? (538 Sports)
Pedro Leon leads Baseball America’s prospect report after a 3-for-5 night in Sacramento (Baseball America)
And you can see him smack a 2-RBI double off the wall last night right here (Twitter - MLB Pipeline)

Around the League

Here are the teams you shouldn’t sleep on this season (MLB.com)
For some players, this year represents the chance to finally hit these big time milestones (MLB.com)
MLB will allow pitchers and catcher to use a new electronic conveyance system to help limit vulnerability to sign stealing (ESPN)
And here’s a closer look at the new system, known as “PitchCom” (Houston Chronicle)
Let’s check in on Brent Strom and the new challenges he faces out in Arizona (The Athletic, $$$)
The Rangers have released Jake Marisnick (MLB Trade Rumors)
Things went decidedly better for former Astro Marwin Gonzalez, who made the Yankees’ Opening Day roster (MLB Trade Rumors)
Todd Frazier has announced that he will retire from baseball (MLB Trade Rumors)