Astros Crawfish Boil: Thursday, February 9, 2023

It’s the Thursday Boil!

Houston Astros News

Astros’ Alex Bregman to coach in NBA All-Star Celebrity Game ($houstonchronicle.com$)

Kyle Tucker, Astros go to salary arbitration with $2.5M gap (usatoday.com)

Jim Bowden Proposes Geographic Realignment—How Would the Astros Be Impacted? (climbingtalshill.com)

Exclusive Q&A with new Astros GM Brown (mlb.com)

3 Astros storylines to watch this spring (mlb.com)
Unsurprisingly, the first of the three has something to do with Houston’s backup catcher.

AL West News

Mariners extend Dylan Moore through 2025 (mlb.com)

Angels’ GM on Ohtani: ‘The relationship is outstanding’ (mlb.com)

Career Timeline: Rickey Henderson (mlb.com)

Why this Ranger is excited for 2023 (mlb.com)

MLB News

Which signing will work out best? We polled execs (mlb.com)

Bowden: MLB expansion should include geographic realignment — so let’s build new divisions ($theathletic.com$)

MLB Analyst Thinks Shohei Ohtani is Already MLB’s Greatest Player of All Time (si.com)

2023 MLB spring training: The most interesting NRI for every team, including top prospects like Anthony Volpe (cbssports.com)

Correa opts out of World Baseball Classic due to birth of child (mlb.com)

The 2023 Start of Spring ZiPS Projected Standings: American League (fangraphs.com)

Shared in our TCB author discord chat, I thought that the rest of you deserved to see this too if you haven’t. Beware of the frequent (and loud) cursing.