Astros Crawfish Boil: May 24, 2023

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Houston Astros News

Astros’ Jose Altuve Leaves with Apparent Injury vs. Brewers in 4th Game off IL (bleacherreport.com)

Projecting Drew Gilbert’s Future With the Astros (climbingtalshill.com)

MLB Power Rankings: Astros are alive again, Padres need an amen (fansided.com)

Yordan Alvarez is a one-man wrecking crew for the Houston Astros (kagstv.com

Houston Astros Orbit to visit Liberty (bluebonnetnews.com)

Jeff Bagwell convinced José Abreu will shake season-long Astros slump (houstonchronicle.com)

Houston Astros: Peña in lineup: Dusty has handy observation on HBPs (houstonchronicle.com)

AL West News

Fann: The Seattle Mariners finally have their Big 3 of young aces (sports.mynorthwest.com)

Seattle Mariners Star Launches Own Breakfast Cereal (si.com)

Mariners’ Dylan Moore nears return; Easton McGee ‘likely’ needs Tommy John surgery (seattletimes.com)

Texas Rangers Class A team moving from Kinston to Spartanburg (nz.news.yahoo.com)

Cody Bradford Makes First Round Rock Start Since MLB Debut with Texas Rangers (si.com)

Texas Rangers bullpen turmoil continues in loss to Pittsburgh Pirates (dallasnews.com)

MLB Expert Fears for Phil Nevin’s Future as Angels’ Manager (si.com)

Angels’ Tyler Anderson still searching for return to last year’s level (ocregister.com)

Shohei Ohtani’s magical days with the Angels might be numbered (latimes.com)

Oakland A’s reach tentative public finance deal up to at least $325 million, await legislation (thenevadaindependent.com)

Baseball Reddit roasts Oakland Athletics pitcher Shintaro Fujinami: “Fuji is speedruning the worst career ever” “Gunning for that LVP award” (sportskeeda.com)

Athletics make important roster decisions on former Mets, Braves pitchers (clutchpoints.com)

MLB News

MLB Power Rankings: Astros shake off World Series hangover as AL West heats up (cbssports.com)

1 Offseason Mulligan Every MLB Team Wishes They Had (bleacherreport.com)

Bobby Miller strikes out five for Dodgers in MLB debut (mlb.com)

George Springer steps up, Blue Jays score 20 runs in win over Rays (MLB.com)

MLB rumors: Madison Bumgarner’s Diamondbacks decline due to ‘lack of trust’ (sports.yahoo.com)

MLB Fans Call for Robot Umpires After Questionable Ninth-Inning Strikeouts (si.com)

Squirrel on the short porch sends Yanks fans into state of shock (mlb.com)

Houston Astros Birthdays

Second baseman Mike Richardt (65) played the last of his four-season MLB career with the 1984 Houston Astros, going four-for-15 with two RBI.

RHP Henry Villar (36) pitched in eight games for the 2010 Astros, striking out three over six innings while allowing three runs. In short, his career was exactly one quality start.

LHP Hector Ambriz (39) pitched in 61 games for the 2012 and 2013 Astros. He struck out 49 in 55 ²⁄₃ innings, racking up a 1.599 WHIP and a 4.68 FIP.