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Astros 2021 Trade Deadline Coverage
All of the Crawfish Boxes’ trade deadline coverage pieces collected in one place.
The Lucky and the Strong: Astros Starting Pitching is Exceeding Expectations
Astros starting pitching has performed better than advanced pitching stats would indicate. Much of this may be luck, but fortune favors the prepared mind.
Game 18 Thread. April 22, 2021, 7:10 CDT. Angels @ Astros
The Astros on Youtube? Will they go viral? If they do, I’m sure MLB will have the game played anyways.
Astros address thinning rotation depth with Jake Odorizzi signing
The right handed pitcher is inked to a 2 year deal with player option and incentives.
NYY @ TBR, ALDS Game 5, 10/9/2020 6:10 pm CT, Game Thread
Even if this game didn’t have implications for the Astros, it looks to be an entertaining game of baseball.
Should Yordan Alvarez Play Any Left Field?
By all accounts, Yordan Alvarez’ glove is terrible. But his bat is so good that if Alvarez’s knees can take it, it shouldn’t kill the Astros to put him in left field every once in awhile.
Bunting the Runner Over in Extras
The math tells us that bunting is counterproductive. But with the new extra-innings rule starting each frame with a runner on second, is there a role for bunting again in major league baseball?
Off the Top of my Hat: Opening Weekend Edition
The price of a single Verlander start, 3 game series, the misdirected fury towards a waste receptacle and a lot of other things you didn’t ask about.
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Catcher Skill Spectrum Scores
A collection of articles by mhatter106 evaluating major league catchers by specific skills: hitting, baserunning, framing, throwing and blocking.
wILDCARD: The Baseball Metric for a Diseased MLB Season
Dominating an MLB season is usually about which teams can create the most runs, prevent the most runs and thus win more games. But if winning the 2020 MLB Season really just comes down to which team can get the fewest cases of coronavirus, we’re going to need a new set of sabermetrics. mhatter106 has you covered.