After showing a 19-game improvement in 2014, the slowly rebuilding Astros boast several intriguing fantasy options.
The Astros hire a new manager, the Twins fire an old one.
What are we talking about when we talk about disappointment?
The Astros have lost a lot by design. Are they going to pay an on-field price?
Buster Posey goes for MVP consideration, the Angels pound their way to the top of one leaderboard, Nelson Cruz makes a run for a HR crown, and, in an Oakland ninth inning, the best fun fact of the month.
The Astros fire their manager, the A’s trade for Adam Dunn, Kelly Johnson becomes a pretty crazy trivia answer, and more.
The Astros promote a triple-digit arm to throw heat out of the bullpen.
The Marlins and Astros, competitors neither, get in on the trade deadline action.
Will the Astros salvage the first-overall pick they did sign?
Ben and Sam banter about banning the shift, then discuss the way the Astros’ draft deadline went down.
The Astros had a plan that was too good to fail. So good, in fact, that they left no room for what would happen when it did.
Ben and Zachary talk to Houston Chronicle Astros beat writer Evan Drellich about the Astros’ contentious negotiations with no. 1 overall pick Brady Aiken.
Reviewing the transactions we didn’t write about but, in retrospect, wish we had.
Updates on Kyle Schwarber, Francisco Mejia, Lance McCullers Jr., and others.
The final debate before the complete list appears.
The Astros call up the outfielder they stole from Philadelphia.
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