As the Houston Texans prepare for mandatory minicamp, head coach DeMeco Ryans has noted a significant improvement in quarterback C.J. Stroud‘s leadership and technical skills. After a disappointing conclusion to last season, which ended in a Divisional Round loss against the New England Patriots, Stroud enters the 2026 season under intense scrutiny following two inconsistent […]
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You can’t tell the story of the Houston Astros the last 3 seasons without addressing their historic amount of injuries, especially to the starting pitching. Each of the past 2 seasons, the Astros depended on pitchers returning from injury, with less than optimal results. This season is no different, and the team is counting on […]
“Is this just not our year?” These are never the words that an NBA fan wants to hear from their general manager. If a team is rebuilding, it goes without saying. If they’re competitive, it’s a brutal concession. Yet, those were the words that came out of Rafael Stone’s mouth as the 2025-26 NBA trade […]
Investing heavily in defense in fantasy football drafts is a lousy allocation of resources, especially in leagues that don’t feature strict roster move limits. Sure, the Texans should pile up sacks and turnovers in 2026. At the same time, on ... read more »
The Houston Rockets are entering the offseason with a different read on their roster than they had a year ago, and that has pushed Amen Thompson into a separate tier from everyone else on the team. According to Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports, rival teams that have recently contacted Houston have been told that Thompson […]
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The Braves’ deal for Mauricio Dubón has turned into one of the better trades of last offseason. Acquired from Houston in a one-for-one swap for defensive specialist Nick Allen, Dubón has played a valuable utility role for the NL East leaders. Dubón takes a league average .262/.316/.408 batting line into tonight’s series opener in San […]
The Rockets are reportedly open to listening to offers for their All-Stars Kevin Durant and Alperen Sengun and only consider Amen Thompson to be untouchable.
Astros 2 Blue Jays 4 We really should have scored more. It is funny how that line just types itself at the top of recaps. But we are back at .500, and, amazingly, hold the third Wild Card spot. Dylan Cease had a nice night. 5.2 innings, 3 hits, 2 earned, 4 walks and 8 […]
Eighty games are officially in the books. The Astros have been victorious in 37 of them, after dropping the opening contest of their 7-game road trip in Toronto by a score of 4-2. Prior to exiting in the 6th inning with an apparent leg injury, Jeremy Pena would start off things on a positive note. […]
I’m hoping to be back home before game time, but in case I’m not, here is a GameThread.
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Houston Astros (37-42) begin a 3-game series vs. the Toronto Blue Jays (38-39) at Rogers Centre in Toronto tonight. RHP Hunter Brown (1-0, 1.10 ERA) starts for the Astros vs. Jays RHP Dylan Cease (4-3, 2.71 ERA). Tonight will be Brown’s 4th career start/app. vs. TOR, and Cease’s 9th career start/app. vs. […]
Although Rockets general manager Rafael Stone suggested after the team was eliminated from the playoffs that he was happy with the roster he assembled last season, injuries notwithstanding, evidently that stance changed to some degree after watching the Western Conference and NBA Finals, according to Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports. As Iko writes, watching those […]
Jaguars The Jaguars re-signed CB Montaric Brown to a three-year, $33 million deal this offseason. Jacksonville HC Liam Coen said Brown hasn’t changed since getting his new contract and thinks he will continue to improve this season. “He’s always kinda played in practice with confidence,” Coen said, via JaguarsWire. “There’s areas in which he can […]
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The Toronto Blue Jays are making changes to their MLB roster, this time giving a former elite prospect another opportunity at the major league level. Toronto announced Monday that it has selected the contract of infielder Luis Urías, just days…
The Houston Rockets are reportedly willing to listen to trade offers for almost everyone on their roster outside of Amen Thompson.
Longtime MLB insider Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported today in an appearance on Foul Territory TV that 10 teams had contacted the Houston Astros to inquire about SS Jeremy Pena. All were rebuffed. Nightengale mentions Astros owner Jim Crane is highly aggressive and his stated desire to not have a rebuild. The Astros entered […]
The Houston Astros have underperformed this season. That does not mean they are going to sell before the MLB trade deadline and rebuild, however. MLB insider Bob Nightengale shared a report on Houston’s potential trade deadline plans during a recent appearance on Foul Territory. “Teams have inquired and said, ‘Hey, you gonna move some of […]
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Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Ernie Clement overtook Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez as the American League's leading vote-getter for the 2026 MLB All-Star Game.
Tonight we start a three game series with the Astros and then four games with the Rangers all at Rogers Centre. And then Bo and the Mets come to town, to dazzle us with their vocal stylings. They are pushing the starters back a day with the rain out. We will have: Monday: Dylan Cease […]
The NFL officially announced the starting date of training camp for all 32 teams.
Being the highest-paid player on a Major League Baseball team seems like a sweet gig, minus the pressure. Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers are thriving, while others struggle.
His first year with the Pittsburgh Steelers could be classified as a mild disappointment due to his overall production dipping, the two-game suspension to end the regular season, and then a killer drop early in the playoff loss to the Houston Texans that ultimately changed the game. But DK Metcalf’s future in the Steel City […]
The Houston Texans are ready to get back to the playoffs during the 2026 season. Houston got crushed by New England last year after running out of gas in the postseason. But the Texans made several big moves to should put them back in playoff contention this fall. One Texans second-year player could be the […]
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We continue our series on possible areas where the Astros could add at the deadline. As a reminder, I am not recommending any addition at this point. This is more devil’s advocate. The Astros have been playing better of late and the race in the AL West is tightening. So, there will be more pressure […]
These clubs have appeared in 5 of the last 9 World Series. Each have run into various road blocks in 2026, but the winner of this upcoming series could potentially springboard to new life in the second half of the season. Blue Jays Play By Play Man Dan Shulman joins us to discuss the Astros […]