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(All photos courtesy Houston Astros) The Astros hosted a successful 2026 FanFest on Saturday, Jan. 24 at Daikin Park. The 2026 FanFest wraps up a great week of Astros Caravan stops throughout the Texas community and represents the official launch of baseball season for Astros fans. The official kickoff of the 2026 season saw 10,420 fans participate in autograph sessions, photo opportunities, […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 16 days ago | 1 read
This would be a significant change on the trade winds rumor front. According to former Fox 26 Houston Sports Director Will Kunkel, the Astros are not currently in trade discussions with the Boston Red Sox for OF Jarren Duran: Now, trade talks and rumors are a fickle entity, as not currently being in trade talks […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 18 days ago | 2 reads
Last time, we took a look at starting pitcher projections for ERA. We will do the same here for relief pitchers. Obviously, there is a ton to get into here and before we dive in we need to talk about some issues that come up with all pitchers. Certainly, hitting and pitching is partially reliant […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 18 days ago | 1 read
Happy Friday everyone, lots of fun little tidbits for you in our news of the day. We’ve got some more thoughts and discussion about the Hall of Fame inductees, including some bold sentiments from Carlos Beltran about why he doesn’t want to be defined by the Astros cheating scandal. Plus, two big starting pitcher trades […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 18 days ago | 3 reads
One Major Red Flag in the Astros’ Projected 2026 Rotation By now, Astros fans have likely seen the wave of national articles and social media posts projecting Houston’s starting rotation for the 2026 season. Most of the attention has understandably centered on Lance McCullers Jr. and his prominent inclusion in many of those forecasts. But […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 18 days ago | 3 reads
Day three of the 2026 Astros Caravan is set to visit Baytown, Beaumont, Ingram, Missouri City, Sugar Land and San Antonio on Friday, Jan. 23. The Astros Caravan gives fans the opportunity to connect with players, alumni and broadcasters at various locations as the club approaches the start of Spring Training camp. Popular Astros mascot […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 18 days ago | 0 reads
Earlier this week, baseball writers voted Carlos Beltrán into the Baseball Hall of Fame. On his fourth year of the ballot, Beltrán garnered 84.2% of the votes cast, well more than the 75% required to gain induction. He finished his career in 2017 as a member of the World Series champion Houston Astros. Of course, […]
From Royals Review | 19 days ago | 4 reads
Just five days ago, one of the hottest rumors making the rounds involved the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox having discussions involving Astros 3B Isaac Paredes and Red Sox OF Jarren Duran. As typical to baseball offseason talks, however, that could all be a thing of the past just as fast as it was […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 19 days ago | 2 reads
Brett Chancey – Independent Journalist | Co-Host Locked on Astros | Back to the Bullpen with Mike Stanton The Astros embark on a season in a way they haven’t known since 2016. This is the first year they enter a season where they didn’t qualify for the previous Postseason. We all recall the first round, […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 19 days ago | 2 reads
When the Chicago Cubs signed Alex Bregman, one of my early stupid jokes was this one: Been thinking a lot lately about how the Houston Astros were so unfairly treated during the 2017 sign-stealing scandal. I think any player who may or may not have been involved was actually a victim, and should now be celebrated as a hero. — Brett Taylor (@Brett_A_Taylor) January 11, 2026 Again, that was just a joke about Bregman signing with the Cubs, and us now loving him. Because fandom. ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 20 days ago | 2 reads
The final review of the 2025 season will be looking at each position in the Astros farm system. Next up is the outfield position. BEST OF THE BUNCH Alonzo Tredwell Tredwell was the Astros 2nd round pick back in the 2023 draft and he had a breakout season this year. The right-hander pitched across three […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 20 days ago | 4 reads
We looked at Astros hitter projections a couple of weeks ago and the natural follow up would be pitchers. However, I specifically waited on them because some projection systems had not released their projections yet. There are still some (like ZIPS) that are not universally available yet. However, there are now enough to get a […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 20 days ago | 1 read
The 2026 Houston Astros Caravan begins Wednesday, January 21 and includes stops in Tomball, The Woodlands and Corpus Christi. The Astros Caravan gives fans the opportunity to connect with players, alumni and broadcasters at various locations as the club approaches the start of Spring Training camp. Popular Astros mascot Orbit and the Shooting Stars will also take part in the caravan. […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 20 days ago | 2 reads
Carlos Beltrán was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his fourth year on the ballot after securing 84.2% of the votes from the BBWAA. Beltrán was once considered a lock to enter Cooperstown in his first year of eligibility, but following his prominent involvement in the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal in 2017, he saw […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 20 days ago | 1 read
The Baseball Hall of Fame announced two players were elected to the Hall by the Baseball Writers Association of America Tuesday evening. Carlos Beltrán played 20 MLB seasons with the Royals, Mets, Yankees, Cardinals, Rangers, Giants and Astros, with his most success coming with the Royals and Mets. He hit 435 home runs, had 312 […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 20 days ago | 6 reads
Good morning, folks… We got not much out there today. Remember Ryan Pressly? Former Astros reliever? He announced his retirement. In non-baseball news, Bo Nix broke his ankle, so the Denver Broncos will be playing in the AFC Championship Game with Texas native Jarrett Stidham as their quarterback. Hmmm, what else… If you listen to […]
From Lone Star Ball | 23 days ago | 6 reads
There are rumors that are growing strong regarding trade talks between the Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox. Many of the rumors involve Astros 3B Isaac Paredes and Red Sox LF Jarren Duran. There have been several iterations of this rumor, as far as packages going back and forth, and other players that have […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 23 days ago | 2 reads
Astros Fans, It’s Time to Be Realistic About Kyle Tucker Astros fans, it’s time to step back, relax and stop all the hate for Kyle Tucker because he decided to sign with the Dodgers. You need to be realistic and get past your hurt feelings surrounding Kyle Tucker’s decision to sign with a team you […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 23 days ago | 5 reads
With Christian Vazquez’s contract finally off the books, the Twins have been searching for a new catcher behind starter Ryan Jeffers. According to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, Minnesota got their man in Caratini who agreed to a two year, $14M deal. Caratini, 32, has spent the past two season with the Astros backing up Yainer […]
From Twinkie Town | 24 days ago | 4 reads
In one of my last pieces, we discussed the concept of correlations. There are never any perfect correlations in statistics. So, while secondary average and real offensive value explains a lot, it does not explain everything. We are looking at what impacts run scoring and we need to look at factors outside of those two. […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 25 days ago | 1 read
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From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 25 days ago | 8 reads
According to Francys Romero, the Houston Astros have reached an agreement with international prospect Jack Valbrune, adding another promising young talent to their farm system. The 17-year-old Cuban outfielder, who trains at the Javier Rodriguez Academy, was officially declared a free agent by Major League Baseball yesterday and is expected to sign for a bonus […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 26 days ago | 3 reads
The final review of the 2025 season will be looking at each position in the Astros farm system. Next up is the outfield position. BEST OF THE BUNCH Zach Cole Cole was drafted by the Astros back in 2022. He got off to a slow start with some injuries but once he got hot he […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 26 days ago | 1 read
Earlier today, it was announced that the Arizona Diamondbacks had traded for Cardinals’ third baseman Nolan Arenado. The Cardinals are eating $31M of the $42M left on the remaining two years of Arenado’s deal. The Cardinals have been trying to unload Arenado for two offseasons. He famously rejected a deal to the Astros last year […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 26 days ago | 8 reads
Often, the biggest problem with complex statistics is that there is not a good enough frame of reference. I always try to include league average references for the new metrics that we come up with, but league average is not the only frame of reference available. For many Astros fans, they want to know why […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 27 days ago | 4 reads