The latest news on the Houston Astros and everybody else.
This was the worst blown call of the season so far, and it benefitted the Astros:
Astros manager Joe Espada had strong praise for RP Cody Bolton, who pitched well in his Astros’ debut last night:
The soon-to-be 28 year old Bolton entered last night’s game with only 42 innings of major league experience, and little success. Can he be the next pitcher to go to the “Astros’ Lab” and come out better?
The Astros have been chasing starting pitchers early:
Hunter Brown became the second fastest Astros pitcher to 600 strikeouts, doing so in 102 games. Only teammate Lance McCullers Jr. got there faster (100 games).
DBacks’ Jose Fernandez joins an exclusive club, as he becomes the 8th player in MLB history with a 2 HR game in his MLB debut:
Rookies are having huge starts to the season:
C.B. Bucknor continues to work on being the worst umpire in MLB. Thankfully there is replay.
Baseball pranks are the best:
How about some former All-Time Met on former All-Time Met crime?
Get ready for an awful lot more of these from Phillies’ phenom Andrew Painter:
Sometimes all you can do after you get gunned down on the bases is shake your head in amazement, like Cody Bellinger:
