The latest news on the Houston Astros and from around MLB:
Is Astros Manager Joe Espada’s job hanging by a thread? MLB Insider Bob Nightengale addressed that and more with our Craig Larson Jr. in Four Big Questions:
Yordan Alvarez named AL Player of the Month:
Astros will go the opener route Monday against the Dodgers:
It only took about 2 and a half weeks:
AJ Blubaugh, who has not been pitching in longer outings recently, gave the Astros a very important 11 outs Sunday:
Its a commandment: Thou shalt not steal on Christian Vazquez:
The Astros have mostly gotten vintage Carlos Correa since acquiring him:
Brice Matthews and Mauricio Dubon text each other to talk trash. This is awesome.
Bryan Abreu pitched 2 innings without giving up a run for the win Sunday. Yes, this is real life.
Houston’s much-maligned defense performed better this weekend at Fenway:
Astros dodged a major bullet with Christian Walker avoiding injury after getting beaned:
Spencer Arrighetti continued to give the Astros innings and got his 4th straight win to start the season:
Zach Dezenzo is starting to find his rhythm at the plate on his rehab assignment:
Xavier Neyens. Boss Tendencies:
Change for change sake doesn’t always work:
Laz Diaz is still an awful umpire:
Baseball mourns the passing of legendary broadcaster John Sterling:
Red Sox 1B Willson Contreras thinks the Boston clubhouse has been a little more at ease without Alex Cora on the bench:
Contreras also managed to tick off his young teammates:
The Braves have done something the franchise hasn’t done in over 130 years. Thankfully they don’t play in the AL West.
Things that should not happen, but somehow did:
Maybe not the mother of all backfires, but that did not look like it went as planned:
Deals like this are probably why the Red Sox aren’t doing so well:
Shohei Ohtani was the victim of a vicious plunking:
Full list of MLB award winners for April:
Bob Nightengale’s best and worst of the first month of the season – and the Astros didn’t land on any worsts:
All or nothing:
