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Astros extend minor league deal

The Houston Business Journal (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

The Houston Astros have agreed to a five-year lease extension with Tusculum College that will keep the team’s rookie-level affiliate in Greenville, Tenn.

The Astros and Arbitration: Judgement Day...er...kind of...

The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

... could be as big as the Hot Stove gets for us—sadly. The paucity of meaningful news in the Astros Hot Stove is belied by the fact that they're a franchise over the coals. Too much money tied up in too few...oh, you've heard this before—sorry. The Astros could potentially walk away from today with a bevy of 1st Round draft picks for Bobby Heck and co. to work their magic...

Astros won't rush to arbitration judgment

MLB (Free subscription) | yesterday

Astros won't rush to arbitration judgment

Astros Offer Arbitration To Jose Valverde, Pass On Miguel Tejada, LaTroy Hawkins, And Doug Brocail

Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Astros Offer Arbitration To Jose Valverde, Pass On Miguel Tejada, LaTroy Hawkins, And Doug Brocail Valverde wasn't particularly appealing anyway. Tejada has a spotty fielding history. UZR only really liked him twice: in 2004 (7.1 per 150) and in 2008 (9.4 per 150). He's -4.7 (per 150) over his career and was -12.4 (per 150) in 2009. There has been some talk about shifting him to third, which...

Astros Offer Arb To Valverde, Not Tejada, Hawkins, Brocail

MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

The Astros offered arbitration only to Jose Valverde (A) and not Miguel Tejada (A), LaTroy Hawkins (A), or Doug Brocail (B), according to the team's Senior Director of Digital Media Alyson Footer. Interesting relief choices; I'd predicted no arbitration offers to Valverde or Hawkins. That said, an offer to Valverde always made sense. He does not seem likely to accept arbitration and take a one-year...

Astros (Sometimes Tangentially)-Related Link Fest

The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | yesterday

More photos » by Tony Dejak - AP This is exactly what the Astros need in 2010...a brawler! Browse more photos » Lots and lots of links over the weekend. Maybe it's because Thanksgiving marks the unofficial beginning of the baseball offseason. Maybe it's because writers finally decompressed from the World Series ending. Whatever the reason, here's a jumbo-sized post full of link-y...

Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs New Era Hats

New Era Fitted Hats - FittedID (Free subscription) | yesterday

Starting this weeks update at ECAPCITY.com are two MLB teams. The first hat is the Houston Astros New Era Hat using a Grey and Purple color scheme. The Chicago Cubs New Era Hat is done up in Hunter Green and Yellow. Our blog: Fitted Hats | To see more: Fitteds TWITTER for more news on and off [...]

Astros and Arbitration

The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago

Arbitration decisions are looming and the fate of the Astros offseason will likely be determined by the decisions made by the front office. I know each of us here has some thoughts on the matter, so here's a fanpost with my analysis (hopefully a little more in-depth than you get elsewhere)...disagree with me in the comments! Of the Astros free agents this offseason, only four of them...

Astros Farm System Still a Work in Progress

AstrosDaily.com's Astrowire (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

Astros Can Compete With Reduced Payroll

AstrosDaily.com's Astrowire (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

Let's build the 2010 Astros. Together. Like friends.

SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

... Rockports. This is your chance to stop complaining and to start building. Want to build the 2010 Astros? OK, buddy boy, get started. The Astros have openings at third, short, catcher and probably second. They're leaning toward Tommy Manzella opening the season at short, and probably will have Kaz Matsui at second. But nothing is written in stone. There's one opening in the starting...

Odds & Ends: Scutaro, Astros, Messenger, Selig

MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

... Chronicle's Richard Justice poses a challenge to his readers, asking how they'd build the 2010 Astros, given the team's payroll restrictions. Japan's Hanshin Tigers are interested in a former Seattle teammate of Kenji Johjima, reliever Randy Messenger, according to Patrick Newman...

Black Friday Random Astros Discussion Question

The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009

... but what's remarkable is how often other teams in the Central have won the award compared to the Astros . Take the Cardinals . In the 98 years the MVP award has been given out, 20 Cardinals have won. Cincinnati is next with 11 total MVP while the Cubs have 10. Pittsburgh has seven MVPs while Milwaukee has three MVP wins from its time in the American League. So, the Astros are last...

Thanksgiving Astros, etc. Round Up

The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009

More photos » by Al Behrman - AP 6 months ago: Houston Astros' Lance Berkman slides into third base with a triple in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Tuesday, May 26, 2009, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman) Browse more photos » My original plan for this was to write this on my hour long layover in Dallas, en route to Houston. Unfortunately, those...

Astros trio nominated for TYIB Awards

MLB (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

Astros trio nominated for TYIB Awards