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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Brian McTaggart reports via Twitter that the Astros have signed a minor league free agent coming out of the Yankees system. Jose Valdez (27, RHP) pitched 19.1 innings at their AAA club this year, the proud owner of a 4.19 ERA, 18 strikeouts, and 10 walks. In past seasons, he's struck out around one batter per inning, but walked more than one batter every two innings last season at AA. His control was...
SimonOnSports (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here . Today's NL team is the Houston Astros and our guest is HighLeveragePerformer from the Astros Blog, Crawfish Boxes . 1. The Astros have a big hole to fill in the back of their bullpen...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
More photos » by David J. Phillip - AP Browse more photos » If anyone has a thing for 67 year old chubby managers of one time NL championship teams, then you're in luck! The Astros' top choice for their managerial position may Jim Fregosi . Richard Justice is confident that Ed Wade, who made decisions in Philly to hire both Terry Francona and Charlie Manuel, will choose the right man to...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
More photos » by Dave Einsel - AP My opinion: 2010 hinges on this man's performance. Browse more photos » I'll admit from the outset that this depressing for me to write for two reasons. One, of course, being that it's depressing that I can't find anything worth writing about the 2009 Astros and two being that I am left wondering how the 2010 Astros can do better than their 2009 version....
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
Alberto Arias placed on DL; Wilton Lopez replaces him on ML roster A strained right hamstring fells Arias for the time being. Wilton Lopez has been recalled from AA Corpus Christi and will join the Astros in Arizona.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
The Houston Astros placed reliever Alberto Arias on the 15-day disabled list Friday, retroactive to August 24, with a strained right hamstring.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
The Houston Astros placed reliever Alberto Arias on the 15-day disabled list Friday, retroactive to August 24, with a strained right hamstring.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
The Astros placed righthander Alberto Arias on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a strained right hamstring.
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
According to Greg Rajan of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times , Alberto Arias has a sore right knee, and so Wilton Lopez (from the Astros ' AA team) will join the Astros in Phoenix for the D-Backs series, just in case Arias goes on the DL. Now, for scouting reports: First, let's give credit to our resident prognosticator farm_stros, who predicted this callup nine days ago . In his previous post, farm_stros...
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
Marlins 9, Astros 8, 11 innings: Florida trailed 7-2 at one point, but showed the never-say-die attitude that only an announced crowd of 13,212 can instill. Wesley Wright walked three batters (and somehow struck out two without throwing anything over the plate) to set up Dan Uggla’s bases-loaded game-winner off Alberto Arias. Miguel Tejada went [...]
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
More photos » by David J. Phillip - AP Browse more photos » With the playoffs seemingly more and more like a fleeting memory for Astros ' fans, the 2009 off-season is becoming more and more the topic of conversation around TCB. It's safe to say that this year's squad has played reasonably well considering the constraints (payroll, injury and lack of talent) that were omnipresent from day...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
More photos » by David Kohl - AP Alberto Arais (AP Photo/David Kohl) Browse more photos » Several of the Astros ' most reliable relief pitchers have become more vulnerable lately, with Chris Sampson and Alberto Arias among those coming to mind. Since July 29, the bullpen--which had been so good--registered a 5+ ERA. We hear--usually after the fact--that some relief pitchers have been trying...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
San Francisco Giants' Joe Martinez delivers a pitch in the third inning against the Houston Astros. Martinez won his first start for the Giants 10-6. HOUSTON - Joe Martinez came off the disabled list to win his first major league start, Eli Whiteside hit a grand slam for his first career home run and the Giants rallied for a 10-6 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday. Martinez (2-0) pitched in...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 08/02/2009
More photos » by Rob Carr - AP Browse more photos » Current Series Cardinals lead the series 2-0 Fri 07/31 WP: Trever Miller (3 - 0) SV: Ryan Franklin LP: Alberto Arias (2 - 1) 3 - 4 loss Sat 08/01 WP: Chris Carpenter (10 - 3) LP: Jeff Fulchino (4 - 4) 1 - 3 loss Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes @ St. Louis Cardinals Viva El Birdos Sunday, Aug 2, 2009, 1:15 PM CDT Busch Stadium Bud Norris...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 08/02/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP Come on, Wandy. We need ya tonight... Browse more photos » Current Series Cardinals lead the series 1-0 Fri 07/31 WP: Trever Miller (3 - 0) SV: Ryan Franklin LP: Alberto Arias (2 - 1) 3 - 4 loss Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes @ St. Louis Cardinals Viva El Birdos Saturday, Aug 1, 2009, 6:15 PM CDT Busch Stadium Wandy Rodriguez vs Chris Carpenter...
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