Astros Crawfish Boil: October 29, 2024

Astros Crawfish Boil: October 29, 2024

It’s an October Tuesday and baseball’s almost gone.

But only for a while, and only in some places. After all, the Arizona Fall League is running and the Dominican Winter League will be kicking off soon enough. Plus we always have OOTP. (If you don’t you should look it up).

Houston Astros News

Astros’ reported limit on Alex Bregman contract offer isn’t as bad as fans may think (CTH)

Top wildcards impacting Astros’ offseason moves ahead of the 2025 season (SM Houston)

Houston Astros are one of MLB’s top-sponsored and fastest-growing teams (The Business Journals)

Astros finalize 2025 coaching staff after making one major adjustment (CTH)

AL West News

Ace; Gibson vs. Freeman World Series HR comparisons? Eckersley says, ‘I’m not off the hook’ (SF Chronicle)

M’s: Seattle Seahawks Fans Draw Humorous Comparisons to Seattle Mariners (Yardbarker)

Halos: Angels insiders link attendance drop to Zach Neto, Logan O’Hoppe being familiar only to diehard fans (SK)

Mallcops: Texas Rangers intend to slash payroll in 2025: Could New York Mets and Jacob DeGrom reunion be possible? (Sportsnaut)

MLBNews

Baseball’s best performances when battling injury or illness

Leading White Sox managerial candidates come into view

Bronx ovation unable to jump-start Judge’s bat: Inside the numbers

Yoshinobu Yamamoto Has a Secret Weapon (FG)

Devenski agrees to Minor League deal as Mets begin bullpen shuffle

Poll: The Diamondbacks’ Club Option On Eugenio Suárez (MLTBR)

Dodgers’ ‘very deep team’ proving difficult to thwart

Here’s the blueprint for a Yankees comeback

Joey Jay Passes Away (MLBTR)

On the joy and wonder of KC Royals’ Salvador Perez — and why he won the Clemente Award (KC Star)

Pitch by Pitch With Two Hitting Geniuses (FG)

Another WS gem from big-game Buehler has LA win away from title

Ohtani starts, scores in Game 3: ‘I really appreciate him posting’

Houston Astros Birthdays

1B Tyler White (34)

C Jose Varela (20)

…& one belated:

C Alexi Quiroz (Saturday, 18)