Patrick Creighton
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Astros' Tatsuya Imai's $18M decision: money or happiness? (opens the original)
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As normal people who aren't multimillionaires, it's practically impossible to envision the idea of turning dowm $18M for most any reason. Tatsuya Imai is not part of us 'normal people'. Imai is a professional athlete. He qualifies as a 'rich'. He just finished his first year in MLB with the Houston Astros and made $18M. At 28 years of age, he still has plenty of baseball left in his career. Imai's first season in the US didn't go as anyone hoped, not he or the team. He showed flashes of brillian
Four questionable decisions doom Astros in Wild Card round opener (opens the original)
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It's hard to be successful when you are besieged by injury. It's much harder to be successful when you are besieged by injury and you don't make the best decisions for your franchise. Please allow me to welcome you to the 2026 Houston Astros. Masters of both domains. While there may not be a whole lot they can do about players suffering injuries, particularly some of the freak injuries the team suffered this season, they absolutely can do something about making sure the best possible players are
Ryan Pressly directly calls out Dana Brown over his Astros exit (opens the original)
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Ryan Pressly likely never has to buy a meal or a drink in the city of Houston for the rest of his life. Not only was he absolute nails in the postseason, he was part of the combined no-hitter in Philadelphia in the World Series. He was also part of a combined no-hitter at Yankee Stadium during the 2022 season. Ryan Pressly was a really good closer for the Astros, but his postseason numbers are what made him special, and his 2022 postseason is why he will never pay for a meal in the city of Houst
Astros clearly learned their lesson one year after wilting in playoff chase (opens the original)
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Last season, the Houston Astros were hanging by a thread down the stretch. Injuries plagued the team all season long. Former GM Dana Brown didn't/couldn't/wouldn't get pitching help for the team at the deadline. The bullpen suffered critical injuries after the deadline All oif these things conspired to the Astros going 3-6 in their final nine games, all against division opponents. They lost 5 games in a row to Seattle and the Athletics. the two teams they will finish the season's last 6 games wi
Yordan Álvarez made sure his team meeting worked in Astros' pummeling of Mariners (opens the original)
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For one night, at least, the message was received. In Houston's first game since a team meeting led by Yordan Alvarez, the Astros emerged victorious over the Seattle Mariners 7-0. It was an outcome the Astros had only managed in two of their previous 11 games with Seattle this season. Alvarez, while recognized as a team leader, chooses to lead by example as opposed to fiery speeches. However, after the team dropped it final three home games of the season to the Atlanta Braves in whimpering fashi
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