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Angels Continue String Of L.A. Disappointments
It’s not hyperbole to call the Angels the biggest disappointment of the 2013 baseball season. In fact, L.A. should be used to it by now with the Lakers and Dodgers as well. Read More.
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Miguel Cabrera leads the Major Leagues with 40 RBI and the Tigers lead our team rankings. Read More.
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Altuve Leaves Boras; Rejoins OctagonJose Altuve's time with Scott Boras was short-lived. Altuve recently left Boras and signed with Scott Pucino and Wil Polidor of Octagon, where he had been before. He was with Boras for about a year. Via Tim Dierkes/MLB Trade Rumors Houston Astros, Free Agent Rumor, Misc Rumor Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Astros Holding Four Regional Draft WorkoutsThe Houston Astros will hold the first of four regional workouts of high school and college players on Sunday. The first workout will be held in the Los Angeles area and 20 prospects have been invited to attend. The Astros have the No. 1 pick in the Draft for the second year in a row. Houston Astros, Draft, Draft Misc Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Astros Open To Extension With AltuveThe Houston Astros have trimmed payroll recently, but they may be preparing to open their wallet to sign Jose Altuve to a long-term extension. Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow told Brian T. Smith of the Houston Chronicle that the team "will consider any opportunity to keep [Altuve] here over the long haul." Altuve has a .294/.336/.397 batting line in 1,031 career plate appearances. Via Steve Adams/MLB Trade Rumors Houston Astros, Free Agent Rumor Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Source: Reid Ryan To Be Named Astros PresidentReid Ryan, the son of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan and president and CEO of Ryan-Sanders Baseball, will be named the next president of the Astros, a source confirmed to MLB.com on Thursday. Ryan, who runs the Triple-A Round Rock Express (Rangers) and Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks (Astros), both of which are owned by Nolan Ryan and businessman Don Sanders, will be introduced at a news conference on Friday. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Porter, Harrell Discuss Shifts On DefenseBo Porter recently had a discussion with Lucas Harrell about why the Houston Astros position their defenders the way they do. Harrell publicly expressed frustration with a couple balls that weren't caught in Tuesday night's game. "Listen, if you have something to say, and you want to voice your opinion, I have a complete open-door policy," Porter recalled saying. "I didn't hear about Lucas' comments until I got to the ballpark." Harrell said he had hoped a go-ahead double by Detroit's Andy Dirks might have been caught. "We're trying some new things with our defense, and I thought they worked against me tonight," Harrell said after the game. "The ball that Dirks hit was up there forever, and I thought someone might have caught that one. He hit it hard, and that's my fault, but I was hoping someone would get there." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Astros May 2013 Archive
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