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Amid Ken Giles Drama, Houston Must Find Closer via Trade

Jul 12, 2018

Houston Astros, Opinions & Predictions, Rumors

Earlier this Summer, we published a piece on the site about the Houston Astros' weird ability to remain competitive post-rebuild despite extremely short-sighted and silly front office moves. One of the five tra...

Astros Finding Success Despite Numerous Organizational Blunders

Tom Dorsa

Jun 6, 2018

Features, Houston Astros, Opinions & Predictions

What if I told you that a Major League Baseball organization that constantly makes short-sighted player movement decisions, including MLB Draft picks, trades, and poor scouting, was still one of the game's pre...

How Ken Giles Has Dominated the Last Three Months

Matt Wojciak

Aug 31, 2016

Houston Astros, Statistics, Video

It didn't take long for Ken Giles to make a name for himself, despite coming up as "just" a set-up man on a relatively bad Philadelphia Phillies team. In his debut season in 2014, Giles struck out 64 batters in...

Was 2015 a Fluke for the Astros?

Evan Marinofsky

May 17, 2016

Houston Astros, Opinions & Predictions

This time last year, we raved about the product that the Houston Astros were putting on the field. How could we not? At 4.5 games above the Los Angeles Angels for first place in the AL West and at 24-13 (as of ...

Ken Giles in the Setup Role Makes Sense

Joshua Sadlock

Apr 4, 2016

Features, Houston Astros, Opinions & Predictions

With rain pushing back the Opening Day matchup between the Houston Astros and New York Yankees back at least a day, there is still a bit of interesting news out of New York to consider. Ken Giles, who was acqui...

Houston Astros: Spring Training Preview

Zain Pyarali

Feb 12, 2016

Houston Astros, Opinions & Predictions

When the Houston Astros found themselves playing baseball in October last season for the first time since their World Series campaign in 2005, when they were a member of the National League, fans could not have...

Houston Astros: 2016 Offseason Report Card

Matt Wojciak

Feb 2, 2016

American League, American League West, Features, Headlines, Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions, Transactions

After three consecutive years of finishing 40.0 or more games out of their division from 2011 to 2013 (moving from the National League Central to the American League West after 2012), the Houston Astros sho...

Ken Giles the Latest in Astros’ Youth Tsunami

Tyler Stafford

Dec 11, 2015

Features, Houston Astros, Opinions & Predictions, Transactions

Up by four runs with six outs to go on the verge of seeing the American League Championship Series for the first time in franchise history, the Houston Astros bullpen imploded. That lead and any hopes of knocki...

Trade Analysis: Astros Get Their Closer in Ken Giles

Austin Green

Dec 10, 2015

Features, Headlines, Houston Astros, Minor League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions, Philadelphia Phillies, Prospect Reports, Transactions

I drafted Ken Giles in one of the later rounds of a fantasy baseball draft I did at the beginning of the 2015 season. For some reason, I didn't know too much at the time, but the ESPN fantasy blurb about him ra...

Report: Houston Astros Acquire Ken Giles From Philadelphia Phillies

Ryan Waterman

Dec 9, 2015

Breaking News, Headlines, Houston Astros, National League East, Offseason, Philadelphia Phillies

Another day, and yet another major domino has fallen in the trade market. This time though, it's in the relief pitcher market. A mere two days after the Los Angeles Dodgers "reportedly" acquired Cincinnati ...

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