Astros Crawfish Boil: September 29th, 2022

Sep 29, 2022 - 1:35 PM

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Astros News

• Another game, another stellar outing from Justin Verlander, who looks primed for another Cy Young (Astros.com)
• Too bad the Astros ultimately lost, and you can watch all the awful highlights of that here (MLB Video)
• Dusty has declared no more days off for the regulars since he wants Tampa and Philly to earn their playoff spots (Twitter - Chandler Rome)
• Hunter Brown is looking more and more like a bullpen weapon as we head into October (Sports Radio 610)
• Jose Altuve is the Astros’ Roberte Clemente Award nominee, and he couldn’t be more grateful for the nod (Astros.com)
• Brantley sounds like he’s ready to get back out there next season (MLB Trade Rumors)
• We’ve had some looks, but what can we really expect out of David Hensley next season? (FanGraphs)

Around the League

• Congratulations to Aaron Judge, who tied Roger Maris for 7th on the all-time regular season homerun record last night (MLB.com)
• And commiserations to Frankie Lasagna, the Blue Jays fan who almost caught that homer (Sporting News)
• Don’t let bozos like Roger Maris Jr. fool you, it’s not in baseball’s interest to erase history just so we can declare a modern Yankee the homerun king (AP News)
• So how exactly did we end up with the Cleveland Indians as our AL Central champs? (FanGraphs)
• For a team that has been so good for so long, I’m a little surprised that the Dodgers hadn’t reached 107 wins until this season (ESPN)
• It looks as though there’s a new player gaining ground in the NL RoY race (MLB.com)
• Let’s have a look-see at the upcoming class of free agent second basemen (MLB Trade Rumors)