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He's also priced so cheaply that it won't take much for him to return value. Aside from a certain Mr. Yelich, the Brewers lineup hasn't exactly torn through opponents. They're a roughly league average offense. Continue to Article

September 09, 2019 9:44:am EST

Since the 1970s, Major League Baseball clubs have generally added more and more minor league affiliates. In 1979, there were an average of 4.7 affiliates per major league club.2 This season there are 8.2 — a total of 245 minor league affiliates, the most since 1948, spread across 30 major league organizations. After the 2017 season, they reduced their affiliate count from nine to seven clubs.3 The Astros believed they could become a more efficient producer of talent with fewer farm clubs. Continue to Article

September 09, 2019 6:00:am EST

The Houston Astros hammered the visiting Seattle Mariners for 21 runs on 22 hits, and Gerrit Cole set a single-season standard for strikeouts in a 21-1 rout on Sunday afternoon to complete a four-game series sweep. Houston scored four in the second inning, nine in the third, two in the fifth, one in the sixth and five in the seventh for the runaway win. Cole (16-5) extended his winning streak to 12 by surrendering one run on one hit with a season-high 15 strikeouts over eight dominant innings. Continue to Article

September 08, 2019 10:34:pm EST

The Houston Astros hammered the visiting Seattle Mariners for 21 runs on 22 hits, and Gerrit Cole set a new single-season standard for strikeouts in a 21-1 rout on Sunday afternoon to complete a four-game series sweep. Houston scored four in the second inning, nine in the third, two in the fifth, one in the sixth and five in the seventh for the runaway win. Cole (16-5) extended his winning streak to 12 by surrendering one run on one hit with a season-high 15 strikeouts over eight dominant innings. Continue to Article

September 08, 2019 5:17:pm EST

Alex Bregman joined elite company in Astros history in tying up the game, then Kyle Tucker scored the go-ahead run following his leadoff double in the seventh inning as Houston continued its dominance of the visiting Seattle Mariners with a 2-1 victory Saturday at Minute Maid Park. Bregman smacked his 34th home run leading off the sixth inning, recording his 100th RBI in the process. With his walk in the first, Bregman joined Jeff Bagwell and Lance Berkman as the only players in club history with at least 100 runs, 100 walks and 100 RBIs in a season. Continue to Article

September 07, 2019 10:25:pm EST