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The Curse of the Astros Cleanup Slot – Defense Against The Dark Arts Edition

Astros cleanup slot is cursed this year. Bregman, Tucker, Yainer and Peña have hit cleanup during this season. Still, they have combined for the fewest hits, RBIs, HRs, TB, lowest BA, SLG and OPS out of the nine lineup slots. Compared to the rest of th…

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[McTaggart] Source: The Astros are calling up Joey Loperfido to replace Kyle Tucker, who landed on the IL earlier today. Tucker was on crutches after the game.

[Bauer Outage] Trevor Bauer posts video of picking up an Astros hat on Instagram

[Space Cowboys] BALL = CAUGHT LEAD = PRESERVED: Just a first baseman doing what a first baseman does

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[BrooksGate] Here is missed balls/strikes calls this year for every team: Astros most hurt by umpires. -65 Total, -57 when batting, – 8 when pitching

[Rome] Dana Brown on José Urquidy and Cristian Javier: "We’ll know something probably by the end of this week, maybe Thursday or so as to what direction we’re going to go in. They’re both feeling better, which is a good sign, but we’re still getting second opinions from doctors”

[Rome] After saying there would be an update on Cristian Javier and José Urquidy today, Joe Espada did not have one. He said he met with both pitchers today and wanted to “give them their space” while awaiting a second opinion. Asked if their UCLs are intact, Espada didn’t comment

The Curse of the Astros Cleanup Slot – Defense Against The Dark Arts Edition

[Space Cowboys] Just a first baseman doing what a first baseman does.

[Rome] Cristian Javier is going on the injured list with right forearm discomfort. Alex Speas has been called up from Triple-A to take his place on the roster.