-Good Lord, Reid Ryan is happy not to be with the Astros anymore. ("“Our fans are really going to see the difference on the field: the amount of hard-throwing pitchers we will have, we really haven’t had a guy that can hit the ball out of the ballpark the last couple of years. We’ll have that, and just speed and some younger players coming through,"
-Something that's not news, is now news, as the Astros won't be attending Doug Davis' workout.
-With a captip to SBN Houston, Ken Rosenthal reports that the Astros are apparently still in the market for a lefty off the bench, and another catcher. Click the TCB link for some good reaction.
-In a McTaggart notebook, Mark Melancon is working on a cutter and has a good shot at the OD11 roster.
-Everyone went guano crazy over the return of St. Louis Cardinal Lance Berkman over the weekend.
-J.A. Happ feels good.
-Brett Myers gets the Opening Day
-Angel Sanchez' back concerns Mills (and may earn him a trip to Oklahoma City).
-Ryan Rowland-Smith is out of the running for SP5. Nelson Figueroa is your likely SP5 candidate.
-In Former Astros news, Hector Gimenez just may make the Dodgers' OD11 roster.
-J.R. Towles is hoping this is his year.
