Rasmus had an outfield assist and a home run to pace the Astros to the win. Rasmus:
It's about as good a feeling as you can have being a baseball player. I was just glad to be able to get out there and contribute and do some good for the team in a time where we needed a little spark.
A fan ran on the field but it was nowhere near as great as this fan's hijinks.
Scoreboard Watchin'
Who Won: The Rangers (of course), Blue Jays, Tigers, Yankees
Make it 30-8 in one-run games for the 2016 Rangers, the best one-run team in MLB history.— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) August 31, 2016
Who Lost: The Orioles, Red Sox, Mariners, Royals
So the Astros are 70-62, 2.0 up on the Mariners, still 8.5 GB of the Rangers. Houston is 3.0 GB of Boston for WC1 and 2.0 GB of Baltimore for WC2. Wild Card looks essentially like this:
Boston: +1
Baltimore: 0
Detroit: -1
Houston: -2
Kansas City: -3
New York: -3.5
Seattle: -4
The Astros only have a 1.7% chance at winning the division, according to FanGraphs, but a 21.2% chance at making the playoffs. Here are the Wild Card odds for non-division leaders, again, according to FanGraphs:
Red Sox: 48.6%
Orioles: 34.4%
Tigers: 33.9%
Astros: 21.2%
*The Astros shook up their front office, most notably by not renewing director of minor league operations Allen Rowin's job and promoting scouting director Mike Elias to Assistant GM. Also receiving promotions are Pete Putila and Armando Velasco.
*Some Southern California company that has to do with 360-degree athletic performance evaluation has signed an endorsement deal with Carlos Correa. Correa ain't about that league-minimum life.
*Ken Rosenthal writes that 2016 could be the first year two 2Bs win MVP awards.
*Brady Rodgers and James Hoyt were named to the 2016 All-PCL Team.
*A team has claimed Yasiel Puig on revocable waivers. It wasn't the Astros.
*Does Mount Everest have a doping problem?
*This is why he must be stopped:
I love the fact @TimTebow wants to play baseball. Looks like a left handed version of Jeff Bagwell. #mlb #tebowdroppintankstime— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) August 30, 2016
*Before You Go: The Tweet of the Day:
Thank God they finally cloned Altuve. @AstrosCounty pic.twitter.com/bYl6qi2wmH— Chris Jackson (@ChrisCJackson) August 30, 2016
