Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Wednesday Morning Hot Links

Good morning everyone we got Shuck'd last night.

The Pirates defeated the Astros yesterday at Minute Maid 5-1 off the back of former Astros great J.B. Shuck's 1/2 with 1 RBI night. Colin Moran was there too. Notes:

Springer 1/2, Solo HR
Tanielu: 1/2
Stassi: 1/2
Those were all our hits.
Bukauskas: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO
Martin: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO

Carlos Correa may miss the season opener with a sore neck :/

Here is the Opening Day FAQ for tomorrow's game.

The SI preview not only gives some predictions, but also gives out some awards like "Most overrated", "biggest bust potential", and "the one guy you want up in a clutch moment"

Here are the four most burning questions Astros have going into the season besides when Cionel Perez will get called back up.

The Astros unveiled their new Hall of Fame exhibit. Are there too many players that were put there?

Nick Tanielu is #good.

Tony Kemp looks to make the most out of his first Opening Day roster spot opportunity.

Jake Marisnick and Tyler White went undercover at an Academy store to mess with the shoppers there and make us, the target audience, laugh at their quirky one-liners.

The Astros end-of-season Open Forum is available for you to participate in about the Astros Spring Training performances.

Matt Young from the Chron has put together the contract situations that will need to be addressed in the 2019 offseason.

George Springer plans on heckling Charlie Morton tomorrow.

PSA: Backpacks will not be allowed in Minute Maid anymore, but some bags will still be allowed in the building.

The Astros top 30 prospects of 2019 are up on the Crawfish Boxes.

Deep fried Cadbury's Creme Eggs are starting to pop up because of course they are.

A guy armed with a bow and arrow (for real) nearly killed a man if it wasn't for his smartphone.