Brian McTaggart
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⚾️22nd season as Astros beat reporter (since 2004, '09 for https://t.co/OvZbskZBxh) @UHouston grad🐾 Non-award winner.
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Joined July 2009
What will the Astros do with their crowded infield? @brianmctaggart breaks down the possibilities, including a potential trade involving Isaac Paredes.
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A nice day on the lake has me wondering if Roddery Muñoz can crack the Opening Day roster.
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So long, Orlando. The Winter Meetings are over, and here's everything you need to know about what the Astros did and what's left to do. https://t.co/XYTRin0oE9
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Astros general manager Dana Brown and members of the team’s front office left the Winter Meetings on Wednesday having accomplished some of their goals but with a lot of work remain...
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Astros senior director of player personnel Matt Hogan on Muñoz: "We thought he turned the corner kind of midyear as a reliever in Triple-A. The breaking stuff is very, very good and that's kind of the draw. We think the upside is high-leverage reliever. We think coming into camp
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Astros senior director of player personnel Matt Hogan said the club feels Roddery Muñoz turned a corner as a reliever in the middle of last season. He’ll come to camp competing for a spot in the bullpen.
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In the Triple-A phase of the Rule 5 Draft, the Astros selected RHP Trey McLoughlin from the Mets' Double-A roster. He has a 3.43 ERA in 188 2/3 career Minor League innings.
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Spanish explorers arrived first. The French built massive forts. Native Americans lived here for millennia. So why did the English shape America’s destiny? Because they brought the seeds of liberty and settlers willing to defend it. Watch this 5-Minute Video to learn how.
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Clubs which take a player in that phase must pay his former team $100,000 and keep him on their active big league roster throughout the following season. The player can't be sent to the Minors without first clearing waivers and then getting offered back to his original
He has a 6.73 ERA in 27 career big league games and a 4.76 ERA in 393 2/3 career Minor League innings. He's split time between starting and rotation.
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He has a 6.73 ERA in 27 career big league games and a 4.76 ERA in 393 2/3 career Minor League innings. He's split time between starting and rotation.
The Astros selected Ruddery Munoz, a RHP from the Reds' Triple-A roster in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft.
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The Astros selected Ruddery Munoz, a RHP from the Reds' Triple-A roster in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft.
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More on the Astros’ signing of Weiss and their ongoing pursuit of more pitching
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Astros have done a masterful job of finding pitchers who are reclamation projects and turning them into viable Major League arms in the past 10 years, such as Collin McHugh, as...
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Astros will pick 17th and 28th in the first round of next year’s MLB draft.
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We're about 20 minutes from the Draft Lottery, which includes the Astros for the first time. Here's what you need to know. https://t.co/lKdJ2c2Xko
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The order of the first round of the 2026 MLB Draft is being revealed tonight as MLB Network broadcasts the league's fourth annual Draft Lottery live from the Winter Meetings in Orlando, with a...
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The three clubs will remain affiliates of the Astros and continue to be guided by their existing local leadership, including GM Tyler Stamm in Sugar Land, GM Brady Ballard in Corpus Christi and GM Michelle Skinner in Fayetteville.
Astros announced they have agreed to sell the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (Triple-A), Corpus Christi Hooks (Double-A) and Fayetteville Woodpeckers (Single-A) to Diamond Baseball Holdings (DBH), an organization that owns and operates select Minor League Baseball clubs affiliated with
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Astros announced they have agreed to sell the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (Triple-A), Corpus Christi Hooks (Double-A) and Fayetteville Woodpeckers (Single-A) to Diamond Baseball Holdings (DBH), an organization that owns and operates select Minor League Baseball clubs affiliated with
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Omar López said he hopes Altuve participates in next year’s WBC for Venezuela, but he has to be cleared medically. Altuve had a procedure to remove fluid from a wound between his fourth and fifth toes on his right foot in November. López wants him to play second and bat third.
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Astros bench coach Omar López (Venezuela) and former Astros manager Dusty Baker (Nicaragua) at WBC Media Day in Orlando
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For Astros at Winter Meetings, the priority remains starting pitching
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Astros general manager Dana Brown entered the team’s suite at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Monday afternoon, the first day of baseball’s 2025 Winter Meetings, and couldn’t help but...
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Some tibdits from Espada's media session: - Altuve not made a decision about WBC participation. - He wants to avoid using Hader/Abreu for 4 outs early in season. - Alvarez will DH most of the season for health purposes. - Altuve's defensive future uncertain.
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The FANG 1.0 vs. 2.0 ratio appears locked in a declining wedge pattern. One may wonder what percentage of investors (who contributed over $250B in net flows into large-cap core and growth ETFs this year) are aware of this (source ycharts).
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