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Bob Watson Has Eyes for Drayton McLane

It's been a rough year for the Astros. They are, after all, in the only division in recent memory in which a .500 team might actually take first, and they're stuck in the back of the pack with the Pirates. They've since fired GM Tim Purpura and manager Phil Garner, and are building a new city, hopefully with the brick and...

Garner and Purpura Canned in Houston

You're know your favorite team is really bad if it can't even contend in the NL Central. To that end, it shouldn't be a huge surprise for fans in Houston to see that the Astros have decided to clean house. The blog Crawfish Boxes had the scoop earlier today and it's since been confirmed by the team's official website:The...

Jason Jennings' Season Is Over

It is safe to say that Jason Jennings' first and maybe only season as a Houston Astro did not go as either side planned. The Astros traded for Jennings, who mastered Coors Field in 2006, to help fill in the holes created when Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens bolted back to New York. Instead of helping, Jennings went 2-9...

Tim Purpura Should Be Ashamed of Himself

Lots of noise has been made over the signing deadline of midnight for the 2007 draft class. After lots of hair-pulling and teeth-gnashing, most of the key players from the first round ended up signing (I said most, sorry Kansas City turns out Moustakas signed at just about the last possible second after all, thanks to...

Ty Wigginton Traded To the Astros

And we have yet another thrilling near-deadline trade to talk about. The non-contender Houston Astros sent struggling reliever Dan Wheeler to Tampa Bay for utility-man extraordinaire Ty Wigginton. Tampa's pen is terrible so this move makes sense for them, but I don't really see how this is helping the Astros a whole ton....