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Could Astros target Stroman?

June 27: When this season began, the Astros appeared to have incredible starting pitching depth, with prospects Forrest Whitley, Corbin Martin, Josh James and Framber Valdez backing up a rotation of Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole, Brad Peacock, Wade Miley and Collin McHugh.

While the club’s top four starters (Verlander, Cole, Peacock, Miley) have all been good to great, Houston has had trouble finding a consistent No. 5 option.

The team sent Valdez to the Minors after the left-hander struggled Wednesday, but it’s uncertain how it will fill the vacated spot. McHugh struggled as a starter earlier this year and just returned from the injured list on Tuesday, Whitley and Martin are both hurt, and James has notched a 4.81 ERA with a 4.46 FIP in the bullpen despite striking out 61 batters in 39 1/3 innings.

Might Houston look outside the organization?

According to MLB Network insider Peter Gammons, the Astros did almost as much work evaluating Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman as they did on Verlander in 2017. Houston ultimately acquired Verlander, and he helped the club win the World Series the same year.

The Astros “saw much they liked” in Stroman, per Gammons, who suggests the righty would make sense as a target this season.

Stroman is under team control through next season, and he would provide the Astros with insurance in case Cole, Miley and McHugh leave as free agents this offseason.

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OK, I don't mean to be a Polyanna here, but remember when our seasons were one good month and a season of awful? Isn't it nice that the situation is reversed, now?

We had a bad month last year. We had a bad month in 2017. This is our 2019 bad month. Shit will get better. Y'all chill, we got this.

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Good play by Yuli.  And I guess that play goes against my argument the other day that sliding feet first makes it harder for the catcher to block the plate.  Either that or Crawford bitched out because he was afraid of contact.

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