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minorleagueball.com - 12/30/2008

Houston Astros Top 20 Prospects

— minorleagueball.com — My favorite Houston Astro of all time was James Rodney Richard Houston Astros Top 20 Prospects for... 2009   All grades are EXTREMELY PRELIMINARY and subject to change. Don’t get too worried about exact rankings at this point, ... (more) Houston Astros Top 20 Prospects

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chron.com - 12/30/2008

Astros owner McLane in favor of salary cap | Baseball | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

— chron.com — Astros owner Drayton McLane is one of the wealthiest men in the country and is accustomed to... hearing about multimillion-dollar deals being made in any of his numerous business ventures. But even McLane finds himself astonished at the kinds of cash the ... (more) Astros owner McLane in favor of salary cap | Baseball |  ...

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razzball.com - 12/22/2008

Razzball Historical Spotlight: Brad Ausmus (2001-2008)

— razzball.com — A look back at the extraordinary hitting exploits of Brad Ausmus.... (more) Razzball Historical Spotlight: Brad Ausmus (2001-2008)

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2009 Astros WAR Project
The Crawfish Boxes — ... be fun and slightly up lifting.  So far I have the Astros pegged at about 79 wins next year and I don't have the bullpen or the starting rotation fully accounted for...but I also don't have the bench fully accounted for either... Finally, look for the Astroiest Bracket to be released on New Years day.  It'll be a 32 entity battle royale, with some fancy polls that allow you to vote on the first 16 match-ups all in one post. As promised, the first pass at projecting the 2009 Houston Astros.

Astros WAR
Beyond the Box Score — Astros WAR First, I have to thank Sky for his assistance with this...I would have futzed around in Excel for days before I got anything done. The offense comes from an average of Bill James and Marcels wOBA; the baserunning from BPro's baserunning ...

Try your hand at projecting the 2009 Astros
The Crawfish Boxes — ... Sky provides access to the spread sheet, you can look at what I've got done here, and here's a link on how to calculate wOBA. I need to redo my projected wOBA using CHONE, but that's on my schedule for Saturday. The more people who get involved, the more accurate we can be. ...