It's almost draft time, which means we can welcome the national media back to paying attention to the Astros and passing judgments based on three-year old narratives of the team, front office, and franchise.
Case in point: Jon Heyman's new article about the Astros and the draft, who says that the Astros are considering both Carlos Rodon and Brady Aiken (not surprising).
But the Astros do weird things! remember!?
A rumor was gaining steam in recent days that the Astros may consider
going off the board and taking talented high school shortstop Nicholas
Gordon instead...That may well just be a rumor, but it's stirring
additional intrigue in baseball circles. Folks view the Astros as
nothing if not unpredictable, so perhaps it shouldn't be such a
surprise.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
