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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Tuesday Morning Hot Links

And a happy DJ Screw Day (and Yordan Birthday Day) to those of you who celebrate. The Astros were off last night, thanks be to God, and start a series in St. Louis tonight with Framber on the mound. Looking to give the bullpen two days off, Framber...

*Off-Day Playoff Odds:

FanGraphs: 26.7% to win AL West, 53.8% to make the playoffs.

B-Ref: 19.4% to win AL West, 61.2% to make the playoffs.

*Last 30 games, AL:

18-12: Tampa

17-13: Baltimore, Crowley, Toronto

16-14: Anaheim, Cleveland

15-15: New York, Seattle

14-16: Houston, Boston, Minnesota, Chicago

12-18: Detroit

10-20: Oakland

8-22: Kansas City

*At 40-40 the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins are a half-game better than the AL East basement Boston Red Sox. 

*Check out the newest Ep. 203 of Lima Time Time!

*Drew Gilbert is headed to the MLB Futures Game. Chandler Rome: Why Drew Gilbert needed to struggle for the last month.

*There are 0 Astros on the updated MLB.com Top 100 Prospects list.

*Wired: Wanna scratch that travel itch? Try YouTube.

*British grime rapper Stormzy has teamed up with Wilfried Zaha to buy AFC Croydon.

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