Things look about right so far, though there are a few unexpected twists.

Some early surprises from baseball’s largest division.

Mark Appel is a leading candidate to go first in the draft to the Astros in 2012. But is the big righty the choice to make?

Ten teams’ seasons will just be heating up, while the rest will be left out in the cold.

Injuries, injuries, and more injuries

On every dark page there’s a silver lining. Houston’s is named J.D. Martinez.

A new playoff schedule, a bunch of five-year contracts, and another shady signing.

How Brett Myers will do as a closer and how valuable he is to the Astros in that role is not the question for this space. Just the fastballs. Let’s take a look at some quick-and-dirty numbers (four- and two-seam fastballs all together; age determined by season year minus birth year—neither precise nor seasonal). If […]

The past week’s news viewed through the prism of fantasy relevance

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