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Astros Crawfish Boil: January 31st, 2020

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By CKuno Jan 31, 2020, 8:20am CST

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MLB: Houston Astros-Dusty Baker Press Conference

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Astros News

The Dusty Baker era is a brand new chapter for the Astros (Astros.com)
And he is determined to bring a blend of modern and old-school to the Astros clubhouse (Sports Radio 610)
Here are 5 questions for the team going forward (Astros.com)
Baker’s biggest challenge may just be replacing Gerrit Cole in the lineup (Houston Chronicle)
The Astros will take their time in the GM search, hoping to have one in place by about halfway through Spring Training (Astros.com)
Sign-stealing seems to have helped the Astros enormously in 2017 (The Athletic, $$$)
But, then again, it seems to have hurt just as much (Baseball Prospectus, $$$)
At least that much seems true for Marwin Gonzalez (Twinkie Town)
Here’s what some of the players were up to during the offseason (The Runner Sports)
Maybe the time is right for an LGBTQ night at Minute Maid Park (House of Houston)

Around the League

Could Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes have been a baseball phenom? (MLB.com)
This rule change could have the potential to increase Shohei Ohtani’s value even more (MLB.com)
A few more signings went down as we close in on Spring Training including Pedro Strop to the Reds (MLB Trade Rumors)
And Matt Joyce heading to Miami on a one-year deal (MLB Trade Rumors)
And the Mariners adding veteran reliever Yoshihisa Hirano for next season (ESPN)