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Astros predicted to replace Framber Valdez with ace on 3-year, $54M deal

The Houston Astros have a few big needs to address in free agency right now. They’re watching their ace, Framber Valdez, walk into free agency, and it seems like they’re unlikely to land a new deal with him.

Because of that, the Astros could be in the market for a pitcher or two in free agency. They might not have the money to chase the biggest names on the market, but they could certainly land a few respectable pitchers to help push toward a postseason berth next year.

Ryan Finkelstein of Just Baseball recently predicted the Astros would sign Shota Imanaga away from the Chicago Cubs in free agency on a three-year, $54 million deal.

“When it comes to a team fit, the Houston Astros could use a starting pitcher, but may not be able to shop at the very top of the market,” Finkelstein wrote. “Imanaga is no Framber Valdez, but he is also a better bet than Lance McCullers Jr., Jason Alexander, and Spencer Arrighetti, who are all projected to be in their 2026 rotation right now. Hunter Brown is clearly the ace. Imanaga would give the Astros a dependable middle-of-the-rotation arm who still has frontline upside if he can rediscover his 2024 form.”

It certainly wouldn’t be as sweet as retaining Valdez, but the Astros can’t sign all the biggest free agents on the market.

Imanaga would be the perfect addition to the Astros on an affordable deal. He’s not a world beater, but he’s the perfect fit for Houston’s needs.

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November 14, 2025

Astros ace gets huge 5-year, $135 million contract projection

The Houston Astros collapsed at the end of the season and missed the postseason entirely.

As a result, there are a lot of eyes on the Astros this offseason. They’re expected to make some moves to get their team back in contention, but their ace, Framber Valdez, is set to enter free agency. This could throw a wrench in the team’s plans.

Bleacher Report’s Joel Reuter recently projected Valdez would sign for $135 million over five years in free agency this winter.

“Framber Valdez was on track to be the highest-paid starting pitcher in the 2025-26 free-agent class before a bizarre incident where he appeared to intentionally cross up his catcher, César Salazar, with a fastball to the chest out of frustration,” Reuter wrote. “Given his strong track record of frontline production and significant postseason experience, more than a few teams will likely look at the bigger picture of what adding him to the rotation would mean for their 2026 outlook. However, there could also be a few clubs that avoid him entirely if they view that as a clubhouse red flag.”

The Astros should be seen as one of the top suitors for Valdez, but it’s always difficult to judge the market on pitchers.

Valdez is one of the top arms in free agency, and every team in baseball could use him. Houston is going to need to open its checkbook to re-sign Valdez, but it may be necessary if the Astros want to avoid a similar disappointment going forward.

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October 16, 2025

Four Looming Questions for the Astros This Offseason – Houston Press

When you miss the postseason for the first time in eight years, even if it was only by a couple games, decisions will need to be made. This is particularly true of an Astros organization that has celebrated one of the best runs of any team in baseball over the last decade including a pair of World Series wins.

It is what makes this winter both fascinating and a little concerning for anyone following this team. Jim Crane has said the championship window will always be open as long as he is the owner, but that is easier said that done, particularly when you are simultaneously trying to remain relevant and rebuild a farm system devastated by trades, injuries and penalties in the wake of the 2017 sign-stealing scandal.

GM Dana Brown will have a lot on his plate when the hot stove starts heating up. Here are four questions that will be top of mind for him and Astros fans.

How do you deal with the starting pitching?

At present, the Astros have exactly two healthy starting pitchers we can assume will occupy the team’s starting rotation in 2026: Hunter Brown and Cristian Javier. Framber Valdez is a free agent and not expected to return. Barring surgery, Spencer Arrighetti should be back and Lance McCullers, Jr. could take one last shot at starting. After that, it’s a crapshoot.

Multiple players including Ronel Blanco, Luis Garcia, Hayden Wesneski and Brandon Walter are expected to miss all of next season following surgery. That leaves rookie AJ Blubaugh, who was good in his handful of starts, but hardly a guarantee, and Jason Alexander, who could return but was only good this past year after being claimed off waivers.

After swinging and missing at a starter at the deadline, Brown will have no greater priority than finding at least one, possibly two, starting arms this offseason and pray for health in 2026, something that has eluded the organization for several years.

What moves do you make to clean up the infield logjam?

Bring Carlos Correa back via trade was not just good for the feels at Daikan, it was beneficial on the field as well. Likewise, Ramon Urias provided some much needed depth on the infield. But with Isaac Paredes back from injury, there are now more players than spots available. Paredes could be moved to second base, but few believe he can excel defensively there, something the Astros as an organization have prioritized in their infield acquisitions. But if not there, where?

Christian Walker came on at the end of the season, but was a general disappointment at the plate despite being excellent at first. Jose Altuve bounced between left field, second and designated hitter, but many people the left field experiment will end leaving him with few options in the field, especially when Yordan Alvarez is healthy.

Then there is the fact that with Urias, the Astros are essentially carrying two utility men with Mauricio Dubon, who regressed at the plate in 2025. Could some of these players be moved to clear room?

Oh, and we didn’t even mention the fact that rookie Brice Matthews, who plays second base, looks ready for a full season in the bigs. A lot to consider here.

Can better coaching improve hitting with these players?

After firing Alex Cintrón and Troy Snitker, the team will move to fill those vacancies with new hires focused on hitting, but will that be enough. For years, this has been an organization that preached plate discipline, but that seemed to escape them this year. With so many free swingers on the roster and not enough of them power hitters, the Astros offense was anemic at best.

You’d be hard pressed to find people in baseball who believe hitting coaches can change the fortunes of entire teams, but they need to get these hires right. Getting back to taking more pitches and saving swings for balls in the zone must be a priority.

Ultimately, however, it will take the right combination of players (and health) to get this team out of the offensive basement. Adding ANY power to the mix would also be hugely helpful.

What 40-man roster moves should be on the table?

When you consider the names on the roster and the lack of minor league depth, it seems like an offseason primed for some trades of players most fans know. Where players like Dubon, Walker and/or Paredes fit will be part of the calculus, particularly with the glaring need for pitching.

Then there is the outfield. Jesus Sanchez in right was below average in the field platooning with the surprising rookie Cam Smith, who excelled defensively despite never playing in the outfield. But, Sanchez also struggled at the plate. They team dealt for him, hoping for a boost from his left handed bat. With a full year under his belt, Smith probably deserves the full time role in right, but where does that leave Sanchez?

Likewise, rookie Zach Cole had a huge impact down the stretch and seemingly came out of nowhere, but would seem to be squeezed in the outfield when you consider the returns of Jacob Melton, one of the team’s best prospects, and Zach Dezenzo, who could play multiple spots on the field.

Finally, there are Chas McCormick and Jake Meyers. McCormick could be a candidate to be non tendered and Meyers might be at the peak of his trade value after a good season at the plate and continued success defensively in center.

A lot will be decided in a short period of time with potential seismic shifts up and down the roster.

This article appears in Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2025.

Astros Let Three Coaches, Two Staffers Go in Offseason Overhaul

It was announced this week that the Astros would bring back manager Joe Espada and GM Dana Brown in 2026 after missing the postseason for the first time in what seems like forever. Both are signed through next season and it makes sense that owner Jim Crane will see how things go next year before making any long term decisions on either of his top men.

That didn’t save others from the chopping block as three coaches, one trainer and an assistant general manager were all let go on Thursday.

Hitting coaches Alex Cintrón and Troy Snitker along with Michael Collins, who oversees the catchers, did not have their contracts renewed for next year. Fans who knew the names of Cintrón and Snitker and what they did could be found most of the year on social media calling for their heads with the Astros anemic offense struggling. Whether new hitting coaches can change the fortunes of the team is a different question entirely.

Along with the coaches, neither head athletic trainer Jeremiah Randall nor the assistant GM who oversaw sports medicine and performance, Andrew Ball, will return next season. With the huge number of injuries and re-injuries throughout the season, heads were certainly going to roll among training staff.

Hitting and injuries were the two most glaring issues for the Astros in 2025 and cleaning house this offseason meant hitting those two departments hard.

As much as fans may feel like this is a positive step — and, frankly, addressing everything this winter should be on the table — Randall presided over a well respected training staff that actually won the league’s “best” award back in 2017. Granted, that’s nearly a decade ago, but it’s unlikely they suddenly forgot how to heal people.

As for the hitting, everything from player development to in-game strategy needs to be reviewed. The Astros won a pair of championships due in no small part to their savvy play at the plate. They routinely had stellar strikeout-to-walk ratios along with particularly good clutch hitting numbers. That has gone downhill significantly over the last few seasons.

This probably won’t solve all the Astros problems. In fact, they will need a lot more than just getting rid of assistants to do that. But, it does feel like a step in the right direction, especially fresh off a premature ending to the season.

This article appears in Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2025.

Four Questions the Astros Must Answer This Winter

If you went back to the start of the 2025 baseball season with the knowledge that the Astros would have 26 players on the IL including a league most 18 at one time, lose +17 WAR in player injuries, see multiple starting pitchers go down with serious elbow problems, and lose your closer for the last month of the season, you probably would have imagined a team close to the bottom of the AL and a completely uncompetitive season.

You’d be wrong.

Despite all of those problems and an unbelievably anemic offense, the Astros entered game 161 with a chance to still make the postseason. Two weeks prior to that, they were leading the AL West. When you reconstruct the memory of the season in your head, that should offer at least a bit of comfort and, perhaps more importantly, perspective.

We may all feel defeated after so much heartbreak, but the reality is this team played well beyond what it had on the field. Will there need to be changes? Absolutely. As former Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy was fond of saying, you don’t ignore in victory what you would not ignore in defeat. This team has its share of issues that must be addressed, but in the end, this season could have been much, much worse. Now, let’s figure out what to do next.

Does Framber Valdez return?

The highest profile free agent for the Astros this offseason is the lefty starter who may or may not have intentionally thrown at his catcher this year. Valdez has tons of talent and induces ground balls at an insane rate, but for two straight seasons, he has fallen off in the second half of the season. He has also become known for his occasional inability to rein in his emotions on the mound.

But, he is a unique talent that will have plenty of suitors if the Astros choose not to lean hard into their pursuit of Valdez. If this last season has taught us anything it is that you can absolutely never have too many pitchers, but at what cost? Valdez is going to want to be paid in what should be the last big deal of his career, but he’s about to turn 32 and it would make sense for the Astros to transition to younger talent at this point even if it hurts them in the short term. Don’t expect them to go all out for Valdez.

How do you address the injury problems?

How is really the right interrogative because, at this point, we aren’t sure who is to blame. The rash of injuries, particularly serious ones to pitching, was hard to fathom and could point to the player development staff. Then there’s the fact that multiple players clearly came back before they were ready putting return to play protocols and team medical staff in the crosshairs.

But, there are so many deep, complex issues when it comes to pitching injuries in baseball from max effort throws and spin rate to young players pushing too hard too soon — kids are getting Tommy John surgery in high school now. All of Major League Baseball is facing the epidemic of pitching injuries and there are no good answers yet. At the bare minimum, the Astros need to evaluate their entire medical process and determine how they can limit re-injuries and make sure they are not pushing guys either in development or in returning from injury.

What can they do about the scoring woes?

The Astros were in the bottom third of baseball in runs scored, but they were in the top 10 in hits. That points to two truths about this roster. First, they don’t hit home runs. They were 16th in homers this year even in a ballpark like Daikan with it’s short porch in left field. Second, they were awful with runners in scoring position. The Astros were 26th in on-base percentage with runners in scoring position, 22nd in slugging, and 11th in strikeouts.

This is way too much of a free swinging team for a group that doesn’t hit the long ball with any kind of frequency. If you are hitting close to 300 home runs as a team for the season, you can go up there and be aggressive. But, if you don’t even get to 200, you better show more plate discipline. This was a focus of the team last offseason and yet they got worse. Don’t be surprised if hitting coaches take the brunt of the blame, but this will be on the players to correct and improve.

What does the infield look like next year?

Maybe even more than the pitching staff, the way the Astros deal with the infield in the offseason will be fascinating to watch. Jeremy Peña is locked at shortstop and it is clear with Carlos Correa’s return, he isn’t moving off of third base. You would think Christian Walker, who still has two seasons left on his deal with the team, would be guaranteed a spot at first, but his hitting was sub par even if he remained very good defensively, and Isaac Paredes, who was the much better hitter last year, finds himself without a position.

Moving Paredes to first would make a lot of sense, but what would happen to Walker? He can’t just DH because of Yordan Alvarez. There was talk about Paredes playing second, but with defense a high priority, that might not be the best option. Never mind the fact that Brice Matthews is absolutely banging on the door of the major league. And we haven’t even mentioned Jose Altuve yet. Oof.

Of all the things GM Dana Brown needs to figure out this winter, the infield might be the most complicated.

2025 Houston Astros MVP Ballot, The Winner Is…. – Houston Press

If you feel a palpable void in your social schedule, or perhaps your very soul, it’s probably because October is here, and for the previous eight Octobers (hell, even an October in the middle of a pandemic), we have had playoff baseball in the city of Houston. This year, thanks to enough injuries to fill a small hospital and an offense that appeared to be using toothpicks to hit, the Astros are off for the month of October.

The baseball gods have screamed, in classic Seinfeld Soup Nazi style, “Houston! NO PLAYOFF BASEBALL FOR YOU!” Sure, the injuries can be partially to blame, but at times down the stretch, when the schedule looked pretty easy, and the lineup was near full strength, the Astros wilted, sometimes in cataclysmic fashion. Losing six games to the A’s by a combined score of 43-8 is just one glaring example.

So now comes the unpredictable part, because we’ve never seen owner Jim Crane operate under these conditions — determine how to move forward with a team he most assuredly sees as a World Series contender, but having missed the playoffs entirely. To be clear, the Astros have missed the playoffs on Crane’s watch, most recently in 2016 before this past weekend. They’ve never missed the playoffs with a top tier payroll, and high expectations.

Nobody is safe. If I had to bet, I’d bet my life savings, at a minimum, hitting coaches Alex Cintrón and Troy Snitker will be fired. Joe Espada, who was being. Touted as a Manager of the Year candidate a month ago, is on thin ice. It’s one thing to miss the playoffs, but it’s another to collapse entirely. GM Dana Brown shouldn’t get too comfy either. Jim Crane let the previous GM, James Click, go four days after wining a World Series in 2022.

Espada and Brown meet with the media late Tuesday morning, assuming both are still in their roles, so the answers in this press conference could be fascinating, especially considering that Dana Brown didn’t really answer whether Espada would be back, when asked over the weekend:

“As far as I’m concerned, Joe is under contract,” Brown said from his suite at Angel Stadium. “We’re going to take a complete look at all of our operations. As far as I’m concerned, Joe worked hard through this season. We had to battle through a ton of injuries, and I really think the injuries (are) what caused us not to get to the postseason.”

On the one hand, bringing back Espada because of how he managed a practically unmanageable injury situation would be logical. On the other hand, it’s hard not to believe that Crane sees some other managerial prospects out there with a bit more juice, guys who can win a few more games on the margin with some good chess moves.

For now, we close the books on the strangest season of Astros baseball I can remember. Somehow, they managed to go over their Vegas preseason win total of 86.5. Perhaps the easiest way to encapsulate how odd this season was would be to try to put together a classic MVP style ballot, 10 names, from 1st to 10th place, for the MVP of the Astros.

In fact, let’s workshop this:

1. HUNTER BROWN, starting pitcher
Brown is the no brainer MVP of the 2025 Houston Astros. With a 12-9 record, a 2.43 ERA, and a team leading 6.1 Wins Above Replacement (WAR), Brown will likely finish in the top 3 for the AL Cy Young. With any run support in the second half of the season, he likely wins 16 to 18 games. He’s the one Astro who answered the bell at a high level all season long.

Okay on to second place…..

Here is where the ointment is besieged by flies. There isn’t a single player that you can find that falls into Brown’s category of “season long stalwart.” The rest of the roster is made up of high level players who missed vast chunks of the season with injury (Yordan Alvarez, Jeremy Pena, Josh Hader), guys who were healthy all season but disappointed (Yainer Diaz, Christian Walker, Framber Valdez), and Jose Altuve, whose season is more complicated than we want to believe.

So, for what it’s worth, here is what the rest of the ballot would like, and as you read this, just know that it may not be as simple as “fire Espada” or “we just need to get healthy!”

2. JEREMY PENA, shortstop
3. JOSH HADER, closer
4. ISAAC PAREDES, third baseman
These are the other three Astro All Stars in 2025. All three of them missed significant time with injuries, but I’d rather have 120 games (or in the case of Hader, 40 or so) of these guys than 162 of some of the others on the team.

5. FRAMBER VALDEZ, starting pitcher
Framber was a nightmare in the final two months of the season, but when the Astros were at their most injured in the first four months, Valdez’s 13 straight starts in which the Astros won vaulted this team to the top of the division. He will be missed in 2026.

6. JOSE ALTUVE, second base/left field/DH
His 0.5 bWAR was lower than Zach Cole’s 0.6, but he’s the best player in the history of the franchise. I can’t have him languishing with the scrubs. I’ll plunk him at sixth.

7. BRYAN ABREU, relief pitcher
8. JAKE MEYERS, center fielder
9. YAINER DIAZ, catcher
10. JASON ALEXANDER, starting pitcher
Man, it was hard to round out this ballot. Abreu was your second most impactful relief pitcher behind Hader. MEYERS was a borderline All Star before suffering a calf injury. Diaz was second in bWAR among everyday players. Finally, Alexander was your second best starter behind Brown for the final two months of the season.

Countdown is on to March 26, 2026, Opening Day, and hopefully the beginning of a redemption season for our hometown team.

This article appears in Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2025.

Carlos Correa Vows to Make Next Year ‘One to Remember’ As Astros Miss Playoffs

For the first time since 2016, the Houston Astros will be watching the entirety of the MLB playoffs from their couches.

The Astros were eliminated Saturday night when the Cleveland Guardians walked it off against the Texas Rangers. Carlos Correa, one of the team’s three trade deadline acquisitions, didn’t make excuses for the team’s disappointment.

“They (the fans) are used to watching playoff baseball and they look forward to that every single year,” Correa told Chandler Rome of The Athletic. “We were not able to accomplish that this year, but we promise our fans in Houston this offseason is going to be one of a lot of hard work. We’re all going to get better. Next year will be one to remember.”

The Astros dealt with a lot of injuries this season. Slugger Yordan Alvarez and closer Josh Hader ended the season on the injured list, and according to Rome, 28 players in the Houston organization spent time on the injured list this season.

Correa isn’t using that as an excuse.

“It’s part of baseball,” Correa told Rome. “That’s where the depth of an organization comes into play.”

The Los Angeles Dodgers are an example of what Correa means when he references the organization’s depth. They had numerous pitching injuries this season and still found a way to win the National League West. Of course, the Dodgers can also have a much larger payroll than the Astros which certainly helps their cause.

With the Astros missing the playoffs, all eyes shift to general manager Dana Brown as to how he responds. Houston has several key pieces that Brown can build on next season, but it’s a question of how he addresses the gaps. The outfield remains a huge hole that needs to be filled properly in the offseason. If he addresses it or how he addresses it remains to be seen and will determine how successful the Astros are next season to keep their contention window open.

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September 28, 2025

Pitchers Dropping Like Flies With Astros Season on the Brink

If at the beginning of the season we told you the Astros would be fighting for a Wild Card spot in the last week of the season despite having as many as 18 players on the IL at once and losing most of their pitching staff (and their closer) to injury, you’d probably think this was a miracle season. You would demand Joe Espada be named AL Manager of the Year and probably be boasting about what an incredible season it has been, make or miss the postseason.

That thirty-thousand-foot-view is fine for people who don’t follow the team every day, but for hardcore fans, this season has been a disappointment. Watching the offense struggle game after game is brutal. But, far more difficult has been seeing pitchers constantly coming through the revolving door bullpen with injuries.

Here is a list of every starting pitcher for the Astros still on the active roster who remains in the starting rotation (J.P. France and Colton Gordon are now pitching only in relief).

Hunter Brown
One of the best pitchers in the AL and the Astros ace with over 180 innings pitched.

Framber Valdez
Still a solid starter, but numbers have fallen off over the second half of the season.

Cristian Javier
Looks good back from surgery last year. Has thrown over 37 innings since returning.

Jason Alexander
Claimed off waivers in May, Alexander (with one recent exception) has been outstanding.

AJ Blubaugh
Rookie pitcher has been in and out of the starting rotation, but shows promise for 2026.

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Lance McCullers, Jr. has one year left on his contract and can’t seem to stay healthy.

Photo by Jack Gorman

Now, here are the starting pitchers who are not on the active roster.

Luis Garcia
Threw in just two games after two years missed due to surgery will now miss all of 2026 with elbow surgery.

Spencer Arrighetti
Missed a chunk of the season with a broken thumb on a fluke accident, now out for the season, possibly longer, with elbow inflammation.

Ronel Blanco
Missed most of the season (after nine starts) and will likely miss most of 2026 due to Tommy John surgery.

Hayden Wesneski
After just six starts, needed Tommy John surgery and will miss most if not all of 2026.

Lance McCullers, Jr.
Plagued with injuries over the last several seasons, McCullers only pitched a handful of games before being shelved for the year with other injury issues. The last year of his huge contract is 2026.

Brandon Walter
The promising young lefty became the fourth pitcher for the Astros this year to undergo Tommy John surgery. He could miss all of 2026.

None of this factors in the relievers — Josh Hader chief among them — who have battled their own injury problems this season or position players like Isaac Paredes and Yordan Alvarez.

The fact is, this has been an absolutely devastating year from an injury standpoint and it really should be a shock to fans that the Astros are even remotely in the hunt for a playoff spot given the incredible misfortune this season.

One thing is certain, however. This team (and baseball probably in general) needs to evaluate how it deals with pitching injuries because whatever is going on right now is ridiculous.

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September 26, 2025

Astros Swept by the Mariners: Three Winners, Three Losers

This Astros team has always felt like it had a tenuous grasp on its playoff aspirations. Loaded with pitching depth and re-loaded on offense, entering 2025 felt like both a new start and a transition at the same time. Now, with just six games left in the season, the transition seems closer than ever.

On Sunday night, the first place Seattle Mariners completed a sweep of the Astros at Daikin Park to all but clinch the AL West and put the Astros (currently) out of the postseason. After a three-game sweep of the Rangers, the teams entered this series tied. So much for that.

As of writing this, the Astros are on the outside looking in when it comes to the playoffs, and these three losses weren’t even close, making the fade at the end of this crazy year seem even more apparent. We might normally do FOUR winners and losers, but we felt three, given the sweep, seemed appropriate.

WINNERS

Cal Raleigh

Not only does the “Big Dumper” have one of the best nicknames in sports history, he’s now tied with Ken Griffey, Jr. for the most homers in a season by a Mariner. Big D hit a pair of dingers in the series against Astros pitching. He has been remarkable all year and that didn’t end at Daikin.

Zach Cole

A few weeks ago, you would have been hard pressed to find an Astros fan who had a clue who this young outfielder is. But, since his joining the team, he has been an absolute offensive spark plug. Granted, a spark is about all this Astros team can produce offensively, but, hey, it’s something.

Mariners Fans Revenge

It feels like there is no fan base that hates the Astros more than Seattle. The Dodgers might come close, but the number of times the Astros have broken the M’s has got to be absolutely debilitating to that fan base. This year, not so much. They are flinging fish around that market in Seattle with a particular glee this weekend.

LOSERS

Astros Starting Pitching

In 12 innings pitched, the Astros starters Hunter Brown, Framber Valdez and Jason Alexander gave up 14 runs. Relievers gave up three. In fairness, 12 of those 14 runs game off Valdez and Alexander, not Brown, who still can’t seem to get any run support from this teammates. Valdez has continued to sputter his way to free agency and Alexander had his first awful start as an Astro. Too bad it was in this series.

Houston Run Scoring

Being outscored by 10 in a three-game series is bad, but when you consider that four of the Astros seven runs scored came on a grand slam by Jeremy Peña in game two, yikes. The home team put runs on the board in exactly four of the 27 innings they played in this series. It has been a rough year for the offense, but this was an absolute faceplant in the most important series of the year.

Fans with an Early Monday Morning

Instead of a day game, ESPN bumped the series finale to Sunday Night Baseball. For the fans in attendance, they were treated to a 7-run second by the Mariners and it was basically downhill from there. With Monday just hours away from the end of the game, the fact that fans had to wait it out until 9:30 p.m. instead of 4:30 p.m. is just brutal.

Jeff Balke

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September 22, 2025