Astros scouting and player development is extending teams contention window (Baseball America)
Which pitching prospect is ready to be the “Next Man Up?” (Climbing Tal’s Hill)
Move over Red Sox: Astros are best team in MLB in 2019, according to Vegas (Yahoo! Sports)
Around the league
White Sox sign Manny Machado compatriot Jon Jay (ESPN)
Mets, Hector Santiago agree to minor league deal (ESPN)
MLB payrolls dropped for first time since 2010 (Houston Chronicle)
Yanks’ Sabathia cleared for workouts (ESPN)
Why baseball needs the speedy Royals to overachieve (ESPN)
The 10 biggest swinging-strike gainers of 2018 (FanGraphs)
Zach Britton turned one simple pitch into $39 million (FanGraphs)
Yankees will regret it if they don’t get Manny (MLB.