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Oct 2020
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Jeff Luhnow speaks plus a look ahead to ...

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Mike and Jake discuss the biggest on-field developments for the Astros in 2020 and share their thoughts on the pending free agencies of George Springer and Michael Brantley. Later, they react to Jeff Luhnow’s comments from earlier in the week.

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