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Houston Astros News and Rumors

Astros content with wait-and-see approach when assessing free agents

chron.com

The premier players representing MLB’s 2012 free-agent class have yet to sign deals, and a stalled market is expected to heat up this week during the annual winter meetings.

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Chip has been traveling for the last several days, so Brian Todd steps up with some key questions as the off season enters a key phase. • •• ••• •• • It didn’t have to be this way. Forty-five games into the 2012 season, I would have be…

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Former Astros closer Brad Lidge is retiring, according to media reports Sunday.

Brian McTaggart, MLB.com

The Astros will add at least one player later this week when they make the first selection in the Rule 5 Draft, and general manager Jeff Luhnow has been laying the groundwork in recent weeks to perhaps make even more additions.