Mike Maddux

Love God, family, friends, Coaching my kids in baseball, the Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, Houston Rockets, & SFA!!!

[Adam Clanton @adamclanton]

Openly lobbying on @SportsTalk790 & @SpaceCityHN for Jim Crane and the @astros to rehire @jluhnow as the team’s next general manager. Retweet if you agree… #ChaseTheFight

[Greg Rajan @GregRajan]

Playoff wins for Astros managers:
Dusty Baker: 34
A.J. Hinch: 28
Phil Garner: 13
Bill Virdon: 4
Larry Dierker: 2
Hal Lanier: 2
Joe Espada: 0

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

so far this postseason:

- Teams to score first are 8-1
- Teams to out-homer opponents are 6-1 (30-5 in ‘25 PS)
- 49.3% of runs have been scored via HR (was 40.5% in ’26 RS, 45.4% in '25 PS)

[Cory Lieder @AustinCory]

Most Postseason Appearances by Expansion-era MLB teams (1961-present):

19 -- HOU
18 --
17 --
16 --
15 --
14 --
13 --
12 -- MIL
11 -- NYM, TOR
10 -- KC, LAA, SD, TB
9 -- TEX
8 --
7 -- AZ
6 -- SEA, WAS
5 -- COL
4 -- MIA

[TravisT @LeftyTravis]

Justin Verlander talks to cheater Mookie Betts about his time in Houston.

[Houston Astros @astros]

A leader, a champion, a legend.

Thank you for every moment, every milestone, and every memory you gave to Houston. Congratulations on an extraordinary career, JV 🤘🧡

[Codify @CodifyBaseball]

Qualified MLB Hitters With .400+ OBPs:

1998: 18
1999: 31
2000: 31
2001: 18
2002: 20
2003: 15
2004: 12
2005: 11
2006: 16
2007: 18
2008: 10
2009: 12
2010: 7
2011: 6
2012: 4
2013: 7
2014: 3
2015: 6
2016: 7
2017: 11
2018: 6
2019: 7
2021: 3
2022: 6
2023: 7
2024: 2
2025: 1
2026: 1 (Yordan Álvarez)

[Brian McTaggart @brianmctaggart]

AL West champs last 10 years:

2017: Astros
2018: Astros
2019: Astros
2020: A’s (short season)
2021: Astros
2022: Astros
2023: Astros
2024: Astros
2025: Mariners
2026: Astros

[Dad Jokes @Dadsaysjokes]

So, "In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins came on a few minutes ago at work. I was the ONLY person who did the air drum solo.

I don't wanna work here anymore. I don't need that kind of negativity in my life.

[Cindy Rittinghouse @blesstgirl]

God Bless Kate for dressing her daughter in a Houston Astros jacket!! 🧡3️⃣5️⃣

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

The Guardians are the first team to win division titles in consecutive years despite being at least 6 GB thru 125 games or more in both (divisions since 1969)

h/t @EliasSports

[Anthony Castrovince @castrovince]

Al Central championships

Cleveland: 14
Twins: 9
Tigers: 4
White Sox: 4
Royals: 1
Brewers: 0

(Starting to have my doubts the Brewers will ever win one, having left the division in 1998)

[nugget chef (mayor of the 209) @jayhaykid]

This new thing Cleveland does where they let another team think they're going to win the division for most of the season and then pull the rug out is fun and cool
https://t.co/QlCiNJEoMr

[Codify @CodifyBaseball]

A complete list of every pitcher in MLB history with more career innings and more strikeouts per inning than Justin Verlander:

Nolan Ryan
Randy Johnson

That's it. That's the list.

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

Justin Verlander’s entire regular-season career was as a starter

557 career games, all starts
second-most appearances in MLB history by a pitcher to exclusively pitch as a starter (Tom Glavine 682)

No other pitcher has finished a career with even 350 games, all as a starter

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

The final numbers from Justin Verlander’s 21-year Hall of Fame career:

Record: 266-159
Games started: 557
ERA: 3.33
ERA+: 128
IP: 3,575.2
H: 3,057
BB: 1,007
K: 3,560 (8th all-time)
HR: 374
FIP: 3.44
Cy Young Award: 3
All-Star: 10
World Series champion: 2
American League MVP: 1

[Will Maddux @MLBMetrics]

The winner of the AL West is now guaranteed to be the worst playoff team in a full season in MLB history.

[Cleveland Guardians @CleGuardians]

New family photo just dropped.

#GuardsBall | #StandGuard

[Nick Camino @NickCaminoWKYC]

For the 8th time in 11 years, Cleveland will be playing postseason baseball.

Never take that for granted.

What a run for this club and organization.

[FOX Sports: MLB @MLBONFOX]

The @CleGuardians are going back to the Postseason! 🎉