Payne & Pendergast

From 'Houtopia Podcast' (subscribe here), hosts Sean Pendergast and John McClain dive into the mailbag to answer your questions. Could Bryce Young try to deter the Texans from taking him? Who's idea was it to handle Davis Mills' benching the way the etam did last week? What's the ONE MORE ASTROS MOVE you'd make if you were Jim Crane? DOWNLOAD and SHARE!

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HOUR 2 - Seth and Sean discuss Jeff Bagwell's views on how to best use analytics, discuss a text about the former Texans assistants that weren't even interviewed during the latest coach search, react to DeShone Kizer talking about being in the locker room with Aaron Rodgers, and go through some Headlines.

Seth and Sean dive into Jeff Bagwell's views on how to best use analytics in baseball when asked about them during yesterday's press conference. 

HOUR 1 - Seth and Sean discuss some of the bigger picture Astros things that Jim Crane and Jeff Bagwell talked about yesterday, if having accusers in attendance will affect Deshaun Watson's performance on Sunday, and assess national writers' assessment that Lovie Smith is on the hot seat.

Seth and Sean discuss the story of Tony Buzbee bringing 10 of the Deshaun Watson accusers to Sunday's game at NRG, and assess if they think it impact how well Watson plays.

From 'Baseball Isn't Boring' (subscribe here): In case there wasn't already enough excitement in Houston regarding the world champs, now they have Jose Abreu. It's a good time to resurface a look at the importance of Abreu to a team, which is exactly what host Rob "Bradfo" Bradford did with Matt Spiegel of 670 The Score and Courtney Finnicum. If there was any doubt that the Astros were getting a good one, the testimonies of Matt and Courtney should put those to rest.

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HOUR 4 - Seth and Sean react to our former colleague, Nick Wright, comparing Kyle Allen to Davis Mills in a way only he can, discuss what the Abreu signing means for the possibility of Yuli and JV coming back to the Astros, discuss the Houston Cougars being number one in college basketball, and see what Landry and Lopez have coming up from our 610 US vs. Iran World Cup watch party.

Seth and Sean discuss the Astros bringing in slugger 1B Jose Abreu and if the Astros will be able to stay in the market for Justin Verlander now. They also dive into what signing a slugger 1B means for Yuli Gurriel.

HOUR 3 - Seth and Sean discuss how bad last night's prime time matchup was, assess a texter's question about if Bryce Young would even sign his contract if the Texans drafted him, and dive into Deshaun Watson's return to Houston and ask if the Browns can still make the playoffs.

Seth and Sean kick around a question from the Trailer Wheel & Frame text page about if Bryce Young's agent would advise him to not sign with the Texans if they draft him. Could this actually happen?