Jonah Keri looks at our front office hires and the growing pains to come as we try and restock the bare cupboard that is our farm system.

Kyle Hallock, the Farmstros pre-season Pitcher of the Year talks about his motivation for 2012.

Here's hoping 2012 is the start of something cool and refreshing for baseball in Houston.

If you are at Fan Fest around 10:15 on Saturday come join Farmstros in the Crawford Boxes.

Prior to the Steroid Era, 500 home runs was considered the milestone a slugger could reach to ensure that one day he would be immortalized in the Baseball Hall of Fame. From 1936 to 2003, all 15 eligible sluggers who hit 500 or more home runs were voted into the Hall of Fame. In addition, from 1939 to 2001, nine sluggers who finished their careers with 407 to 493 home runs appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot, seven of those nine were elected to the Hall of Fame, with five--Lou Gehrig, Stan Musial, Willie Stargell, Carl Yastrzemski, and Dave Winfield--gaining election in their first year on the ballot and the other two--Billy Williams and Duke Snider--being voted in on their sixth and eleventh ballot, respectively. It was clear that a slugger who reached the 400 home run milestone had almost as good a chance of being elected to the Hall of Fame as a slugger who reached 500. However, like everything else, the Steroid Era has complicated Hall of Fame voting. Since 2002, six sluggers who hit between 431 to 493 home runs have appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot but only two of those six, Andre Dawson and Cal Ripken Jr., have been voted in. Two others, Jose Canseco and Juan Gonzalez, fell off the ballot after failing to collect 5% of the vote, while Jeff Bagwell and Fred McGriff remain on the ballot but are currently on the outside looking in.
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Jim Callis of Baseball America took some time to talk to the Farmstros Village today about the Astros' #1 pick possibilities and more. If you have 15 minutes, give it a listen.

McTaggart reports that Astros won't change name. Fan feedback strongly against a name change.

Astros' outfielder took some time to talk to the Farmstros' Village while he travels from Ohio to Texas. He is heading south to take part in the Astros' CAREavan next month.

Hey all! We started revealing our top 100 prospect list today. Starting at # 100 and working our way down. Check out our round table discussion on all of them, including the Astros' Jarred Cosart. There are a few of Astros on the list, so check back often!