Breathing Orange Fire: A Houston Astros Podcast

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Weekly discussion of all things related to the Houston Astros baseball club.

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Episodes

Episode 110: Gabe's Non-Player Grades

Andrew and Gabe assign grades to elements of the Astros' performance on matters not directly related to on-field performance.

Jul 01, 2025•1 hr 28 min

Episode 109: Who's Been Lucky or Unlucky - Offense

Andrew and Gabe discuss which Astros' hitter have had good luck, bad luck or neutral luch so far in 2025. Pre-read Gabe's latest blog post for a primer!

Jun 24, 2025•1 hr 25 min

Episode 108: Is Joe Espada Doing a Good Job?

Andrew and Gabe discuss Joe Espada and the Astros' relentless pitching staff. Be sure to follow our blog posts too!

Jun 17, 2025•1 hr 21 min

Episode 107: Surprising Success

Andrew and Gabe discuss whether we should be surprised by the Astros' relative success amid a tumultuous first 1/3 of the season.

Jun 10, 2025•1 hr 13 min

Episode 106: Astros Inuries and Gabe in Malibu

Andrew and Gabe discuss the Astros' consistently bizarre injury drama, Gabe's degeneracy, and our own blog posts .

Jun 03, 2025•56 min

Episode 105: Memorial Day, One-Third of the Way

Andrew and Gabe discuss the Memorial Day milestone, Jose Altuve, Cam Smith and Gabe's childhood truancy. Don't forget to read new blog entries this week!

May 27, 2025•1 hr 26 min

Episode 104: Pitching Thoughts

Andrew and Gabe discuss Astros' pitching to date and make a big announcement about additional Breathing Orange Fire content, including our new blog .

May 20, 2025•1 hr 13 min

Episode 103: Astros Offensive Analysis

Andrew and Gabe discuss performance to date up and down the lineup - are there signals in the data, or is it still all noise?

May 13, 2025•1 hr 7 min

Episode 102: Gabe May Be Broken

Andrew and Gabe discuss the Astros disappointing week anbd continued offensive woes.

May 06, 2025•1 hr 16 min

Episode 101: First Month Pitching Review

Andrew and Gabe discuss the YTD performance of the pitching staff and where they think it goes from here.

Apr 29, 2025•54 min

Episode 100: Hovering Around .500

Andrew and Gabe discuss the early season mediocrity and what elements of the offense they expect to change in the coming weeks.

Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 12 min

Episode 99: The First Tenth of the Season

Andrew and Gabe discuss performance to date, what the data tell us at this point, and what Joe Espada does well.

Apr 15, 2025•1 hr 17 min

Episode 98: So Far, So...Meh

Andrew and Gabe discuss the first nine games, the future of the OF, and Gabe's affection for March Madness montages.

Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 19 min

Episode 97: Thoughts on Opening Series

Andrew and Gabe discuss the Astros' first series of 2025 and what - if anything - can be taken away from the first three games.

Apr 01, 2025•53 min

Episode 96: Game Week!

Andrew and Gabe discuss real baseball games that are about to start and how they foresee the Astros players performing relative to their projections in 2025.

Mar 25, 2025•1 hr 31 min

Episode 95: Season Preview - Over/Unders

Andrew and Gabe make their 2025 season predictions - over/under win totals for each team, division winners, wild cards, and awards picks.

Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 40 min

Episode 94: Mid-Spring Training Updates

Andrew and Gabe discuss the dog days of spring, Cam Smith, Lance McCullers, other Astros stuff and daylight savings.

Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 2 min

Episode 93: Astros Prospects Preview

Andrew and Gabe discuss the Astros' farm system, prospects rankings, and who might be future stars, contributors, and so forth.

Mar 04, 2025•2 hr 1 min

Episode 92: The Position Players Preview

Andrew and Gabe go around the horn and preview the Astros' position players and offensive expectations.

Feb 27, 2025•2 hr 1 min

Episode 91: Alex Bregman and Pitchers and Catchers

Andrew and Gabe discuss Alex Bregman's deal with the Red Sox and preview the pitchers and catchers as Spring Training kicks off.

Feb 15, 2025•2 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 3

Episode 90: Astros Update and the 2025 HOF Class

Andrew and Gabe discuss a few Astros items and then breakdown the 2025 HOF class.

Feb 04, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Season 3Ep. 2

Episode 89: We're Back for Season 3!

Andrew ad Gabe are back for the third season of the BOF podcast, discussing the Pressly trade and the Bregman rumors.

Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 28 min

Episode 88: Astros Sign Christian Walker

Andrew and Gabe briefly discuss the Astros' signing of first baseman Christian Walker.

Dec 20, 2024•14 min

Episode 87: The Kyle Tucker Trade

Andrew and Gabe re-emerge to discuss the ins and outs of the Kyle Tucker trade.

Dec 14, 2024•1 hr 8 min

Episode 86: The Road Probably Taken

Andrew and Gabe discuss what they expect the Astros will do this offseason to build the 2025 roster.

Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 30 min

Episode 85: The Path (Almost Certainly) Not Taken

Andrew and Gabe discuss the prospects of stockpiling prospects by trading away big league assets this offseason - what the likely return could be and what that means for the window of contention.

Oct 29, 2024•1 hr 54 min