Breathing Orange Fire: A Houston Astros Podcast

Episode 107: Surprising Success 10.06.2025 1:13:03 ↓

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

Episode 106: Astros Inuries and Gabe in Malibu 03.06.2025 56:00 ↓

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

Episode 105: Memorial Day, One-Third of the Way 27.05.2025 1:26:19 ↓

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!

Episode 104: Pitching Thoughts 20.05.2025 1:13:06 ↓

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

Episode 103: Astros Offensive Analysis 13.05.2025 1:06:42 ↓

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

Episode 102: Gabe May Be Broken 06.05.2025 1:15:52 ↓

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

Episode 101: First Month Pitching Review 29.04.2025 53:59 ↓

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

Episode 100: Hovering Around .500 22.04.2025 1:11:40 ↓

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

Episode 99: The First Tenth of the Season 15.04.2025 1:16:35 ↓

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

Episode 98: So Far, So...Meh 08.04.2025 1:18:52 ↓

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

Episode 97: Thoughts on Opening Series 01.04.2025 53:18 ↓

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

Episode 96: Game Week! 25.03.2025 1:30:40 ↓

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.

Episode 95: Season Preview - Over/Unders 18.03.2025 1:40:17 ↓

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

Episode 94: Mid-Spring Training Updates 11.03.2025 1:02:21 ↓

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

Episode 93: Astros Prospects Preview 04.03.2025 2:00:34 ↓

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

Episode 92: The Position Players Preview 27.02.2025 2:01:01 ↓

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

Episode 91: Alex Bregman and Pitchers and Catchers 15.02.2025 2:05:53 ↓

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

Episode 90: Astros Update and the 2025 HOF Class 04.02.2025 1:32:26 ↓

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

Episode 89: We're Back for Season 3! 28.01.2025 1:27:50 ↓

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

Episode 88: Astros Sign Christian Walker 20.12.2024 14:14 ↓

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

Episode 87: The Kyle Tucker Trade 14.12.2024 1:07:50 ↓

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

Episode 86: The Road Probably Taken 19.11.2024 1:30:01 ↓

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

Episode 85: The Path (Almost Certainly) Not Taken 29.10.2024 1:53:38 ↓

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.

Episode 84: The Paths Forward 22.10.2024 1:20:48 ↓

Andrew and Gabe preview the different paths forward for the Astros, setting the stage for the next few episodes.

Episode 83: Dome Foamers and BOF Unite! 17.10.2024 1:20:31 ↓

Andrew and Gabe join the Dome Foamers to discuss what lays ahead for the Astros as the offseason begins.