HOUSTON ASTROS

Alvarez's first major league homer powers Astros to win

By NATHAN RUIZ, The Baltimore Sun
Posted 6/9/19

HOUSTON - The Orioles' desire to model themselves after the Houston Astros ties strongly to the draft-and-develop model that turned Houston into a championship franchise. Sunday's series finale showed that the prospects acquired through trades could prove as valuable as the ones Baltimore adds via the draft.

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