Everything posted by Mitch Hedberg
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Walker has hit .293 last 30 games and .321 in July. It’s been relatively quiet because he still strikes out quite a bit and the rest of our lineup is so weak the rbi opportunities are hit and miss. He’s been far from our worst hitter since June. The main problem is he doesn’t or hasn’t had the home run pop I expected.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Correa not in lineup today. Complained of lightheadedness yesterday. Always something. I’m sure we will trade for him and his eardrum will probably burst on the flight down here and then break his leg leaving the plane.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
And we need to add a no massages addendum to Correas contract
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
100 percent. But there are a lot of guys without Correas baggage for the results. I understand people love Correa and love good stories and happy endings. Dana and Crane could make some major points with a majority of the fanbase. I have no doubt it would create a buzz and fill seats for a while. On paper doesn’t strike me as the smartest baseball move. But I’m just another dumb fan who likes to play GM.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
He’s played 67 games at second in career with a -3 DRS. He’s a 0 DRS at third this year. We take an average 3rd baseman and make him a below average second baseman. Thought we had a couple of those.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Correa makes no sense except to fanboys like Schwab. He’s diminished, he’s expensive, has no place to play next year, he’s injury prone and he’s not left handed.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Keep everybody!
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Don’t know he hit that ball that far with that swing. Crazy luck right now
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Pena strikes out on three pitches in first at bat. The cavalry is on the way.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Don’t yall see what is happening here? The trade isn’t for Cease. It’s for Machete! Cease is the throw in. Scoreboard bitches! This is chess not checkers!
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Lefthanded outfield bats are good to have I heard. Strikeout rate down to 17%. Who knew. Progression like that from Smith and Matthews and will be lookin good next year.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
It’s unbelievable to me but a lot of Astros X fans are actually ok with trading Framber and even advocating for it. If Dana was considering it the sell job to the fans won’t be near as hard as it would have been a week ago. Everyone sees the writing on the wall. I think it’s prob only 10-20% chance of happening. He did slip in the comment he would have to trade off of the major league roster. Of course all our prospects are on the major league roster at the moment. It’s really simple to me. If doctors say Yordan will return with a 100% clean bill of health with no caveats for reinjury, then you keep Framber and go for it. If there is any doubt that Yordan returns or returns 100%, you trade Framber. Without a healthy Yordan in the middle of the lineup, adding any bat will mean nothing in the playoffs. And MLB really should move the trade deadline back at least to Aug 15 after adding the wildcards. Even two more weeks would define teams playoff pictures more clearly.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Ryne Sandberg passed away. Can’t be that old. Not him. Me. Ugh.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Poor Framber.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
I haven’t done a scientific study but clean shaven Altuve always seems to suck
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Trammell was damn near playing centerfield for a left handed batter. Like to see that scouting report
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Short’s time here is short
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Let’s score first for the first time in 3 weeks. Baby steps
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
What in the Siskel & Ebert is goin on in here?
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Solid point about Tigers. Glory goes to the bold. 🏆 Nobody ever made a movie about a GM that did what that idiot Chandler “Mr Smartest Guy In The Room” Rome said.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
The last time one had 18 guys on the injured list and didn’t know if/when any would be back, how healthy they would be when they came, how they would perform when they came back, had a farm system with little talent and had just gotten demolished in 4 games by a last place team. That time. And I thought Brown was an ace too. I don’t think trading Framber is a white flag. The Tigers traded Flaherty last year during pennant race and I believe they beat us in the playoffs. They got back their starting shortstop and a catcher in Baseball 100. All I’m saying is if the Dodgers or whoever offer you one of their top two outfield prospects and a pitcher for Framber then it’s at least worth considering. The unprecedented nature of this Astros season should leave anything possible, as crazy as it sounds.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
I’m with you. I’d at least listen and try to rape the Dodgers, Mets, Phillies, etc. If they want to send a package because Framber is their missing piece then do it. What is our upside if he stays? What’s a successful season for keeping him? Missing playoffs and getting nothing? Or even win one round? These same people that say don’t trade will be bitching that we have no pitching and no farm system next year. If you knew 100% Yordan, Paredes, Pena and Meyers were coming back then that’s a whole different conversation. Wishing something and reality are two different things and we have 4 days to decide. Who says we can’t make playoffs without Framber? Still could. We could also trade him, get prospects and sign him back. Tigers just did it last year. Maybe he leaves, misses Julia getting him peanuts, and wants to come back. To dismiss any trade of him is shortsighted and frankly a derelict of duty if you’re Dana. Maybe he stays and we get healthy and we win a few. And maybe we don’t. Which side you want to be on? There probably isn’t a definitive right answer. I’ve given Dana plenty shit but in this case I won’t either way. But he will catch hell either way.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Trammell has a 40% strikeout rate and is our best hitting outfielder not named Altuve, if you consider him an outfielder.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Well we finally have a full lineup alternating left and right handed hitters. Dana for GM of the year!