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hornmpa96

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  1. As we learned this year, one of the key “tools” for a player is availability. Correa couldn’t play at shortstop on turf for 3 days in a row due to health reasons. To keep him healthy and available, he needs to play primarily at third. That eliminates trading Pena unless we receive a MLB ready SS in return. On the pitching front, I’m working on the assumption that the Astros will shred elbows on most pitchers and that requires the organization to maintain more pitching depth.
  2. Going into the offseason, the Astros have the following: Under Contract - Javier, McCullers, Hader, Walker, Correa, Altuve and Yordan Arb Eligible - Garcia, Brown, Wesneski, Abreu, Okert, Sousa, Santos, Diaz, Paredes, Dubon, Pena, Urias, Meyers, McCormick, Sanchez and Trammell Pre-Arb - Blanco, Spaghetti, Walter, Blubaugh, Ort, King, France, Gordon, Alexander, Murray, Dezenzo, Matthews, Leon, Smith, Melton and Cole Free Agents - Framber and Caratini For the arbitration eligible players, I would non-tender Garcia, Santos, Chas and Trammell. I would also consider non-tendering Sanchez as he somewhat blocks Cam from getting ABs assuming that Altuve/Yordan split time in LF. Paredes needs to spend every day working on double play turns from 2B and Walker needs to take live BP in Daikon on a regular basis. Walker’s OPS was 916 when the Astros won and 464 in losses. From a hitting perspective, it looks like you basically run the same lineup back out there and pray for Yordan’s health. They should be able to resign Caratini on a reasonable deal to keep him around. Can someone convince Yainer to chase a little less? From a pitching perspective, who’s going to be healthy for opening day? We know Blanco and Wesneski are out. What about Hader, Spaghetti, Walter and Sousa? Also, I don’t want to count on King and Okert maintaining their 2025 performance. I don’t want to resign Framber but losing his innings will really hurt this team. Counting on Javier and McCullers to pitch well for a whole season appears to be a stretch. The rotation appears to be Brown, Javier, Alexander, McCullers and Blubaugh based on the history of the Astros medical staff. They will need to find some affordable options to eat innings in the rotation and bullpen to survive 162 games.
  3. Who starts the offseason thread?
  4. I’m terrified of the As. Will the Big Amish have a 5 HR game?
  5. Since there is already a runner on, can we skip the first batter Abreu walk tonight?
  6. You don’t run on the Jesus!
  7. Hopefully, Sark will have a very short leash on Arch for SHSU. If he sucks on the first 2 drives, it’s time to make a change. If you give this team average QB play, it’s a playoff team because the defense is that good. I wouldn’t want to make that decision in the 2nd quarter in the Swamp.
  8. Going into this 3 game stretch, I didn’t think we would learn anything about this team. I was completely wrong. In 2 weeks, it’s become clear that: 1. Arch is awful. He can’t hit the broadside of a barn from 5 yards away. Is he the most significant recruiting bust of all time at Texas? At this point, he’s clearly the worst QB in the conference. 2. The interior OL sucks. How does Stroh have a spot in this team? 3. The WRs are completely uninterested in blocking. Watching Ryan Wingo whiff on multiple defenders on a single play - amazing. 4.This team is incredibly undisciplined. Too many penalties every week. Sark will need to start taking easy field goals because this team will have to win SEC games 9-7 or with defensive scores.
  9. hornmpa96 replied to Pancho's topic in Football
    Wow!
  10. Yes - sometimes these games happen. However, we now have 3 weeks of the offense looking inept. The QB and OL are awful. We are playing our 5th string RB. This is clearly a trend and it’s not going the right way.
  11. Wingo whiffed on both block attempts.
  12. Take a knee and go into the locker room ahead.
  13. Locked into a field position game with UTEP at home.
  14. This team reminds me of the 1991 team. Top 5 defense with an offense that will struggle to be in the Top 100.
  15. Kick the FG. WTF?
  16. This OL is terrible.
  17. It’s a good thing the offensive genius has a defense to bail him out.
  18. Win the series tomorrow!
  19. Don’t challenge Acuna
  20. If that’s the case, the 2026 season is fucked.
  21. I don’t think I have ever seen that.
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