Everything posted by formermav43
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Maalik Murphy unfucked Duke, works his next miracle at Oregon State
I don’t think that’s weird. 1) I don’t think garbage time against ULM with a bunch of backups is indicative of anything at all; 2) I didn’t include Alabama because it makes a real difference preparing all week to start vs being thrown in unexpectedly. But sure, we can include that one for the sake of argument. I still don’t see this plethora of bad sacks you mentioned. But rehashing last season doesn’t really matter at this point I guess.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
Those fancy stats don’t mean anything when your gut says he should be leading off. It’s the best way to build his confidence.
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Maalik Murphy unfucked Duke, works his next miracle at Oregon State
Speaking of eye tests, Card was sacked 3 total times in the 3 games he started.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
Ideally, he has good speed and can lead off.
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Maalik Murphy unfucked Duke, works his next miracle at Oregon State
His leash should have actually been shorter than it was last year last year, so I wouldn’t hold my breath.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
It does if it’s a symptom of chronic arsenic poisoning. Dusty has been playing the long game for the last 3 seasons.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
Between the Astros cautious approach to injuries in general and Dusty’s aversion to playing McCormick even without any excuse, I’d look for him to be back after the All-Star break.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
To be fair, Meyers’ putrid wRC+ of 77 right now is somehow higher than what he managed last season, so I wouldn’t be *that* confident. He is consistently terrible, though, so sustainable in that sense, you’re right.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
There’s a reason for that. It’s rooted in a much larger sample size than the 8(!) games Gurriel has played so far.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
I’d rather not have the worst qualified 1B in the league, like say Gurriel in 2022.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
There really aren’t any available CFs who would be an upgrade over McCormick, so I doubt it. The biggest hole on the off-season after 1B was a LF/DH type, which was addressed with Brantley-all joking aside about his availability, there were better options available and money to spend.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
Better than Brantley’s, whoever they are.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
The reason to have 3 catchers was so Diaz could play DH/LF/1B in addition to backup catcher, and you could then pinch hit for Maldonado without losing the DH (or shuffling everyone around). But 1) Diaz is barely even playing catcher, let alone anywhere else and 2) if you don’t pinch hit for Maldonado last night, you never will. There’s zero reason for a third catcher at this point.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
I wouldn’t be shocked if Dusty poked Chas in the eye to cause his vision problems.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
Yeah, I believe all the buzz this time a year ago was how the Angels had finally put it together and were going to bury the Astros. They went on to take the division race down to the wire, finishing a mere 33 games back.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
That was Hensley. Maldonado was in the dugout after flailing away in his at bat.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
Doing what’s utterly predictable for one of the worst hitters in baseball history. He shouldn’t have even been up there.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
That’s not a need.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
The Orioles had a 10 game winning streak last season in the middle of an 83 win season. Of course they can - baseball is weird.
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Llano County forced to put books back in library will now consider closing the library altogether
I didn’t know anyone actually went to high school reunions.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
Irrelevant. Dusty plans for him to languish on the bench.
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Texas Basketball 2023-24
It will have to, there might only be 5 guys left on the team at this rate.
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Texas Basketball 2023-24
I don’t really care about debating that. It was just a stupid use of the word.
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Texas Basketball 2023-24
Because nothing says “woke” like taking a stance against felony arrests.
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2023 Houston Astros Thread
He's 0-3 so far today, so now it wasn't a mistake, current circumstances say. That's how this works, right?