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3 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

This a Jake Meyers move.

 

how many teams chasing us traded a starter to start an unproven rookie ?

 

if leon hadn't broke his hand, he would have been the call up 

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You guys acting like Meyers was a finished product coming out of spring. He hadn't been anything special in the Minors (2017-2019) and didn't play at all last year. He needed a half year of AAA pitching and he has mashed. Straw, even with his hot June, is still 13% worse than an average MLB hitter. He's also been horrible in July (.234/.310/.297/.607).

Just now, runthebone said:

Meyers will be a defensive upgrade, at least.

He's also a doubles machine with home run power. 

1 minute ago, runthebone said:

Meyers will be a defensive upgrade, at least.

 

allegedly

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

how many teams chasing us traded a starter to start an unproven rookie ?

 

if leon hadn't broke his hand, he would have been the call up 

lolol no. 

Just now, tx 3 putt said:

 

how many teams chasing us traded a starter to start an unproven rookie ?

 

if leon hadn't broke his hand, he would have been the call up 

Probably. Still though, Straw was easily the most replaceable player on the team, and you addressed a real concern with a guy that strikes people out.

3 minutes ago, Planet Houston said:

What’s your not problem with Robel Garcia?? 

jesus christ I had erased him from memory becuase I traded him for Freddy Galvis in my head earlier.  

fuck 

2 minutes ago, GlenFromTheMailRoom said:

If you feel bad, be glad you’re not a Cubs fan today.  

 

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Yeah those of you wringing your hands about Straw need to relax. He’s a JAG. I agree that it’s an odd move for a pennant run, and I can only assume a Buxton deal was discussed until the last possible moment, but he ain’t gonna be missed that much. It would be like missing Willy Taveras. 

3 minutes ago, runthebone said:

Meyers will be a defensive upgrade, at least.

this is all I have been asking for

Do y'all like your #8 hitter to be a slappy singles guy or an OBP-guy with power?

1 minute ago, HtownHorn said:

You guys acting like Meyers was a finished product coming out of spring. He hadn't been anything special in the Minors (2017-2019) and didn't play at all last year. He needed a half year of AAA pitching and he has mashed. Straw, even with his hot June, is still 13% worse than an average MLB hitter. He's also been horrible in July (.234/.310/.297/.607).

I have been on the anyone but Straw bandwagon since before spring training.  It was clear he wasn’t capable of playing center last season.  They are having to do this because either Click is a bad gym or Crane wouldn’t pay for a decent center fielder.

The real question is, can Meyers make it to the ballpark in time to make the game tonight?

1 minute ago, Planet Houston said:

Yeah those of you wringing your hands about Straw need to relax. He’s a JAG. I agree that it’s an odd move for a pennant run, and I can only assume a Buxton deal was discussed until the last possible moment, but he ain’t gonna be missed that much. It would be like missing Willy Taveras. 

Exactly. 

I think they were definitely chasing Buxton and decided that the risk/reward of trading Straw for relief pitching was worth it because of Meyers.

1 minute ago, kevwun said:

They are having to do this because either Click is a bad gym or Crane wouldn’t pay for a decent center fielder.

He hasn't been Golds so far.

3 minutes ago, kevwun said:

I have been on the anyone but Straw bandwagon since before spring training.  It was clear he wasn’t capable of playing center last season.  They are having to do this because either Click is a bad gym or Crane wouldn’t pay for a decent center fielder.

Or they really like Jake Meyers, who has clearly been a good surprise for player development this season. If Meyers had done this last year instead of losing a year of development, he's probably already on the team.

And at least the Astros have a pretty decent floor guy in McCormick, who in nearly 200 less PAs has nearly as much WAR as Straw. (1.1 to 1.5)

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4 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

You guys acting like Meyers was a finished product coming out of spring. He hadn't been anything special in the Minors (2017-2019) and didn't play at all last year. He needed a half year of AAA pitching and he has mashed. Straw, even with his hot June, is still 13% worse than an average MLB hitter. He's also been horrible in July (.234/.310/.297/.607).

Looks like he needed time to bulk up and grow a proper MLB flow.

sugar-land-skeeters-outfielder-jake-meye

 

I am hoping that "creative" is getting Yordan in the majority of the games coming up.  He needs to play in SF.   I need some splash downs in my life.  

4 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:


Click disagrees.

 

 

 

 

 

im not going to lie, im interested to see what chas can do with more playing time. more so at the plate than in the field 

He's a cocky mfer as well who plays with a good amount of swag

3 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Looks like he needed time to bulk up and grow a proper MLB flow.

sugar-land-skeeters-outfielder-jake-meye

 

And another thing, our affiliates shouldn't have any uni's that look like the Dodgers.

6 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Click disagrees.

Oh I expected that, but my point was that Straw's spot would be filled by Meyers and they don't make that trade unless they knew they had him to call up to the big leagues. 

 

So the only way chas gets more playing time was to trade straw and call up a AAA prospect for our World Series run? Fucking dumb. If chas is better why hasn’t he been playing over straw? 

After cooling off, there really is a lot of redundancy in McCormick and Straw and it is very likely that the delta between the two is far smaller than that of Maton and whatever chucklefuck he’s replacing.

Just now, Rockethorn1978 said:

So the only way chas gets more playing time was to trade straw and call up a AAA prospect for our World Series run? Fucking dumb. If chas is better why hasn’t he been playing over straw? 

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So dusty won’t play chas so click traded straw so he has to play chas. If that’s the case then there’s a inward fight going on which isn’t good when you’re on a work series run.

5 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Wonder who gets the boot off 40-man for Meyers call-up.

Hartman? I think every other trade was a 1 for 1 swap 40 man swap.

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4 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Wonder who gets the boot off 40-man for Meyers call-up.

just release Raley or Ralph Garza 

1 minute ago, HtownHorn said:

Hartman.

Hartman is already off of it.  

3 minutes ago, Scraps said:

just release Raley or Ralph Garza 

It won’t be Raley but Garza is a good candidate. It will definitely be a reliever as we just added 4 new ones. 

7 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Hartman is already off of it.  

Graveman took Joe Smith's spot.

Montero took Toro's spot.

Garcia took Pruitt's spot.

Maton takes Straw's spot.

Hartman was DFA'd this week, so the Astros had an opening, or did someone come back from injury?

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Wonder who gets the boot off 40-man for Meyers call-up.
They will probably put Ivey on the 60 day IL or DFA him.
2 minutes ago, Gourmand said:
13 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:
Wonder who gets the boot off 40-man for Meyers call-up.

They will probably put Ivey on the 60 day IL or DFA him.

Ivey to the 60 day IL makes the most sense.

Fire up the jet, Jim  Probably not a whole lot of good flights from El Paso to S.F.

 

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10 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

So dusty won’t play chas so click traded straw so he has to play chas. If that’s the case then there’s a inward fight going on which isn’t good when you’re on a work series run.

Well, Philip Seymour Hoffman refused to play a game Chris Pratt. It happens.

I don't have to watch Straw's baserunning anymore! In all seriousness though he did better than I thought he would. 

9 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Graveman took Joe Smith's spot.

Montero took Toro's spot.

Garcia took Pruitt's spot.

Maton takes Straw's spot.

Hartman was DFA'd this week, so the Astros had an opening, or did someone come back from injury?

They don't have an opening, someone has to come off. 

19 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

So dusty won’t play chas so click traded straw so he has to play chas. If that’s the case then there’s a inward fight going on which isn’t good when you’re on a work series run.

Dusty with some passive-aggressive disapproval

 

12 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Ivey to the 60 day IL makes the most sense.

They could also put Jairo Solis on it as well but if they do make that move with either one of those injured minor-leaguers, that starts the service clock increases the salary.

5 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

y’all keep bitching while meyers turns into this year’s arozerena. 

If me bitching makes this happen then get ready for some real bitching 

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