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Fuck the haters. We will be back again next year. Discuss. 

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Evan Grant who covers the Rangers for the Dallas Morning News wrote a long piece about the Rangers plans for the offseason and it is very clear from his reporting that the Rangers have Correa on their minds.

 

welp, open up that check book !

Let Correa walk, sign Semian and get some veteran starters for the rotation

I was one of Correa's big early fans, then a big critic...and now find myself somewhere in between. We obviously need his bat less if we find major firepower elsewhere, but I'd argue we need to do that whether he re-signs with Houston or not. I feel it's pretty risky to keep banking on our 30-somethings to generate most of the offense. Once Brantley and Gurriel (and even Altuve) start to fade, it could be a rapid decline. And all guys in that general age range tend to have more tweaks and then need more time to bounce back. 

The SS market wont be set / decided / lit until the Yankees make their move 

18 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:


Evan Grant who covers the Rangers for the Dallas Morning News wrote a long piece about the Rangers plans for the offseason and it is very clear from his reporting that the Rangers have Correa on their minds.

 

welp, open up that check book !

If Correa signs with the Rangers, he’ll suffer a career-ending injury on opening day.  Everything that organization touches turns to shit.

If he signs with the Rangers, he’ll be traded within 3 years. part of another Rangers rebuild 

2 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

 

How about 2021/22 Houston Astros Off-season Thread

Good job on thread title

1 minute ago, The Dog said:

Aren't the Rangers years away from competing again?


he needs to talk with trout and ohtani about playing meaning less games, season after season 

As of about 45 minutes ago, Carlos Correa is not currently employed by the Houston Astros organization for the first time since 6/7/2012.

Damn, that takes me back to my first real post-grad job, where I was the "Astros Guy" at work that paid way too much attention to an awful, awful team and checked minor league box scores on a daily basis. Been a wild trip since then.

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I remember going to watch him with the hooks, damn his fielding is something special. My dad and I both agree’d he was very advanced for his age 

On that note, I can’t recommend enough catching a couple of Hooks games. Great stadium, be sure to order a whataburger. I’ve watched so many big out guys come through there. 
 

it’s just a great field 

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Yeah, we always have a great time there.  Super cheap tickets too.  You can sit behind the 3rd base dugout for $15.

2 hours ago, Planet Houston said:

Fuck the haters. We will be back again next year. Discuss. 

We need starting pitching and a short stop.

Scraps and I already talking Minute Maid classic, utphil will be there too 

9 minutes ago, Harrison Stafford said:

It would be swell if the ‘Stros also had a catcher with a bat.

Korey Lee to this faction of Astros supporters (including me):

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Going to need another year of seasoning most likely though. Hope to see him up around the end of next season for a cup of coffee anyway.

Any chance we can move on from Bregman?  Deal him now while he still has some trade value.  

Yep, Korey just got a taste of triple A at the end of the season

Scraps and I already talking Minute Maid classic, utphil will be there too 
Count us in

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5 minutes ago, MIkeHoncho said:

Any chance we can move on from Bregman?  Deal him now while he still has some trade value.  

Not sure 15 hours after losing the World Series is when to schedule the tear down.

5 minutes ago, MIkeHoncho said:

Any chance we can move on from Bregman?  Deal him now while he still has some trade value.  

He needs to focus more on baseball and less on salsa.

8 minutes ago, Jshep34 said:

Count us in

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1 hour ago, Storm the Field said:

As of about 45 minutes ago, Carlos Correa is not currently employed by the Houston Astros organization for the first time since 6/7/2012.

Damn, that takes me back to my first real post-grad job, where I was the "Astros Guy" at work that paid way too much attention to an awful, awful team and checked minor league box scores on a daily basis. Been a wild trip since then.

You have always been a constant on the Astros thread.. I remember when there were like 6 of us who posted during those 100 loss seasons. We had to endure constant ridicule from Ranger fanboys and our only hope was Altuve learing how to not strike out, and the promise of Correa and Springer being called up. 

I was in Laredo on business when Correa got the call up.. I was stoked, and spent 30 minutes calling restaurants to see if they televised the game. BW3's had it; remember those were the days we had the tv contract issues..  

When Springer was called up, it was my first time watching an illegal feed on my computer. 

It has indeed been a wild ride. I would imagine if someone told us in 2013 we would win a WS and go to 2 others before 2022 we would be pretty damn stoked. 

Good news is, its not over. far from it. 

Probably not a popular opinion, but I wouldn't spend any money for Correa, or to replace him with a free agent. I'd go with Pena. Our lineup has a lot of good hitters and the only real hole right now is at catcher. I think we could play around another hitter with an average just north of the Mendoza line, if he does indeed hit that low. His career minor league average is almost .300 so he might surprise us. I'd use the money on 2 top tier starters. 

Maldonado/Castro can handle catcher until Lee comes up.. I'm in agreement about TOP pitchers, you can't have too many. 

 

Team shep was at springers first home game( couldn't spell his name right). His first hit went about 15 feet. Seeing him, tuve, correa come up and bring hope of better days reminded me of pence debut. Before that craig, caminiti and biggio. Sun still rose today in Houston on a team that made it to 5 straight ALCS games.

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I don’t have a huge issue with dusty coming back. I have a bigger issue with the FO if they don’t get aggressive this winter. 

Yes, if they don't sign a couple of frontline starters and try to replace Correa with a rookie, we'll know we're on the downhill slide.

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

On that note, I can’t recommend enough catching a couple of Hooks games. Great stadium, be sure to order a whataburger. I’ve watched so many big out guys come through there. 
 

it’s just a great field 

I can get Whataburger a lot closer than Corpus.

1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I can get Whataburger a lot closer than Corpus.


ordering behind home plate hits a little different 

5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:


ordering behind home plate hits a little different 

Is it actually fresh? Seems like the Whataburgers I've been to all sucked since I moved back to Tx ~3 years ago. 

LmJ 

Framber 

Garcia 

Urquidey

odorizzi 

garcia (I think he’s a better stater)

why goes to bp ?

1 minute ago, YChang said:

Is it actually fresh? Seems like the Whataburgers I've been to all sucked since I moved back to Tx ~3 years ago. 


it’s a full whataburger kitchen behind home plate. I’m in no way a whataburger fan boy, but those burgers are good and fresh 

2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

LmJ 

Framber 

Garcia 

Urquidey

odorizzi 

garcia (I think he’s a better stater)

why goes to bp ?

Odo to the pen/6th guy when someone inevitably goes on the IL.  Sign a top of the line guy, some bullpen guys, another bat (Bryant?) and lets go to ALCS #6

2 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

There's one big obstacle to signing Kris Bryant.

Mlb will GoTo a 10 batter line up, no worries 

Bregman can move to SS. But I don't see Bryant coming to Houston. 

45 minutes ago, Jshep34 said:

Team shep was at springers first home game( couldn't spell his name right). His first hit went about 15 feet. Seeing him, tuve, correa come up and bring hope of better days reminded me of pence debut. Before that craig, caminiti and biggio. Sun still rose today in Houston on a team that made it to 5 straight ALCS games.

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I was at the game that Berkman got his first hit...which was not until his 5th game.  Off of Bartolo Colon.

1 minute ago, texashorne said:

Bregman can move to SS. But I don't see Bryant coming to Houston. 

I think Alex Bregman's days of playing SS are over. I don't see the team moving him there under any circumstances. They'll get a SS before they get a third baseman.

He’s not a SS. We need young and Latin at ss 

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8 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

He’s not a SS. We need young and Latin at ss 

I'd take an early 30-something former A.

1 hour ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Odo to the pen/6th guy when someone inevitably goes on the IL.  Sign a top of the line guy, some bullpen guys, another bat (Bryant?) and lets go to ALCS #6

Far too often, I reflect on the 2013 MLB draft when we could’ve taken Kris Bryant w/the first pick, but selected Mark Appel instead.  No bueno.

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