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1 hour ago, Dutchrudder said:

Uhhhh, what?  Isn't it slower to get the ball to 2nd when trying to force the out?

But the bigger bases means the guy receiving the throw is closer so it’s a wash!

(ignore the fact that the other side of the base is closer for the runner).

 

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  • henrygandorf
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    love these articles and comments from the mlb media about marring a world series or how the baseball world will be critical of the astros for this move. get. the. fuck. out. with. that. nonsense.

  • MaybeACoordinator
    MaybeACoordinator

    Going through old pics because of the death of my grandmother / mom and came across this -- 1996, my son's first Astros game.

  • NSIAP, but 10000% of this.  

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1 hour ago, texashorne said:

I just hope my little leaguers don't see this and try to emulate it. 

Maybe when they toss it in the dirt they can yell "Bregman!" like when people yolo a shot and yell "Kobe!"

6 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

Maybe when they toss it in the dirt they can yell "Bregman!" like when people yolo a shot and yell "Kobe!" "Jordan!"

Kobe was yelling "Jordan!" when he was in grade school.

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3 hours ago, TonyTexas said:


I think it’s Bielak

Maton is busy today ?

Acuna is my favorite non astros player in the league....seeing him batting behind Altuve gives me full chub


Dubon leading off does not


54 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Acuna is my favorite non astros player in the league....seeing him batting behind Altuve gives me full chub


Dubon leading off does not

 

Everyone knows Dubon is best situated for the 2 spot. 

1 hour ago, Seasick Sailor said:

 

That's not surprising.  Tucker wants to hit free agency and he's probably signing with who offers the most money.

From MLB thread

2 hours ago, Dr Fear said:

The T-Mobile free MLB tv package is officially back March 28.

 

20 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

It’s just feels wrong 

 

I know in my head that this is an exhibition, but holy shit did I hate seeing Altuve take an AB against the Astros in any capacity.

pinche Dubon, catch the ball

Oh shit, we got Astros pitching for Venezuela now

4 hours ago, Seasick Sailor said:

 

For a long time now I've had this bad feeling about eventually losing Tucker, and it's only getting worse. Prove me wrong, Dana. 

46 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

For a long time now I've had this bad feeling about eventually losing Tucker, and it's only getting worse. Prove me wrong, Dana. 

3 years until that happens. Tucker hasn't been a starter that long either, giving him 10/300+ would be insane at this point. There's a lot of time to negotiate or find the next RF in the farm system before then.  Hate to lose him, but you can't fault him for chasing a big deal.  

These guys might have figured out the Astros seem to always have a next man up so they are more likely to get the big bucks somewhere else.  Why settle for a fair deal when some dumbass team like the Yankees will always overpay?

27 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

I agree with Connor ….

 

10 year deals are an albatross. If that's what Tucker wants then let him walk after (checks notes) 2025. That's three more years of him on the cheap.

Let some other stupid franchise overpay him. 

What Tucker needs to do is take 5/100 from the Astros then sign with the Angels for 10/400 and watch the playoffs on TV until he retires. 

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12 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

It’s just feels wrong 

 

The Tootblan felt so right though. 

8 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

These guys might have figured out the Astros seem to always have a next man up so they are more likely to get the big bucks somewhere else.  Why settle for a fair deal when some dumbass team like the Yankees will always overpay?

Most of the top prospects are OF in the system- almost none are IF (or LHP). From a scarcity perspective Bregman and Altuve and Frambler make the most sense. 

5 hours ago, The Dog said:

10 year deals are an albatross. If that's what Tucker wants then let him walk after (checks notes) 2025. That's three more years of him on the cheap.

Let some other stupid franchise overpay him. 

What Tucker needs to do is take 5/100 from the Astros then sign with the Angels for 10/400 and watch the playoffs on TV until he retires. 

10 year deals are an albatross for guys that are 30 or 31 when they start- not for 26 year olds. I suspect Tucker probably wants 13 or so, which would pair with what happened this off-season. 

9 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

I agree with Connor ….

 

I agree with Dana.

Look at the Astros model, and then look at the teams who routinely give out decade long deals, and tell me again why they “have” to do something.

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Tucker is an extremely good player who will likely put up an MVP caliber season or two over the next 5 years.  But he’s probably not a hall of fame player and he isn’t all that rare in terms of skill set.  30/30 RF come along every few years.  But they are prone to age like anyone and they start lower on the defensive spectrum than guys who play up the middle.  As good as he is and as much as I love watching him play for the Astros, he’s not the guy I want them signing for 10 years $350M.  If Correa had a better track record for health, he would have been a good candidate for that.  If Tucker is truly intent on maxing out his next contract, let him walk.  You can do 5 Javier level extensions for 1 of what Tucker appears to be demanding.

Best I can recall, 7 years would be the longest contract in franchise history.  So offer Tucker $210M/7 and if he doesn’t bite don’t sweat it.

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2 hours ago, Snake Diggity said:

Tucker is an extremely good player who will likely put up an MVP caliber season or two over the next 5 years.  But he’s probably not a hall of fame player and he isn’t all that rare in terms of skill set.  30/30 RF come along every few years.  But they are prone to age like anyone and they start lower on the defensive spectrum than guys who play up the middle.  As good as he is and as much as I love watching him play for the Astros, he’s not the guy I want them signing for 10 years $350M.  If Correa had a better track record for health, he would have been a good candidate for that.  If Tucker is truly intent on maxing out his next contract, let him walk.  You can do 5 Javier level extensions for 1 of what Tucker appears to be demanding.

Best I can recall, 7 years would be the longest contract in franchise history.  So offer Tucker $210M/7 and if he doesn’t bite don’t sweat it.

He’s certainly not the hill I’d die on. I’d actually offer 10/240 which is 7/210 plus his arbitration years. 
7/210 I wouldn’t do bc that’s really a 4/45M free agent deal and I don’t like Tucker that much. I guess if the 7 started after this year that would be more like a 5/205 which is 41M per and more than I’d give him, though those are his prime years and he’d probably overperform that contract. 

21 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Altuve today: 2 AB, 2 pitches, 2 HRs

Was just thinking the other today he was having a shitty spring. 
Nice. 

I guess the world hasn't figured out not to throw him a first pitch fastball for a strike. 

Laughing my ass off at the Yankees. Not even a fucking game has been played, and they are already down 2 of their starting pitchers in what was supposed to be a much much much better rotation than the Astros. Fuck off Yankees.

8 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

Laughing my ass off at the Yankees. Not even a fucking game has been played, and they are already down 2 of their starting pitchers in what was supposed to be a much much much better rotation than the Astros. Fuck off Yankees.

Except we’re down a SP that can’t throw strikes and a SP than can’t throw at all.

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Yeah, our SP to start the season will be ‘shaky’. Thankfully we have BP arms 

6 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

Except we’re down a SP that can’t throw strikes and a SP than can’t throw at all.

I mean- that’s just hives Forest a Whitley more runway to come in and dominate. 
Also- we will be fine. 

25 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Good:

Bad, but not at all surprising:

 

i refer to my ankles and wrists as my family, so if this was me, it would be a pretty serious physical thing.

Haven't seen Yuli signing with Miami mentioned yet, Good for him. I wish him nothing but this best. 

 

1 hour ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Haven't seen Yuli signing with Miami mentioned yet, Good for him. I wish him nothing but this best. 

He signed a minor league contract so it’s not really good for him. But I guess it’s better than nothing. 

2 hours ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Haven't seen Yuli signing with Miami mentioned yet, Good for him. I wish him nothing but this best. 

 

say goodbye GIF

Hated the Brantley deal. Hated the idea of it. Wanted to spend that money at Catcher. I might well be wrong and he will be fine, but fuck- coming off major shoulder surgery and being ancient this isn’t the greatest start you could want. 

So Verlander punked us today....cool cool 

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Yuli was easily crane’s best free agent signing, was he the franchise’s best fa signing ?

5 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

He signed a minor league contract so it’s not really good for him. But I guess it’s better than nothing. 

i was reading that they have a couple pitchers about to go on the 60 day il or whatever, and he'll become part of the 40 man.  the "minor league" deal was just creatively getting around the silly roster rules.

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Yuli was easily crane’s best free agent signing, was he the franchise’s best fa signing ?

Tie. Drabek and Swindell. 
 

serious answer though is Nolan Ryan, Moises Alou, Yuli and Brantley are probably the Mt Rushmore. Rank them how you want. 

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