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4 minutes ago, The Dog said:

"sub optimal" in a vacuum.

let's say we roll with that.

Who wins the AL?

Per Vegas, we’re a pretty substantial favorite to win the AL. Slight favorite or pick-‘‘em with the LAD to win the WS. 

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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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7 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

Who wins the AL?

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5 minutes ago, Ojo Rojo said:

If the season started tomorrow, who the fuck are our left fielder and backup catcher?  Yordan is your every day LF and Lee is our backup C?  I don't love either of those.

Catcher- Lee or Diaz

OFs - Tucker, Chas, Yordan, Meyers, Dubon, Hensley

28 minutes ago, The Dog said:

"sub optimal" in a vacuum.

let's say we roll with that.

Who wins the AL?

We'd get one of the byes and the playoffs would be a crapshoot like always

28 minutes ago, The Dog said:

"sub optimal" in a vacuum.

let's say we roll with that.

Who wins the AL?

I mean- if everything goes well and everyone stays healthy we are probably the 1 seed, maybe 2 at worst. If things go bad with a couple injuries, or Abreu is old all of a sudden or whatever then you have very little margin for error. 

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I mean- if everything goes well and everyone stays healthy we are probably the 1 seed, maybe 2 at worst. If things go bad with a couple injuries, or Abreu is old all of a sudden or whatever then you have very little margin for error. 

Nobody has the "margin for error" to lose significant players and still expect to win it all (except we somehow almost did in 2021 without JV and LMJ). 

 

Per Vegas, we’re a pretty substantial favorite to win the AL. Slight favorite or pick-‘‘em with the LAD to win the WS. 

Vegas can’t go of the Dodgers. That will change by February as they’ve been gutted with very little to replace their losses.
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Vegas going to bank on people betting the dodgers 

which AL team has improved the most so far ?

16 minutes ago, The Dog said:

Nobody has the "margin for error" to lose significant players and still expect to win it all (except we somehow almost did in 2021 without JV and LMJ). 

 

I mean, sure they do. If we had signed Contreras and Benitendi for example we could have Bregman and Tucker get hurt as a for example and still probably be a 95-100 win team. Maybe not WS favorites but still likely favored for a bye. If we go in there with 2 holes and then 2 more develop then you might be talking about 88-91 wins and scraping into the playoffs. Redundancies are a thing for a reason. 
 

35 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

which AL team has improved the most so far ?

Seattle is sure trying.

14 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Vegas going to bank on people betting the dodgers 

which AL team has improved the most so far ?

The Rangers have improved but not enough to be relevant for the playoffs. 

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20 minutes ago, texashorne said:

The Rangers have improved but not enough to be relevant for the playoffs. 


rodon / Correa / swansby could all end up in the NL

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The mariners series still scares me. Mariners could have easily won it 

 

What's the temperature in the room on bringing Mancini back?  Back-up to Abreu and can play LF/DH.  I think he will be better this year.  Does he do a 2/$18M deal (honestly have no clue on his market value).

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Hensley >>> mancini 

 

But he saved the game with this play …..

 

38 minutes ago, Texas St. Armadillos said:

What's the temperature in the room on bringing Mancini back?  Back-up to Abreu and can play LF/DH.  I think he will be better this year.  Does he do a 2/$18M deal (honestly have no clue on his market value).

I’d bring Mancini back at 1/10. Which is funny because I know both sides declined that offer, but it feels like it’s pretty close to good. 
I mean, if you want to get him and Brantley for 20M combined, or could get Gallo for that,and make that a platoon at DH/LF whatever Yordans not doing I guess I don’t hate that idea as much as Benitendi for 5/90 or whatever he’s going to get or rolling out a Y Diaz/JJM platoon. 

21 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

get Gallo for that,and make that a platoon at DH/LF whatever Yordans not doing

Gallo is intriguing. I'd ask the eggheads to crunch the numbers and determine if banning the shift helps him or if he's just bad. 

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The lights were too bright for mancini, .176 

Hard pass, no

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It is always hard for me to get past that it took Gallo 1337 ABs to record his first sac fly.



Hard pass on Gallo.  Way too many Chris Carter vibes for me.

40 minutes ago, The Dog said:

Gallo is intriguing. I'd ask the eggheads to crunch the numbers and determine if banning the shift helps him or if he's just bad. 

Banning the shift will help everyone or they wouldn’t be shifted in the first place. Obviously the less contact you make the less your benefit from the removal of the ban, but I wonder if the extreme shift doesn’t get in some dudes heads and we won’t see them do better without the world loaded up against them. 

45 minutes ago, The Dog said:

Gallo is intriguing. I'd ask the eggheads to crunch the numbers and determine if banning the shift helps him or if he's just bad. 

I don’t think the positive effect of no-shift will be immediate for him. It totally got in his head and fucked up his approach. It might take a while to get rid of bad habits but if he can and his team shows some patience , he could be a force. 
 

Edit: Lulz at Wulaw’s simultaneous post.  Great minds think alike. 

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17 minutes ago, WBT said:

Hard pass on Gallo.  Way too many Chris Carter vibes for me.

Chris Carter with good defense at a premium position isn’t a worthless player. I don’t love the idea of Gallo. I’d prefer that to JJ Matchejcbedjb though.  

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Banning the shift will help everyone all lefties or they wouldn’t be shifted in the first place. Obviously the less contact you make the less your benefit from the removal of the ban, but I wonder if the extreme shift doesn’t get in some dudes heads and we won’t see them do better without the world loaded up against them. 

FIFY.  The disparate impact against LHBs is the whole reason for the rule change.

8 hours ago, Seasick Sailor said:

If the plan was to avoid the FA market and trade a SP for bats, wouldn't the smart move have been to pay JV (you aren't using the money anyway) and then trade from your SP depth for a guy like Varsho? Not spending money and trading away a SP after losing JV seems like the least optimal move. 

There are still SPs out there you could sign if you decide to trade Garcia for Varsho. Like a pitcher that grew up in Alvin, and has shown to be a fucking stud in the playoffs when not overused by his manager.

56 minutes ago, The Dog said:

Gallo is intriguing. I'd ask the eggheads to crunch the numbers and determine if banning the shift helps him or if he's just bad. 

It helps him tremendously. No more MIs playing the rover soft ball position against him. No more playing a MI as the 4th OF like Hinch did.

25 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

FIFY.  The disparate impact against LHBs is the whole reason for the rule change.

It will help righties too (not as much) on balls hit up the middle. 

this thread has become a beating.

somebody text me if we sign somebody.

 

fuck it just re-sign Brantley or get Benintendi.

Do it Stevie , you crazy motherfucker. What’s a half a billion when you have 15 of them. 

 

I wouldn’t touch Uncle Mike until I see him throwing. 
 

Benintendi is interesting if the money and years are right. 2 years, $20-25 million with a club option would work for me. 

19 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I wouldn’t touch Uncle Mike until I see him throwing. 
 

Benintendi is interesting if the money and years are right. 2 years, $20-25 million with a club option would work for me. 

Brantley’s throwing shoulder is not injured and hasn’t been.

19 minutes ago, Limp Brisket said:

Brantley’s throwing shoulder is not injured and hasn’t been.

Fine. I’d like to see Uncle Mike swinging a bat before I’d touch him. Better?

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52 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Do it Stevie , you crazy motherfucker. What’s a half a billion when you have 15 of them. 

 


this would be funny, watching the Yankee meltdown as they’ve added zero to the team 

Man, we should have just paid Springer...

losing Vasquez is a massive damn loss.  Not getting Contreras, fine, keep CV and Maldo.  Left with nothing but an old catcher and with enlarged bases, his machete becomes useless.  We're dead at C.  Really really dead.  Wow, disaster offseason. 

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losing Vasquez is a massive damn loss.  Not getting Contreras, fine, keep CV and Maldo.  Left with nothing but an old catcher and with enlarged bases, his machete becomes useless.  We're dead at C.  Really really dead.  Wow, disaster offseason. 
Calm down helobious

That gonna buy a lot of purses

Glad he went to an NL team. Let the Padres/Dodgers/Giants and Mets/Braves/Phillies take each other out

The arms race happening in the NL is something to see. We might need to change our thinking from “Fuck you, Bud” to “Thanks Bud”. 

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46 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

losing Vasquez is a massive damn loss.  Not getting Contreras, fine, keep CV and Maldo.  Left with nothing but an old catcher and with enlarged bases, his machete becomes useless.  We're dead at C.  Really really dead.  Wow, disaster offseason. 


start the 2024 off season thread !!!

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8 minutes ago, UTHornFan014 said:

Glad he went to an NL team. Let the Padres/Dodgers/Giants and Mets/Braves/Phillies take each other out


hopefully this pushes the Yankees to make a stupid signing / contract, or two 

21 minutes ago, Scraps said:
48 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:
losing Vasquez is a massive damn loss.  Not getting Contreras, fine, keep CV and Maldo.  Left with nothing but an old catcher and with enlarged bases, his machete becomes useless.  We're dead at C.  Really really dead.  Wow, disaster offseason. 

Calm down helobious

i'm rarely wrong. 

16 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

That’s a lot of years 

Indeed

It is strange to think my current 2nd grader will be in the fall semester of his junior year in college when that deal ends

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The arms race happening in the NL is something to see. We might need to change our thinking from “Fuck you, Bud” to “Thanks Bud”. 

Fuck that.
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14 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Indeed

It is strange to think my current 2nd grader will be in the fall semester of his junior year in college when that deal ends


 

maybe he goes pro out of hs ?

On 12/12/2022 at 11:00 PM, tx 3 putt said:

 

keep them coming !

Me complaining about him being on the 40 man is looking suboptimal 

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