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45 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

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Framber, Javier, Garcia, Valdez....and that's not even including current Oriole reclamation project and success story Cionel Perez. 

Also we should note trades involving some of these guys that resulted in MLB returns: Wilyer Abreu and Enmanuel Valdez for Christian Vazquez and Bryan de La Cruz/Austin Pruitt for Yimi Garcia 

All those guys were pitchers. I specifically said the only hole was biG money position players internationally. 

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  • henrygandorf
    henrygandorf

    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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Since today is the deadline for arbitration numbers to be submitted, here is MLB Trade Rumors estimates of where they’ll settle. 
 

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Nice little core of a roster. The the Yankees had that core, they’d be damn dangerous 

Mlb radio throwing around Dave Stewarts name for our GM......and spending 5 mins talking about it.

Insert Michael Scott No gif

It's a list of names they want the Astros to hire to destroy the machine.

Dubon 1.4

Maton 2.55

Urquidy 3.025

Taylor 830k

have settled so far 

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

Mlb radio throwing around Dave Stewarts name for our GM......and spending 5 mins talking about it.

Insert Michael Scott No gif

The A's pitcher? He was pretty vocal about the scandal. He also blocked me on Twitter probably around the time of the 2020 divisional series or win Laureano got popped for PEDs. In short, fuck Dave Stewart. 

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So the other teams can't find Havana or what?

Oh well... happy hunting for our beloved Stros!

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That’s a big 17 yo. Sign as many Cubans as possible 

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I’m curious which mlb team has the best ‘“last player on the roster’ 

1 hour ago, slorch said:

So the other teams can't find Havana or what?

Oh well... happy hunting for our beloved Stros!

I believe the White Sox have a good amount of Cubans in their farm system but maybe my memory is exaggerating it.

Can you imagine how awesome it would be if the next news we get is that all three of these guy have been extended?

18 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

I believe the White Sox have a good amount of Cubans in their farm system but maybe my memory is exaggerating it.

We just got their best Cuban. 

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33 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Can you imagine how awesome it would be if the next news we get is that all three of these guy have been extended?

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24 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

We just got their best Cuban. 

Reading comprehension failed

5 hours ago, Scraps said:

Mlb radio throwing around Dave Stewarts name for our GM......and spending 5 mins talking about it.

Insert Michael Scott No gif

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Well deserved. Per his gram, he’s working hard 

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

That’s a big 17 yo. Sign as many Cubans as possible 

This. Not signing Yuli’s brother still stings. 

3 hours ago, Seasick Sailor said:
Can you imagine how awesome it would be if the next news we get is that all three of these guy have been extended?

extended is how i'll feel.

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Well deserved. Per his gram, he’s working hard 

That’s actually pretty damn low 

6 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

We just got their best Cuban. 

Nope. Luis Robert is light years better than Abreu right now.

28 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Nope. Luis Robert is light years better than Abreu right now.

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Based just on how you feel or some other criterion?

 

7 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:


 

That’s the biggest arbitration gap in MLB this year. And probably doesn’t bode well for any possible extension talks.

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

That’s the biggest arbitration gap in MLB this year. And probably doesn’t bode well for any possible extension talks.

Yeah that was never happening (an extension). 

So- made two bets in Lake Charles today:

astros over 97.5 wins -114

3 teamer to win division- Astros, Twins and Rays.  $50 to win 1650 or something like that. Plus 3250 or something like that. 

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Extension talks can start when the Astros are ready to drop at least $300mil

 

7 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Rays ?

Liked the odds. It’s plausible they could win the division. 

Just now, tx 3 putt said:

Extension talks can start when the Astros are ready to drop at least $300mil

 

Be interesting to even see if he’d sign for 12/300 or something like that. He might think he can make 40M in arbitration and then still sign a 300M contract at 29. 

Nope. Luis Robert is light years better than Abreu right now.
Lol
So- made two bets in Lake Charles today:
astros over 97.5 wins -114
3 teamer to win division- Astros, Twins and Rays.  $50 to win 1650 or something like that. Plus 3250 or something like that. 
I mean thats why its gambling, but yeah i would be shocked if both the Rays AND Twins win their divy
45 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

12 ? 
 

7 or 8

He’s only making 40 million in arbitration and that’s 3 years. That would mean if you were doing an 8 year contract for 300M it would be the functional equivalent of giving him a 5 year 260M deal. Which would be laughably absurd. 

17 minutes ago, Scraps said:
1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:
So- made two bets in Lake Charles today:
astros over 97.5 wins -114
3 teamer to win division- Astros, Twins and Rays.  $50 to win 1650 or something like that. Plus 3250 or something like that. 

I mean thats why its gambling, but yeah i would be shocked if both the Rays AND Twins win their divy

I would think I end up with a 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place out of my bet and no money. But +3200 on something that could certainly happen isn’t a terrible idea. 
Put another way- I could bet on UT to win the national title and only get +1700. Here I get double that on what I believe is a more plausible bet. 

46 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Be interesting to even see if he’d sign for 12/300 or something like that. He might think he can make 40M in arbitration and then still sign a 300M contract at 29. 

He might but Crane wouldn’t. We all know his philosophy with regards to ultra-long contracts. 

21 hours ago, kevwun said:

It's a list of names they want the Astros to hire to destroy the machine.

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Ain’t easy to repeat, especially now with the ridiculous expanded playoffs. Interesting that the 1920s and 1970s had 3 teams.   It’s been a while since the Jeter Yanks.  Good luck boys!

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/back-to-back-world-series-champions-c297636124

 

1998-2000 Yankees (three straight World Series wins)
1998: Yankees defeat Padres, 4-0
1999: Yankees defeat Braves, 4-0
2000: Yankees defeat Mets, 4-1

 

1992-93 Blue Jays
1992: Blue Jays defeat Braves, 4-2
1993: Blue Jays defeat Phillies, 4-2

 

1977-78 Yankees
1977: Yankees defeat Dodgers, 4-2
1978: Yankees defeat Dodgers, 4-2

 

1975-76 Reds
1975: Reds defeat Red Sox, 4-3
1976: Reds defeat Yankees, 4-0

 

1972-74 A's (three straight World Series wins)
1972: A's defeat Reds, 4-3
1973: A's defeat Mets, 4-3
1974: A's defeat Dodgers, 4-1

 

1961-62 Yankees
1961: Yankees defeat Reds, 4-1
1962: Yankees defeat Giants, 4-3

 

1949-53 Yankees (five straight World Series wins)
1949: Yankees defeat Dodgers, 4-1
1950: Yankees defeat Phillies, 4-0
1951: Yankees defeat Giants, 4-2
1952: Yankees defeat Dodgers, 4-3
1953: Yankees defeat Dodgers, 4-2

 

1936-39 Yankees (four straight World Series wins)
1936: Yankees defeat Giants, 4-2
1937: Yankees defeat Giants, 4-1
1938: Yankees defeat Cubs, 4-0
1939: Yankees defeat Reds, 4-0

 

1929-30 A's
1929: A's defeat Cubs, 4-1
1930: A's defeat Cardinals, 4-2

 

1927-28 Yankees
1927: Yankees defeat Pirates, 4-0
1928: Yankees defeat Cardinals, 4-0

 

1921-22 Giants
1921: Giants defeat Yankees, 5-3
1922: Giants defeat Yankees, 4-0-1

 

1915-16 Red Sox
Red Sox defeat Phillies, 4-1
Red Sox defeat Robins, 4-1

 

1910-11 A's
1910: A's defeat Cubs, 4-1
1911: A's defeat Giants, 4-2

 

1907-08 Cubs
1907: Cubs defeat Tigers, 4-0-1
1908: Cubs defeat Tigers, 4-1

 

 

37 minutes ago, Scraps said:
11 hours ago, HtownHorn said:
Nope. Luis Robert is light years better than Abreu right now.

Lol

Every team in baseball would take Luis Robert over Jose Abreu right now.

9 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

He might but Crane wouldn’t. We all know his philosophy with regards to ultra-long contracts. 

I don’t think it’s actually ultra long contracts- I think it’s more about the lots of money and that he’s secretly cheap. 300M is just table stakes now for any kind of star player. If you did that deal now with Tucker I’m pretty sure you’d get your moneys worth. You would have the rest of his career and he’d need to get 30 WAR. I feel like that’s likely, and the contract wouldn’t hurt, but I guess crane would rather just get over on him on his surplus value and never pay the going rate. 12/300 would be AAV of 25M, which shouldn’t hamper you at all. 
I know it’s not going to happen. And I’ve made my peace with it. This is the greatest run we’ve ever had, it will never be this good again, and it’s lasted way longer than anyone would ever have reason to expect it to. I feel blessed to be an Astros fan in this moment in time.   

23 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

He’s only making 40 million in arbitration and that’s 3 years. That would mean if you were doing an 8 year contract for 300M it would be the functional equivalent of giving him a 5 year 260M deal. Which would be laughably absurd. 

Offer +4/150 right now. Everyone wins, barring a major injury that kills a season or changes his ability to play in the future.

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