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none of those guys move the meter for me. wonder if bagwell is part of the interview process ?

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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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See if Jerry West wants a new challenge? He's built a ton of NBA championship teams, maybe he would like to try baseball? 

37 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

See if Jerry West wants a new challenge? He's built a ton of NBA championship teams, maybe he would like to try baseball? 

I know that you aren’t serious but I am absolutely convinced the Texans could hire Luhnow and kick ass within 5 years. NFL GM’s are idiots. 

I just don’t see how there are 7 better RHP prospects than Hunter Brown. 

 

22 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I know that you aren’t serious but I am absolutely convinced the Texans could hire Luhnow and kick ass within 5 years. NFL GM’s are idiots. 

Now that would be an interesting hire for GM of the Texans. 

West wouldn't be a great baseball guy, but I think some NBA GMs could be good at baseball. Darryl Morey is an analytics guru, and I bet he would be awesome as a MLB GM. Plus baseball tends to trade tons of prospects around and that creates a lot of opportunities for guys who like to wheel and deal. You know someone like Morey would be great at recognizing talent early and trying to acquire the right guys before the other team realizes what they have. 

49 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

I just don’t see how there are 7 better RHP prospects than Hunter Brown. 

 

Narrators voice- “there aren’t”. 

33 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

Now that would be an interesting hire for GM of the Texans. 

West wouldn't be a great baseball guy, but I think some NBA GMs could be good at baseball. Darryl Morey is an analytics guru, and I bet he would be awesome as a MLB GM. Plus baseball tends to trade tons of prospects around and that creates a lot of opportunities for guys who like to wheel and deal. You know someone like Morey would be great at recognizing talent early and trying to acquire the right guys before the other team realizes what they have. 

I would imagine either Luhnow or Morey could be good GM’s in all 3 sports. 

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welp, just came across this note .....

Dana Brown, the “up-and-comer” here, is a 55-year old former college teammate of Craig Biggio at Seton Hall.

2 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

I just don’t see how there are 7 better RHP prospects than Hunter Brown. 

 

At times last season, I wasn't certain there were seven better RHPs period. Only slight hyperbole here. 

5 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

At times last season, I wasn't certain there were seven better RHPs period. Only slight hyperbole here. 

This is where I’m at. I bet he out pitches JV over the next 3 years. 

2 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

This is where I’m at. I bet he out pitches JV over the next 3 years. 

I would have also bet a few years ago that Whitley was in our rotation by 2022 so you never know. 

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2 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

I would have also bet a few years ago that Whitley was in our rotation by 2022 so you never know. 


dark horse for RoY !

18 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

I would have also bet a few years ago that Whitley was in our rotation by 2022 so you never know. 

Me too, obviously. 
I’m still buying up all his stock on the penny exchange I can find. I think I’m the majority shareholder right now. 

Me too, obviously. 
I’m still buying up all his stock on the penny exchange I can find. I think I’m the majority shareholder right now. 

You cornered the market!
1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Me too, obviously. 
I’m still buying up all his stock on the penny exchange I can find. I think I’m the majority shareholder right now. 

 

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18 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Imma going to ride it down to zero. 

You’d feel right at home in the Surly Stonks thread. 

59 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Imma going to ride it down to zero. 

 

39 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

You’d feel right at home in the Surly Stonks thread. 

 

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Well, he was until 2023...

8 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

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I saw that. The player got it right, and then Ken said disgustedly, "Yeah, the Astros".

I'm guessing he's not a fan.

4 hours ago, DoobieWah said:

 

I saw that. The player got it right, and then Ken said disgustedly, "Yeah, the Astros".

I'm guessing he's not a fan.

He's a Mariners fan, I think

8 hours ago, DoobieWah said:

 

I saw that. The player got it right, and then Ken said disgustedly, "Yeah, the Astros".

I'm guessing he's not a fan.

Well go fuck yourself, Ken.

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excellent, excellent decision re-signing uncle mike 

 (no brainer)

It’s been a minute since we had someone on this list. 

 

5 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

It’s been a minute since we had someone on this list. 

 

Wasn't Hunter on it last season?

fwiw, hunter brown has the 3rd best odds on my book for al roy (+748).  only gunnar hunderson (+311) and royce lewis (+684) are higher.

as for wins, astros are 97.5 and the ones in the same neighborhood (90+) are padres (93.5), dodgers (96.5), nyy (95.5), toronto (93.5), braves (94.5) and mets (95.5).  so yeah, we're projected to win the most games, but somewhere on mlbn or on twitter, there will be a list where we don't make the top 10 or some such.

Thats some dumb odds for Lewis

Has no one who makes predictions for 2023 bothered to look at what happened to the Dodgers roster in the offseason?  I don't know how you can follow baseball and not notice that they took a big step backwards.

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50 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Has no one who makes predictions for 2023 bothered to look at what happened to the Dodgers roster in the offseason?  I don't know how you can follow baseball and not notice that they took a big step backwards.

 

50 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Under for the dodgers 

No shit.

If they're going to give you that, you pound the under. No sense in complaining. Go win some $$$$$.

Has no one who makes predictions for 2023 bothered to look at what happened to the Dodgers roster in the offseason?  I don't know how you can follow baseball and not notice that they took a big step backwards.
Their pitching staff is dogshit

Dear 8 lb 6 oz, newborn infant Jesus, please protect all Astro players during the WBC.  If any of them get hurt during that exhibition tournament, I am just going to lose it.

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4 hours ago, Scraps said:

Thats some dumb odds for Lewis

Yep, will miss half the season and his best position is now occupied for the next 10 years.

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

He's confused.  He was actually watching the bottom 10 CF countdown episode.

I’m assuming that’s sarcastic but if not please go look at the CFs around the MLB. Chas is definitely top 10. His OPS is on the level of Benintendi who just got paid $15million a year. He is also better offensively than Yastrzemski, who is ranked ahead of him and 4 years older. The rest of the list is hard to argue with.

12 minutes ago, LebongJames said:

I’m assuming that’s sarcastic but if not please go look at the CFs around the MLB. Chas is definitely top 10. His OPS is on the level of Benintendi who just got paid $15million a year. He is also better offensively than Yastrzemski, who is ranked ahead of him and 4 years older. The rest of the list is hard to argue with.

It’s sarcasm. But it’s a reference to another poster who does actually believe that.

We won the whole goddamn thing two months ago, I couldn't care less about any of those clickbait tweets/articles/predictions for the 2023 Astros right now, and I say that as Htown sports fan who has historically been quick to trigger over national media disrespect. Stros had sex and fucked em all, I'm still in celebration mode. 

On 1/15/2023 at 6:10 AM, slorch said:

"The reasons for the blackouts is simple and twofold: The first reason is cable providers' desire for exclusive broadcasting rights in their local networks. The second, is MLB's desire to get fans into the stadium for attendance purposes."

 

Bull fucking shit on both accounts.  1)I cannot get local H-town broadcasts in Amarillo, nor do I even have it available on a regional network like I do for the Rangers. 2) I live 600 miles from Houston.  TV availability factors in exactly zero percent in my opportunity to attend a game at MMP. I live almost 200 miles closer to Denver, but they're not local. Kansas City Royals are 8 miles farther from me than MMP, and they aren't local either...for a good gotdam reason.

What's dumb AF is that even when I tried last year to PAY MLB for access, they are still blacked out because I live in the state of Texas.  When the Astros play on TBS or TNT or whatever...blacked out.   It's so fucking stupid.  Here's a map of the "local" areas.  Check out poor Iowa.  MLB just hates their ass.

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It's easy to solve blackouts.  Don't drink whiskey 

34 minutes ago, FartingMonk said:

It's easy to solve blackouts.  Don't drink whiskey 

 

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