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#1251
Padres, Marlins, White Sox Have Shown Interest In Martin Maldonado https://t.co/BUyV4nDvf4

 

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#1255

Making moves !

 

The #Astros signed Luis Contreras last week, inviting him to major-league spring training.Contreras received offers from other organizations, but he knew Houston prioritized development of pitchers with similar arsenals to his own.More: https://t.co/IGEdQs3zQl

 

#1256
On 12/1/2023 at 9:04 PM, tx 3 putt said:
Padres, Marlins, White Sox Have Shown Interest In Martin Maldonado https://t.co/BUyV4nDvf4

 

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#1257

What was your favorite max roberts moment ?

 

The #Astros released left-handed pitching prospect Max Roberts last month. Houston selected him in the Triple-A Phase of the Rule 5 Draft last year.Roberts posted a 5.67 ERA with 43 strikeouts in 27 innings. He’s a former seventh-round pick by the Mariners.

 

#1260

Everyday, I ask what in the hell are the Astros doing? 
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This picture answers all questions Astros related.

Why did they hire Dana Brown? Is he ready for this job?

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Are we getting another dominate starting pitcher?

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#1262
8 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

The winter meetings start tomorrow. Let's see what happens this week. 


whole lot of nothing unless a large amount cap space opens up 

#1263
The #Astros have no interest in trading 3B Alex Bregman, but have privately resigned to losing him in free agency in a year, per @BNightengale.The Astros are realizing it may take $300M to keep him. The money is most likely for Jose Altuve, so he can be an “Astro for life.”


 

 

#1266
Free Agent Catcher Tucker Barnhart is drawing interest as teams look to fill catching depth.The #Astros and #DBacks are two of the teams interested, per source.

 

#1269

Not quite sure what the Mariners are up to but, so far,  it doesn’t appear they are trying to be competitive in 2024. Unless they are cutting payroll thinking they can land Ohtani or that Japanese pitcher. 

The Atlanta Braves and Seattle Mariners are in agreement on a trade that will send outfielder Jarred Kelenic, left-hander Marco Gonzales and first baseman Evan White to the Braves in exchange for right-handers Cole Phillips and Jackson Kowar, sources tell ESPN.

 

#1272

Where is that from?  One reason I’m not more perturbed about front office departures is that a list like that should get a few people fired, even with prospect trades and draft pick forfeiture.  
 

Top prospect is a low ceiling 2nd division regular and everyone else is either a lottery ticket or low ceiling.  

#1273
2 hours ago, LCHorn said:

Where is that from?  One reason I’m not more perturbed about front office departures is that a list like that should get a few people fired, even with prospect trades and draft pick forfeiture.  
 

Top prospect is a low ceiling 2nd division regular and everyone else is either a lottery ticket or low ceiling.  

 

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

The cupboard is bare ….

 

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That list reflects 8 straight years of being a deadline buyer combined with picking late and losing 4 top draft picks as a penalty for sign stealing.  The front office has done a great job in context.  If you wanna pick nits you can cast blame on their eval/development of top international bonus signees (Leon, Nova, Lorenzo) but their drafts have been very good considering what they were working with.

#1274
Whitley was seen hitting 98 MPH apparently by this radar gun on Instagram https://t.co/2sAlCYz5zo

 

#1275
8 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Bregman was never leaving. Not a sufficient replacement 

And Dana brown just reiterated such 

#1276

The cupboard has been bare for several years now. And yet, they keep getting contributions from the nobodies they bring up. It's not like anyone saw Chas McCormick developing into a top 5 CF, for instance.

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#1277
40 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

It's not like anyone saw Chas McCormick developing into a top 5 CF, for instance.

It appears that the ghost of Dusty might still be roaming the clubhouse  

Joe Espada stopped short of naming an everyday center fielder. He said Jake Meyers and Chas McCormick will get chances in spring training to play. Espada said Mauricio Dubón is best served as the team’s “super utility” guy, but he’ll get some run in center field, too.

 

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#1279
2 hours ago, TonyTexas said:
Whitley was seen hitting 98 MPH apparently by this radar gun on Instagram https://t.co/2sAlCYz5zo

 

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#1280
1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

It appears that the ghost of Dusty might still be roaming the clubhouse  

Joe Espada stopped short of naming an everyday center fielder. He said Jake Meyers and Chas McCormick will get chances in spring training to play. Espada said Mauricio Dubón is best served as the team’s “super utility” guy, but he’ll get some run in center field, too.

 


Career mlb basrball person >>> surly baseball experts that sat the bench in t ball 

#1281

Hometown boy from Cy Creek 

The Astros are interested in Jordan Hicks, per @JonHeyman. Rangers, Cardinals and Orioles are a few other names interested in Hicks.

 

#1282
30 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:


Career mlb basrball person >>> surly baseball experts that sat the bench in t ball 

You’ll thank them for playing the obviously inferior player more later. 

#1283
11 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

You’ll thank them for playing the obviously inferior player more later. 

Its a 162 game season. Your entire roster will play 
 

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#1284
5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Its a 162 game season. Your entire roster will play 
 

Ok. If we want to be pedantic.

Youll thank them later for giving more playing time to the obviously inferior player.

Happy now, Dusty?

#1285

Damn, some of y'all could complain about Altuve only getting 4 hits in a game and not 5.  

WTF is Espada supposed to say?  They have actively been trying to trade Meyers for a while now.  They have to talk up his potential, of which much more than Myles Straw still exists.   

#1287
Damn, some of y'all could complain about Altuve only getting 4 hits in a game and not 5.  

WTF is Espada supposed to say?  They have actively been trying to trade Meyers for a while now.  They have to talk up his potential, of which much more than Myles Straw still exists.   
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#1290
22 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Chas is going to be the starter. Meyers prob won’t even be on the team. 

 

going with Julks in LF, bold 

#1291

*bold for this thread. 

 

I have zero issues if julks earns the job out of camp, even if he beats out someone we sign 

#1292

If we sign an OF with the intent of him starting and Julks beats him out then Dana Brown needs to be fired immediately.  jfc 

#1293
54 minutes ago, Scraps said:

If we sign an OF with the intent of him starting and Julks beats him out then Dana Brown needs to be fired immediately.  jfc 

Whatever trade we make throw Julks in. For whatever 

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#1294
14 hours ago, Scraps said:

Thats yalls manager...just sayin

Not my guy. I mean- I don't hate the idea and I suspect he's probably not a moron- but I'd have hired someone that had done this before that I was positive wasn't a moron, so at this point it's guessing and conjecture.

One little thing to say- he might mean it's down to Jake and Chas as in- is Jake good enough to play a lot of center and shift Chas over to left when Yordan doesn't play in the OF (which I'd believe would be the majority of the time), or does chas need to play CF every day and figure something else out.  
But, probably not. That would be the most hopeful reading of it.  

#1296
3 hours ago, Scraps said:

If we sign an OF with the intent of him starting and Julks beats him out then Dana Brown needs to be fired immediately.  jfc 


have you seen our budget ? 

#1298
1 minute ago, formermav43 said:

Have you seen Julks?


player to be named later has to better these numbers to justify his salary / expense vs. a league min player …

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AB AVG HR RBI SB OPS
298 .245 6 33 15 .649
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2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:


player to be named later has to better these numbers to justify his salary / expense vs. a league min player …

Career Regular Season

AB AVG HR RBI SB OPS
298 .245 6 33 15 .649

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