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    4 - 2 road trip. lulz  

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    I snuck on to the field and did the same thing, spreading my Dads ashes out in RF in 2019. We used to watch 50+ games a year together in section 134. Made me a Stros fan since birth. He had the best s

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13 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

he ain't signing an extension 

We blew that chance two years ago. Should have signed him to an extension after his rookie season, before he broke out into a stud TOR guy.

29 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

We blew that chance two years ago. Should have signed him to an extension after his rookie season, before he broke out into a stud TOR guy.

And if he would bite on an extension, he’d blow his arm out on his next start 

2 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

And if he would bite on an extension, he’d blow his arm out on his next start 

Which is why I’m not sure he wouldn’t sign an extension. If I was his agent I’d tell him to give it serious consideration. Any pitcher getting offered a pay day 3.9 years early should seriously consider it. Especially if his career to date earnings are less than 3M. 

Also- the only thing worse than a Sunday off, or 4th of July or Labor Day off, is a random Friday. These things make me surly. 

8 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Which is why I’m not sure he wouldn’t sign an extension. If I was his agent I’d tell him to give it serious consideration. Any pitcher getting offered a pay day 3.9 years early should seriously consider it. Especially if his career to date earnings are less than 3M. 

Also- the only thing worse than a Sunday off, or 4th of July or Labor Day off, is a random Friday. These things make me surly. 

Yep, and as a pitcher he will have another shot at a big FA payday

Martin Maldonado has a higher BA than Yordan Alvarez right now

Now that seemingly every pitcher is blowing out their elbow every couple years, the young guys might not be so leery of extensions early in their career.

50 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

 

Also- the only thing worse than a Sunday off, or 4th of July or Labor Day off, is a random Friday. These things make me surly. 

I don’t know how we managed to get shafted with an annual trip to Minnesota in April, but it blows. Feels like it’s every year now…some sort of perverse punishment for the MDM in 2017.

42 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Martin Maldonado has a higher BA than Yordan Alvarez right now

Just because it’s an off day…on a Friday… does not mean you had to choose violence today.  

Well it gets worse....he now has more homers too cause he is 1 for 1 with a HR today

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

Martin Maldonado has a higher BA than Yordan Alvarez right now

and our heroes are just 1 game under .500.

Yeah.  That sucks too.

Both Bregman and Tucker are hitting over .300 right now, maybe this team should look into what changed for them. I don't think it's the field, it's likely more to do with coaching and the approach at the plate. Might be time to make some changes around the clubhouse...

Yes, there is much to be learned from all these 30 PA samples

The lack of production hasn't improved at newly minted Dalkon Shield Park.  That's way the fuck more than 30PA's.  Not even trash cans or buzzers could overcome that shit, as opposed to productivity on the road.

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On 4/3/2025 at 2:46 PM, Guadaloopy said:

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Very small sample size, but... 

Home Alone Kevin GIF

This is the April content I'm looking for.

On 4/3/2025 at 10:00 PM, Wulaw Horn said:

I mean- he should seriously consider it. Hes still 3.9 years from free agency. He’s not super two. If he got offered 6/100 or something like that he should jump on it. 
He didn’t make dick for a signing bonus and after this year he will have made about 2.5M total as a big leaguer. 
6/100 would be the equivalent of a 3 year 65M or so extension- as it’s likely his arbitration awards will be something like 5M in year 1, 10M in year 2 and 15M in year 3. 

Never gonna happen. 

After paying LMJ to do nothing, Crane is not going to turn around and negotiate against himself and give away four years of control for two years in the cheap.

Astros ain't gonna offer anything for two years... And if he's healthy, he ain't signing unless it's a crazy deal that a new owner offers.

1 hour ago, Slacks said:

Never gonna happen. 

After paying LMJ to do nothing, Crane is not going to turn around and negotiate against himself and give away four years of control for two years in the cheap.

Astros ain't gonna offer anything for two years... And if he's healthy, he ain't signing unless it's a crazy deal that a new owner offers.

Agreed. That’s a really good number on the extension though as people are pretty equally split between no way he would take that and no way crane would do that. 

McCullers is scheduled to make a rehab start tonight for the Hooks. 

get some bats going, that line up is solid 

cintron and snitker know the core guys. they've had some great successes here. stick to the plan. paredes and walker will come around 

4 hours ago, Focht Up said:

Will Wagner is batting .333

The dude can hit, he can't play anywhere in the field worth a shit, and we already have a DH, really two.

From Tags' Mailbag:

 

Do you see the Astros offering any extension or long-term contract to some of the young core (Hunter Brown, Spencer Arrighetti, Smith or Peña)? -- @VegaBlu1980

General manager Dana Brown was quick to sign pitcher Cristian Javier to a five-year, $64 million extension in his first spring on the job in 2023 and said at the time he was going to be aggressive in locking up the team’s younger players, such as Tucker. It hasn’t happened. First, it takes two to consummate a deal and the Astros are in a bit of a penny-pinching mode this season with so much dead money on the books. I think they’ll certainly try to sign Arrighetti and Smith, but Peña (under control through 2027) and Brown (through 2028) might be harder, especially with Brown recently hiring Scott Boras to represent him.

 

Tuve!!

15" shorter than the pitcher

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Really looking forward to the day when the Stros have a replacement for Jake/Chaz. 

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I really hope Smith isn't a spring training wonder who is a bust in the regular season. He looked totally overmatched in his AB.

We are the greatest team at hitting foul balls

lol at Sparks talking about French-speaking Julien going to Auburn.

”can you imagine Julien at Auburn? I bet they could barely understand him!”

13 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

I really hope Smith isn't a spring training wonder who is a bust in the regular season. He looked totally overmatched in his AB.

Just a reminder that Bregman started his career 2-38 and then finished the season with a .931 OPS, of course, the Astros had better coaching in 2016 than they do now.

Cam leaving a lot of runners on today. Watched good pitches go by, and swung at bad ones. Guess there's gonna be growing pains. 

35 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

I really hope Smith isn't a spring training wonder who is a bust in the regular season. He looked totally overmatched in his AB.

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I told a coworker at start of season Cam made team, but don't be shocked and lose your shit if he sucks and gets sent down....even Mike Trout got sent down.

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