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I'm pretty sure they think injuries happened and that next year's team is going to look a lot like this year's minus Framber Valdez.

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As we learned this year, one of the key “tools” for a player is availability. Correa couldn’t play at shortstop on turf for 3 days in a row due to health reasons. To keep him healthy and available, he needs to play primarily at third. That eliminates trading Pena unless we receive a MLB ready SS in return.

On the pitching front, I’m working on the assumption that the Astros will shred elbows on most pitchers and that requires the organization to maintain more pitching depth. 

I think what this team really needs is a good locker room guy that can rally the troops and support Joe. The Astros need to hire Maldonado as their bench coach, and his presence will turn this thing around. Machete in the dugout would be a huge morale boost! Make it happen Dana!

5 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

I think what this team really needs is a good locker room guy that can rally the troops and support Joe. The Astros need to hire Maldonado as their bench coach, and his presence will turn this thing around. Machete in the dugout would be a huge morale boost! Make it happen Dana!

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5 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

I think what this team really needs is a good locker room guy that can rally the troops and support Joe.

You jest, but something does seem off about the chemistry.  It could be as easy as too many new faces, but it’s another reason why I want a more seasoned manager.  

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25 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

I think what this team really needs is a good locker room guy that can rally the troops and support Joe. The Astros need to hire Maldonado as their bench coach, and his presence will turn this thing around. Machete in the dugout would be a huge morale boost! Make it happen Dana!

 

bench coach ????

back up catcher !!!!

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imo, this team is 100% behind espada 

we need a fountain of youth 

9 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

imo, this team is 100% behind espada 

we need a fountain of youth 

Well they're 100% wrong. Prob why they're sitting at home currently 

59 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

Well to be fair Wulaw wants to trade Yordan so he can give $200,000,000.00 to another 1B in his 30s (Alonso).  So for him it’s not a rebuild move it’s a reallocation (albeit one I think is really far fetched and dumb).  And if another team met his pipe dream of giving up 4 top 100 level prospects for Yordan I’d probably be ok with a Yordan trade (although I would not be ok with giving Alonso $200M to replace him).

Im ok with trading any player for the right value.  But I don’t see any realistic scenario where it makes sense for Houston to rebuild, or trade Alvarez, Brown, or Altuve.  
 

I can see a situation where it makes sense to trade Pena (because his value is at its peak, Correa can play SS, and the SS market is barren this offseason).  I can see it making sense to trade Walker (because he sucks, Houston is cash strapped, and Paredes can play 1B).  But neither of those moves would preclude Houston from being a contender next season.

I also had us trading Walker, melton and Mathews and meyers and signing an ace, so… pretty sure if we did all the shit I suggested we’d be set up to be a playoff team and better in years to come. 
if we trade Pena I’d rather keep Dubon and platoon him and Urias at SS and keep Correa at 3rd. 
What would you be looking at trading Pena for- a TOR guy in his walk year and a top 100 prospect?  

Replace Bagwell with Brantley.

Espada hate is how he treated series we had multiple times where we could sweep series and He would trot out his worst lineup as if they were throw away games. 

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On 9/28/2025 at 9:40 PM, David Dennison said:

We need to talk about Jose.

 

hopefully he can heal up and continue to be one of the all time greats ....

Jose Altuve is one of just 3 players in MLB history with 200+ home runs, 300+ stolen bases, 450+ doubles, and a .300+ batting average. The others are Willie Mays and Derek Jeter.
 

One of the biggest frustrations this year was the long recovery process this year for our players.

I think they held players out longer than they normally would expecting that they would be more refreshed for our inevitable postseason run.  You do have to get there to take advantage of those 'fresher' players.

I am hopeful that the medical/training staff is evaluated this offseason because the injuries were so detrimental to this team.

There was no cohesion and the team seemed so lifeless, which could just be reality of the injuries piling up.

 

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the entire team needs a prolonged stretching / warming up regiment. mandatory 

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I also had us trading Walker, melton and Mathews and meyers and signing an ace, so… pretty sure if we did all the shit I suggested we’d be set up to be a playoff team and better in years to come. 
if we trade Pena I’d rather keep Dubon and platoon him and Urias at SS and keep Correa at 3rd. 
What would you be looking at trading Pena for- a TOR guy in his walk year and a top 100 prospect?  

If Houston trades Pena I’d expect them to get more than what they got for Tucker.  So something like 2 MLB Top 75 prospects (preferably in AA or AAA), an MLB-ready BoR SP who the Astros think they can improve, and a solid controllable big league player.  What I would really like would very likely require multiple moves; but hypothetically a 3-way trade like this might work:

Astros get:

IF Joey Ortiz

SP Ryan Pepiot

SS Cooper Pratt

2026 Competitive Balance Pick (from MIL)

 

Brewers get: 

SS Jeremy Pena

 

Rays get:

C Jefferson Quero

PTBNL (from 15-30 range on Brewers org list)

2 hours ago, Snake Diggity said:

If Houston trades Pena I’d expect them to get more than what they got for Tucker.  So something like 2 MLB Top 75 prospects (preferably in AA or AAA), an MLB-ready BoR SP who the Astros think they can improve, and a solid controllable big league player.  What I would really like would very likely require multiple moves; but hypothetically a 3-way trade like this might work:

Astros get:

IF Joey Ortiz

SP Ryan Pepiot

SS Cooper Pratt

2026 Competitive Balance Pick (from MIL)

 

Brewers get: 

SS Jeremy Pena

 

Rays get:

C Jefferson Quero

PTBNL (from 15-30 range on Brewers org list)

If I was trading Pena I’d want TOR with no control and less prospects but ok- that might be worth it. 

5 hours ago, mbtex said:

Espada hate is how he treated series we had multiple times where we could sweep series and He would trot out his worst lineup as if they were throw away games. 

No Espada hate has to do with his lack of doing anything outside the box to help the team score runs, his constant desire to put his thumb on the scales with the new lineup every night, and his horrible use of the bullpen that lead to multiple relievers being oversued and injured.

14 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

No Espada hate has to do with his lack of doing anything outside the box to help the team score runs, his constant desire to put his thumb on the scales with the new lineup every night, and his horrible use of the bullpen that lead to multiple relievers being oversued and injured.

I look forward to next year's grumblings.

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pay yuli to take this kid in for a month or two. train him hard. old school cuban style 

 

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2 minutes ago, Mez2 said:

I miss Bregman

 

yankee killer 

with that hit, red sox fans forgot about him being on the IL this past season 

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not sure how big a coaching staff you can have, but ron washington would be a good addition to anyone's staff 

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9 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

not sure how big a coaching staff you can have, but ron washington would be a good addition to anyone's staff 

For the smoke breaks?

18 hours ago, Mez2 said:

I miss Bregman

Teach Parades CF and Bregman 2B and let's bring him back 

not sure how big a coaching staff you can have, but ron washington would be a good addition to anyone's staff 
Might as well have injured coaches too


New rumblings is trading for Sonny Gray since Cards are probably gonna gut their shit
2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

not sure how big a coaching staff you can have, but ron washington would be a good addition to anyone's staff 

Who doesn't need a dependable connection to coke dealers around the league.

Fire Dana!!!!! Espada is still with the organization, no changes with the medical staff, and no big trades or signings. WTF is he doing?  Doesn't he know we only have less than half a year before spring training?!?

 

Did i do that right?

On 9/30/2025 at 12:37 PM, mbtex said:

Espada hate is how he treated series we had multiple times where we could sweep series and He would trot out his worst lineup as if they were throw away games. 

 

On 9/30/2025 at 1:49 PM, Pablo said:

I think they held players out longer than they normally would expecting that they would be more refreshed for our inevitable postseason run.  You do have to get there to take advantage of those 'fresher' players.


Criticize all you want, but if they hadn’t been so proactive in terms of injury prevention, we would have stumbled down the stretch with shit like Alvarez out with a hurt foot, Pena out with an oblique, and Altuve hobbling around with a broken foot.  Imagine how awful that would have been.

 

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how the Astros did against the 12 playoff teams

DET 2-4
CLE 2-4
BOS 2-4
NYY 3-3
SEA 5-8
TOR 4-2

CIN 2-1
LA 3-0
PHI 3-0
SD 2-1
CHC 2-1
MIL 1-2

18-25 vs. AL
13-5 vs. NL
31-30 overall

At least we swept the eventual champs! Yaaa!

(Not who yall think)

10 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Some elect free agency.  Some have free agency thrust upon them.

15 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

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berkman is not a name I would expect to see but his postseason numbers are impressive 

This was better highlighted in the comments, but Correa’s postseason numbers are MUCH better than Jeters.

3 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

This was better highlighted in the comments, but Correa’s postseason numbers are MUCH better than Jeters.

Yeah Correa and Bregman not being on that roster is ridiculous.

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3 hours ago, WBT said:

Some elect free agency.  Some have free agency thrust upon them.

 

lot of shitty bp's out there, he'll catch on somewhere 

39 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

Yeah Correa and Bregman not being on that roster is ridiculous.

The Freese at 3b case is buoyed by a 2011  performance in which he was the best player in the world for three weeks.  
 

It’s easy to overlook because who gives a fuck about St. Louis.  

1 hour ago, LCHorn said:

The Freese at 3b case is buoyed by a 2011  performance in which he was the best player in the world for three weeks.  
 

It’s easy to overlook because who gives a fuck about St. Louis.  

Yeah STL having two players is bizarre (with 2011 in STL being the thing that put Berkman over the top)

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5 hours ago, LCHorn said:

This was better highlighted in the comments, but Correa’s postseason numbers are MUCH better than Jeters.

 

jeter has the 200 hits 

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

jeter has the 200 hits 

Jeter also takes the award for most number of herpes spread.  

20 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

how the Astros did against the 12 playoff teams

DET 2-4
CLE 2-4
BOS 2-4
NYY 3-3
SEA 5-8
TOR 4-2

CIN 2-1
LA 3-0
PHI 3-0
SD 2-1
CHC 2-1
MIL 1-2

18-25 vs. AL
13-5 vs. NL
31-30 overall

So it's Bud Selig's fault that Houston missed the playoffs this year.

Yeah, fuck that guy.

 

7 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

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berkman is not a name I would expect to see but his postseason numbers are impressive 

Springer listed as a Blue Jay on that list is funny as 95% of his post season ABs came as an Astro. 

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

jeter has the 200 hits 

Plus a .300+ average and >830+ OPS in 158 post season games so it is fairly tough to say those numbers are inflated by a few great series.

nsiap ... A buddy of mine was ptiching the idea of trading Walker and putting Correa at 1B. I'm sure he has the ability to make that transition, but who knows. It would allow Paredes to play 3B, so that would be aight imho. 

ETA: derp. responded to the wrong post. Meant to respond to @hornmpa96's post below.

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As we learned this year, one of the key “tools” for a player is availability. Correa couldn’t play at shortstop on turf for 3 days in a row due to health reasons. To keep him healthy and available, he needs to play primarily at third. That eliminates trading Pena unless we receive a MLB ready SS in return.

 

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On 9/30/2025 at 12:37 PM, mbtex said:

Espada hate is how he treated series we had multiple times where we could sweep series and He would trot out his worst lineup as if they were throw away games. 

Too soon, man. Too soon.

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7 hours ago, wood said:

nsiap ... A buddy of mine was ptiching the idea of trading Walker and putting Correa at 1B. I'm sure he has the ability to make that transition, but who knows. It would allow Paredes to play 3B, so that would be aight imho. 

ETA: derp. responded to the wrong post. Meant to respond to @hornmpa96's post below.

 

If anyone needs to move to 1st its the guy who has played there before and has a weaker arm.....which is Paredes 

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