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Astros acquire Francisco Liriano for Norichika Aoki & Teoscar Hernandez

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by J.R., Jul 31, 2017.

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  1. tellitlikeitis

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    wow.

     
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  2. Rox_Mayhem

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    Aoki is gone
     
    #22 Rox_Mayhem, Jul 31, 2017
  3. J.R.

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    #23 J.R., Jul 31, 2017
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    Whoa. I'm a little surprised they traded Aoki, but I'm more than ok with this.
     
    #24 mikol13, Jul 31, 2017
  5. The Real Shady

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    Perfect. Opens room up for Fisher to start full time. The move makes perfect sense now.
     
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  6. HstnSprtsFan101

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    I like it. He's looked good his last two starts. Has experience in the bullpen and playoffs. Bye bye Tony Sipp
     
    #26 HstnSprtsFan101, Jul 31, 2017
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  7. rocketpower2

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    Salary swap. Honestly surprised they were able to dump Nori.
     
    #27 rocketpower2, Jul 31, 2017
  8. Malaya

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    Traded Nori more to make room for Fisher I think.

    Thank you, Nori san. I always enjoyed your demeanor at the plate--never fazed. Good luck with your new team.
     
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  9. conquistador#11

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    WTF JEFF!!! no more major league memes in the game day threads.
     
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  10. BigM

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    No problem with this move. I like Aoki but his production should be replaceable with Fisher.
     
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  11. roxallways

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    I like. Fisher is ready to be the everyday LF for this team.
     
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  12. moonsh0t

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    Liriano is legit good against lefties this year. FIP of 2.19, xFIP of 2.73. 9.77 K/9 vs 0.57 BB/9 is a K/BB rate of 17.

    I'm on board with this move. He'll be great LOOGY.
     
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  13. tellitlikeitis

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    Or... (saw this on Twitter)

    They could trade Fisher and then call up Younger Tucker
     
    #33 tellitlikeitis, Jul 31, 2017
  14. T for 3

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    we had an OF log jam with the emergence of Fisher. Don't mind this, but I hope we are not done.
     
    #34 T for 3, Jul 31, 2017
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    At least we'll always remember that time Nori joined the Golden Shower Club
     
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    Liriano makes 8 million more annually. Astros are still eating ~3-4 million in this deal.

    I guess they saw an opportunity as they weren't likely to offer Aoki arbitration to be a 5th outfielder.
     
    #36 NIKEstrad, Jul 31, 2017
  17. UTAllTheWay

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    I'm totally ok with this
     
    #37 UTAllTheWay, Jul 31, 2017
  18. T for 3

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    Hopefully Liriano is a classic "gets better with scenery change" guy
     
    #38 T for 3, Jul 31, 2017
  19. Snake Diggit

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    With what Liriano has left on his contract, they better not be giving up any prospect worth a ****. Needs to be a Drew Ferguson/Alejandro Garcia type.
     
    #39 Snake Diggit, Jul 31, 2017
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    Great move, now lets go get a starter.
     
    #40 astroscolt45, Jul 31, 2017
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