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[Official] Astros Offseason

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Castor27, Oct 16, 2015.

  1. Baseballa

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    Sounds like a win-win for everyone then.
     
  2. boozle222

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    Can't wait for him to try and push click bait on Card fans. I hope he remembers to change his password when he gets to STL.
     
  3. awc713

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    Chron staff is a joke.

    JDJO
    Brian Smith
    Drillich
    Mcclain

    cant remember the last chron sports writer whom I respected
     
  4. Marteen

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    McTaggart and Feigen are cool in my book
     
  5. awc713

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    I like Feigen. Not the biggest Tags fan. He takes shots at the Texans and Rockets when he can. Like, know your audience.
     
  6. boozle222

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    I was/am a Levine fan. Quick witted and wrote good pieces about a team at its worst.
     
  7. Joe Joe

    Joe Joe Go Stros!
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    JDJO is going to St Louis this summer.
     
  8. Hustle Town

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    Anyone remember Richard Justice? He was a bigger flip flopper than most politicians. One week: "With that loss, Houston Astros should look to next season." Pretty much the next week: "Astros starting to 'get it'"
     
  9. Nick

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    He's still very much around. Writes for mlb.com and was heavily interviewed during the Astros playoff run due to his local ties.
     
  10. rocketpower2

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    Forgot about how awesome this throw was.

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  11. desihooper

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    Not a fan of the Rangers getting another first round pick for losing Gallardo :(
     
  12. sealclubber1016

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    Losing Gallardo is gonna hurt them. I didn't want him like most becuase he screams regression and the pick.

    But results wise he was very good for them posting a 3.42 ERA. Everybody is hyping the Rangers becuase of Darvish, but I think Darvish will likely be a lateral move from Gallardo's results, even if he's a much better pitcher.
     
  13. desihooper

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    Anything the get from Darvish this year has to be considered gravy, but that being said, they have a pretty good starting rotation: Cole Hamels, Colby Lewis, Martin Perez and Derek Holland as the top 4 with a pupu platter of options (Chi Chi Gonzalez, Nick Martinez, A.J. Griffin, Anthony Ranaudo, Cesar Ramos, Jeremy Guthrie, and Phil Klein) for the 5th starter until Darvish comes back around June. Hoping last year's run was more of an anomaly, but a top 3 of Hamels, Holland, and Darvish (assuming all are healthy) is pretty formidable.

    Astros need to get off to another good start to give them confidence and hope they can build off of that heading into the summer. One can envision a scenario where a young team, with a lot more expectations going into the year, might really struggle to recover mentally if they get off to a bad start.

    Go 'stros!!
     
  14. juicystream

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    Colby Lewis had an ERA of 4.66 & 5.18 in 2014.
    Derek Holland had a 4.91
    Perez had a 4.46

    And Holland & Perez have struggled to stay healthy.
     
  15. The Beard

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    I can't understand why so many people view the rangers rotation in such high regard

    Cole is the only guy on there who is truly above a mid rotation starter. Of course Yu is, but he won't be back until June, and most post-TJ guys aren't dominant quickly after returning. I have no doubt Yu will get back to that, but a lot of doubt that it happens in 2016
     
  16. Hustle Town

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    Pretty amazing how good these guys are
     
  17. mick fry

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    Ahhhhh. It's getting close to that time of year fellas! The trees start turning green, flowers start blooming and the great ones favorite day of the year, that's right its.....


    Tues March 8, 2016

    The date for IHOP's next National Pancake Day is Tuesday, March 8, 2016!

    During National Pancake Day, the company's largest philanthropic event of the year, more than 1,500 IHOP restaurants across the country will invite guests to enjoy a complimentary stack of IHOP's signature delicious buttermilk pancakes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m
     
  18. juicystream

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    Awfully nice for IHOP to give away pancakes for my birthday.
     
  19. awc713

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    Great to hear.

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jon Singleton is at 250 pounds of muscle. He played at about 235 last year.</p>&mdash; Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/701768125763682304">February 22, 2016</a></blockquote>
    <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
     
  20. Nick

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    Or it could just be the usual party line when a player gains a bunch of weight... "It's all muscle!" Same thing happened with Richard Hidalgo in 2001.

    It really didn't strike me that Singleton needed to bulk up to improve.... Now if this added muscle helps him make contact of any kind, I'm all for it!
     

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