Yulieski Gurriel agrees to 5/$47M deal with the Astros

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Except with the roster Luhnow gives Hinch from time to time who knows

One week Castro is playing 1B

The next we have 3 bench guys, 2 of which are 1Bs only and the other a catcher

 

Yes, they got burned that one game where Valbuena got hurt, Reed had just been sent down, and Marwin happened to be the DH... but it shouldn't be a regular thing.

I actually thought that was more on Hinch as he did decide who would be in the lineup, and knew full/well what would need to happen if somebody got hurt.

They have plenty more contingency options now... and in 2 weeks, rosters expand.

 

I'm going to the game on Tuesday night. Any chance he will play for the Astros that soon?

 

That's the plan.

 

He has typically sat the first game when he has gone to a new level, and played in the second. Luhnow is pretty stuck in his ways on certain things, so I would expect a pinch hitting appearance at most Tuesday with a Wednesday first start

 

He is 1 for 14 in AA.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Astros?src=hash">#Astros</a> target Tuesday for Gurriel's debut: <a href="https://t.co/reCFP79zzs">https://t.co/reCFP79zzs</a> <a href="https://t.co/iwtEjt8Qt7">pic.twitter.com/iwtEjt8Qt7</a></p>&mdash; Alykhan K. Ravjiani (@AlykhanKR) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlykhanKR/status/764267118565163008">August 13, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After seeing Yulieski Gurriel in CC, it might be a disservice to him to call him up Tuesday. Seems like he needs to get timing down. 1/2</p>&mdash; Greg Rajan (@GregRajan) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregRajan/status/764885805814775809">August 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">One game isn't a lot to draw conclusions from, but from what I saw, rushing him to majors may be counterproductive right now.</p>&mdash; Greg Rajan (@GregRajan) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregRajan/status/764886026380718080">August 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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If he keeps up this pace, he could really help our offense in Houston

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/alysonfooter">@alysonfooter</a> Astros radio just said Luhnow backed off the Tuesday plan during pregame interview today; will be promoted &quot;when he's ready.&quot;</p>&mdash; Jeff Brown (@astrosjeff) <a href="https://twitter.com/astrosjeff/status/764908396826898435">August 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Glad the FO isn t rushing things. Bregman is playing a spectacular 3B and starting to take care of the 2 hole in the lineup.

 

Be interesting to see how he does tonight
Ma 4 for 5 probably gets him promoted

 

He got his second hit in AA tonight... .call hm up while he is hot!

 

I went a few rounds on this on Twitter; such a silly notion that a 4-5 night means he's ready...

He's 32 and spent 15 seasons tearing apart the Cuban league; his ML stint should be similar to a rehab assignment: knock off rust and regain timing; performance be damned.

 

Just reported he is headed to Fresno tomorrow for the week

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gurriel will move from Corpus to Fresno this week. He should begin playing in Fresno tomorrow.</p>&mdash; Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/765282883938373632">August 15, 2016</a></blockquote>
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I'm still asking why he wasn't in shape when pen met paper? Did he not know he was signing up? Couldn't have started training a month earlier? 4 AB a game is truly asking too much?

 

Ideally... its funny that they just can't seem to shake the "need to go to every level" criteria they have for the prospects, even when it largely is irrelevant when he's only spending 1-2 weeks at each place.

At least he gets to see Fresno...? Its his tour of America!

 

What if he hasn't regained his timing? He hasn't been playing any baseball in a while - it's like spring training for him.

 

Even Roger Clemens went through this process.

I don't have a problem with how they're handling it. No need to rush and give him a chance to get his timing back. Training and playing in actual games are 2 completely different things...even in baseball.