Exactly. Keuchel at home in the playoffs???? Yes, please. We have the best lineups in baseball. Peacock/Liriano additions to pen. We just need Keuchel to come back to form or else we are screwed.
Well, if you bet that, then I guess that makes it so. I bet we could've had Trout for Kemp, too, if we'd just leaned on them a little harder and gotten that mystical Yankees "value" out of them.
Agreed. Marisnick is having a good season. No garauntee he does next year. Marwin with his 19 homers when he had 37 total the five years before that is certainly no guarantee. These guys are 26 and 28. Chances are this year is the outlier for those two guys. Hell even Josh Reddick with his 306 average when he hasn't hit 300 in any other season. To me you have to strike with this special year. Valuing your prospects is one thing. But when you have something special you go for it.
Watching Luhnow answer questions in the dugout just now, he looks and sounds pretty disappointed. Said that they had a few big deals that he was 90% confident would get done that just didn't make it across the finish line. Not a great day all around for the organization.
I think teams were hardballing Luhnow. Maybe felt he was too upstart or knew Astros had top prospects to deal. Gosh, the missed opportunity
Basically: "we were desperately trying to make deals all day, but .. oh yeah.. uh... this team is good enough to win as is, I promise."
They had an insane amount of assets and failed to trade for Cousins, Butler and George in the last 6-8 months, which were all guys they were linked to. Had they not lucked out with Gordon Hayward, they would have all those assets with nothing to show for it. Trust me, Ainge is the perfect NBA comparison for Lunhow right now.
I'm not scared of the Yankees. We will just beat up on Gray like we did earlier in the year. If we can ever get right health wise, I'll feel good about our chances.
I guess our only hope now is for AJ Reed to go out there and hit a home run every game. Astros come out and take the whole ****ing thing.
We'll see how the team responds. If we fall off our pace, this missed opportunity will haunt Luhnow not just this year but for several more years.
This is actually making me more upset. Its one thing to hold onto your guns/beliefs and make the other guy blink... and feel confident regardless of the outcome. Its another to get outmaneuvered or out-classed by other GM's who are either more aggressive, more experienced, or more shrewd/scrutinizing. In the end, Luhnow is still grasping the full nuances on being a MLB GM. He's only been in the buyer position for 3 years, and has basically whiffed or passed during 2 of those 3 years. The one year he did buy, he bought early... and per his own admission, missed out on David Price (who would have made a bigger difference than Gomez/Kazmir combined). We know he can build a farm. We know he can draft well. We know he can sign draft picks well. We know he can find some bargain deals/reclamation projects every year that ends up being a pleasant enough surprise. He'll probably master this aspect as well soon enough... but would have been nice to strike during a season where this represents far and away the best opportunity they've had in their 50+ year franchise history.
I will celebrate just as loudly and exuberantly as anyone here when the Astros win the World Series. That being said, anyone who is really, deeply upset if their team doesn't win it all- maybe we're all taking sports way too seriously. A team's success or failure is no personal reflection on us- and I say that b/c I have a feeling that some out there take it that way. (ducks as posters throw objects)
"We had some close to & almost over the finish line. A lot of dynamics with these deals. For reasons I can't talk about, they didn't happen. This team has what it takes to win in the postseason with the players we have."
You understand that one pitcher doesn't win you a series, right?? Ok, so we win Game 1. Awesome! What about Game 2? And 3??
Lunhow will take it farther. He' let Keuchel go in free agency because Whitley will be good soon, Springer will go next but it's ok, Tucker kills in the minors.. Bregman can take Correa's spot. And when we are still competing, in 3 years, we will stand pat again because we have some really elite prospects like Bukauskas that are untouchable. Just keep spinning tires Lunhow.
