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    Kevin Durant: Yes or No

    No. KD is a mercenary, who will try to make the team in his preference. It will go from Udoka’s team to Durant’s team, even if Udoka is the one...
    Post by: akgoel, Jun 17, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Fred VanVleet Extension

    There is nowhere for FVV to go - only Brooklyn and Detroit have meaningful cap space. This year, most free agents will be re-priced to the...
    Post by: akgoel, Jun 9, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Astros 2022 Season General Discussion Thread

    This Framber Valdez article reminds me of their 2014 Dallas Keuchel article posted almost to the day (May 20): Dallas Keuchel, Who Can No Longer...
    Post by: akgoel, May 20, 2022 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] ALCS Astros vs. Red Sox

    with the proper technology, the catcher wouldn’t call the pitch, the pitcher would. The catcher could ask for a change, and the manager could...
    Post by: akgoel, Oct 21, 2021 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros @ Athletics

    Those 1998 Astros had this. Bagwell, Biggio, Bell, Berry, and Alou were all above 0.300 with Carl Everett at 0.296.
    Post by: akgoel, May 20, 2021 in forum: Houston Astros
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    ALCS Roster

    Start Marisnick over Reddick. Drop Tucker and Miley, add Abreu and Peacock.
    Post by: akgoel, Oct 11, 2019 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Vs. Rays ALDS

    If you have a cable subscription, you can watch via the Fox Sports app, on your phone or Roku or game console.
    Post by: akgoel, Oct 10, 2019 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Vs. Rays ALDS

    In the 2017 ALDS against the Red Sox, Verlander came out in relief of Morton with a man on, and immediately gave up a 2-run homer to lose the lead.
    Post by: akgoel, Oct 7, 2019 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Vs. Rays ALDS

    WTF! Dish Network just dropped FS1 last week. Are you kidding me?
    Post by: akgoel, Oct 4, 2019 in forum: Houston Astros
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    If you're in charge, do you let Gerrit Cole walk or pay him?

    Pay the man. We’ve got 2 more seasons headlined by Verlander, Greinke, and McCullers. In 2022, we’ve got no headline pitchers.
    Post by: akgoel, Sep 20, 2019 in forum: Houston Astros
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    Ideas to Improve MLB

    The reason they don't use robo-umps in tennis for all calls is that they aren't instantaneous, and so the players can't depend on a delayed call....
    Post by: akgoel, Sep 6, 2019 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Rays @ Astros

    Since he won’t play in NL parks, you can’t project out to 162 games.
    Post by: akgoel, Aug 27, 2019 in forum: Houston Astros
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    Astros Need a New Closer

    Rookie John Hudek made the All-Star game in 1994, with a riding fastball that had unhittable movement. After the All-Star game, it seemed to all...
    Post by: akgoel, Aug 12, 2019 in forum: Houston Astros
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    Astros land Zack Greinke

    That was the same lineup that struck out 20 times against Kerry Wood. For a team that features 6x 0.300 hitters, they were prone to all getting...
    Post by: akgoel, Aug 2, 2019 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Ringer] On the Astros Revolutionizing Player Development

    I would hate to be the player development analyst looking at Forrest Whitley's Catapult harness data and bringing the news to Lunhow.
    Post by: akgoel, Jun 3, 2019 in forum: Houston Astros