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    2025 postseason watch thread

    Diaz/Myers tendencies fine in an otherwise healthy/complete lineup…. But both have a book that seems to become further and further defined with...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 postseason watch thread

    Playoff baseball will always be different as we’ve discussed earlier…. But you do need either viable starters for the lengthy regular season or...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 postseason watch thread

    They have Pena, Paredes, Hunter and Abreu... those are the only guys with above average value (in terms of prime year/upsides, affordable, and...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Offseason

    He's never pitched a full season... and even when he was first called up, there was concerns about his ability to pitch a starters-worth of...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 postseason watch thread

    I believe you’re requesting the “Last 27 postseason games” tweet…..
    Post by: Nick, Oct 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 postseason watch thread

    While I agree it is silly that the game management radically changes in this format… it is also simultaneously true that the game does radically...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Offseason

    Yeah, I’m not stumping for anybody… but this concept/idea that a former player needs to “learn” how to be a manager via becoming a bench...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 10, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Offseason

    Wonder if Correa/Altuve would lobby for Maldy. They all remain close.
    Post by: Nick, Oct 9, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Offseason

    Who knows? I fully would expect the odds of at least one of Paredes/Correa/Altuve/Pena suffering multi IL stints is? (Would go even more likely...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 8, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Offseason

    Its clear they should go with the better overall fielder… (…. I don’t have the answer)
    Post by: Nick, Oct 8, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 postseason watch thread

    You’d be right… but playoff baseball isn’t ever a large sample size. It’s a different sport in/of itself. Everything is magnified. Everything...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 8, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Offseason

    1. With average Framber over the last 6 weeks, they’re likely in the playoffs. If Yordan doesn’t twist his ankle on home plate, they’re likely...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 8, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Offseason

    They’re in the middle now. With a top 5-10 payroll. (And within that top 5-10 payroll, they’re not spending premium dollars for an MVP candidate...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 8, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 postseason watch thread

    The Blue Jays are a decent example of how I ‘wish’ Crane allocated his money. Mix of retained homegrown players, FA acquisitions, minimal farm...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 7, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    What's off-season plan

    I want one aspect of this team to be elite. The history of the game has shown that elite pitching usually trumps elite hitting (if you have to...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 7, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros