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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 at 8:26 PM 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 at 8:11 PM 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 at 8:02 PM 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 at 5:22 PM 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 at 12:59 PM 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 at 8:06 PM 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 at 12:53 PM in forum: Houston Astros
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    What's off-season plan

    I see about 8 paragraphs of Hunter Brown.... and maybe Javier is good enough to be a #3 (even though he's never pitched a full season as an every...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM in forum: Houston Astros
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    What's off-season plan

    Theres enough legit concern in the pitching. They would have cruised to the playoffs IF Framber/Hunter continued to win every game (which was...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 postseason watch thread

    Not that I care either way… but it does seem like AJ Pierzinski is openly rooting for the Tigers this entire game. Curious if any Seattle fans...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 postseason watch thread

    [MEDIA]
    Post by: Nick, Oct 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 postseason watch thread

    Or just Eric Gregg in the 1997 playoffs/WS.... and that was on the highest stage with supposedly the 'best of the best' umpires. Can't fathom...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 postseason watch thread

    Tennis had a rudimentary version of 'hawkeye' back in the 80's, but it would be glitchy. The point is that these sports acknowledged that the...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 postseason watch thread

    Especially since tennis started their effort to get the line calls right more than 40 years ago (and has been perfected in the last 15 years)…....
    Post by: Nick, Oct 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 postseason watch thread

    The umps have always been around here (in fact, they were probably worse before). We just didn’t have every blown call amplified by the box,...
    Post by: Nick, Oct 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM in forum: Houston Astros