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    2025 Astros Minor League Thread

    Baseball America recently did a podcast on sleeper prospects which mentioned both Bryce Mayer and Kevin Alvarez. Geoff Pontes said Kevin Alvarez...
    Post by: The Juice, Jul 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM in forum: Houston Astros
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    Cam Smith: The Aircraft Carrier

    This lineup is nowhere near 2017. The 2017 team had a 121 wRC+ which is third highest of any team since 1980. The only two higher teams (excluding...
    Post by: The Juice, Mar 24, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    Cam Smith: The Aircraft Carrier

    Bregman's first full season of minor league ball was 2016. He was the ranked first overall by some outlets before his call up that year.
    Post by: The Juice, Mar 19, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Off Season Thread

    Rockies players home/road splits are meaningless and have zero predictive value. Rockies hitters perform worse on the road than any other team...
    Post by: The Juice, Feb 18, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Off Season Thread

    Bregman to 2nd and Altuve to LF would make the most sense. Paredes has no business in the outfield. He is slow-footed and has the body of a 53...
    Post by: The Juice, Dec 19, 2024 in forum: Houston Astros
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    2024 MLB Draft

    I really like this pick. Despite being known as a speedster he had some of the highest exit velos at the draft combine this year....
    Post by: The Juice, Jul 15, 2024 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros @ Athletics

    Basically if you wanted to predict how Yainer's (or any player's) platoon splits would look next year, merely using the average RHB split...
    Post by: The Juice, Jul 21, 2023 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros @ Athletics

    It actually takes 3,000-4,000 PA for a hitter's actual platoon splits to better predict their future performance than generic platoon splits.
    Post by: The Juice, Jul 21, 2023 in forum: Houston Astros
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    2023 Astros Minor League Thread

    [MEDIA] Chris Clegg talking about Luis Baez and his statcast numbers last year in the DSL. He notes that Baez's 90th percentile exit velo was...
    Post by: The Juice, Jul 20, 2023 in forum: Houston Astros
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    2023 Astros Draft Pick Tracker

    Here's an interview with Kris Gross. The interview starts 7:30. He's quite high on Tredwell (not surprising as he's the scouting director). He...
    Post by: The Juice, Jul 20, 2023 in forum: Houston Astros
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    2023 MLB Draft

    https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2023-mlb-draft-stock-watch-revisiting-power-contact-plots-of-college-hitters/ Here's an interesting...
    Post by: The Juice, Jul 10, 2023 in forum: Houston Astros
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    Yainer Diaz Rocks!

    Unrelated to Yainer, but I heard a prospect guy saying Zach Dezenzo's 90th percentile exit velo this season is 108mph. That's some serious juice.
    Post by: The Juice, Jun 22, 2023 in forum: Houston Astros
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    2023 Season Astros General Discussion Thread

    The Astros currently have 3 of the 18 worst hitters in baseball by wxOBA (150 PA min). Corey Julks is in the running for the worst hitter in major...
    Post by: The Juice, Jun 5, 2023 in forum: Houston Astros
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    2023 Astros Minor League Thread

    In college he hardly hit the ball on the ground. It's possible whatever changes he made to cut his K rate affected his batted ball profile. Here's...
    Post by: The Juice, May 27, 2023 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros @ Athletics

    He really isn't. Lots of Ks, no walks, and middling power (.119 ISO). People greatly overrate players with empty batting averages. Look at Dubon,...
    Post by: The Juice, May 27, 2023 in forum: Houston Astros