Because Tampa Bay was actively shopping players that a) are good; b) specifically met our most glaring needs (CI; LF). Big? I mean. come on... They are, at best, marginal upgrades of the Trey Mancini variety. And even if the Astros had dealt for them, you would've been complaining they weren't good enough. None of those hitters offer a better scouting report/potential than Kikuchi, a player you've been openly critical of them acquiring. And how many of those were traded?.... They were, in terms of who was dealt and who was most often mentioned as being available, far and away the *best* options. None of these players were traded. Why do you assume they were available and/or the Astros could offer enough to make them available? Kerry Carpenter hasn't played since May 26; he's currently on the 60-day IL and hasn't been cleared to resume baseball activities. His return date is mid-August if he fully recovers from a spine stress. How in the world does he help the Astros *right now*? Further... was he even available? I mean, it's easy to throw **** against the wall and then be mad Dana Brown didn't make it happen - but that's ultimately pretty silly. The vast majority of the players in this post are you wildly speculating on guys in which there was no indication they were even available. Good lord... Rowdy Tellez has a .697 OPS the past two years with an 87 OPS+. You're going to give up resources because he got hot in July? Yeah, great plan: trade for his inevitable regression to sub-league average... Point to all the smart and motivated groups that found these quality, non-Tampa bats....... ++++++++ I am firmly among those disappointed they couldn't land a bat. They needed at least one and probably 2. But you can't get upset that the Astros didn't make something happen when it appears not many quality bats were made available.
Get the ******* spider off your head and make some proper paragraphs...nobody's gonna read all that broken-up crap
I was specifically responding to the post yesterday said ( to paraphrase) Tampa wanted too much so the Astros could not add a bat. I was just pointing out there were other teams and other options For example: Lane Thomas was traded just before the deadline to Guardians for 3 prospects, none of which were top 100 guys. Mlbpipeline has them: 50 grade 19 yr old LHP who becomes Wash #6. former 45 grade SS who was Cle #23 last year 40 grade 19 yr old SS who becomes Wash #23 Fangraphs has all 3 as 40+. It feels like the Astros could have made a better offer there, but we have noticeable how Washington values those (or the Astros) prospects
I know he doesn't have positional flexibility but Jorge Soler would've given this line-up much needed pop. Braves have him in RF after acquiring him.
He's also a better hitter than 2-3 guys in the lineup. If you want to put the best lineup possible on the field then Caratini needs to be in the lineup. Is Salazar still on the team or did he get sent down?
We disagree that there were bats available. There were bats available, the Cards had bats available, The Orioles/A's/ Giants etc... Dana made a rookie mistake by not having a backup plan when the Rays deals fell through. Example: What did Soler cost?
