Remember when people wanted to trade Framber because the Astros had sooooo much starting pitching, and really, who needed a reliable 200 innings per year top-tier starting pitcher?
I wouldn’t trade Paredes back to them for Kyle Tucker alone at this point. Blessed to have him for 3 years. Also, feels like big sack is a guy you want up in the playoffs (if we make it) in a big moment situation. Can’t say the same for Tucker. Edit: Would be absolutely hilarious if Paredes ends up producing more WAR than Tucker this season after that moron strosb4bros kept ranting about that trade… “Tucker is a 10 WAR player!!!”
His bat went cold as well. Average down to .264 and OPS below .900 now after starting the year above .300 and well above 1.000
Pitcher injuries are exactly why I am so opposed to extensions for pitchers and want them traded when it is feasible. However to do that, a team needs a constant supply of young controllable starters either progressing through the system or obtained in a trade. Right now, this team needs Framber, because the potential replacements aren't ideal playoff starters.
I remember. I was one of them. But I was wrong because: Arrighetti didn't take the step I hoped, Blanco has regressed, McCullers is not 2015-2022 Lance, Wesneski was not the next Brad Peacock, Gusto Gordan and Blubaugh so far are replacement level. I didn't expect all of them to be good, but none of them has hit. I
You can give lance a few more times through Framber has been great Hunter is a cy young contender Ronel has looked solid. Pena , paredes , and Myers are saving the season . If walked and diaz keep heating up then we can be good until yordan comes back Smith and Zach X factors Need one or two more pieces . Harder has been lights out
It's early and Blanco hasn't been that bad. An avg SP3 and Arrighetti has been hurt. They will come around in the second half of the season.
I don’t have much hope for McCullers or Gordon. If they can consistently give competitive starts they will be far exceeding my expectations. I was disappointed they moved Gusto to relief, I feel like he has a little higher ceiling. Houston really needs Arrighetti back healthy, and I am hoping Blubaugh is able to work thru whatever is wrong and be ready because I think those are the 2 guys who have the ceiling to be viable playoff caliber SP.
I'd like to see more power, but Cam Smith continues to be very impressive to me as well. He's 22 years old, hardly any pro experience, and he's running an 11% BB rate, a 105 wrc+, and he's a clear positive in RF. I think he's still on track to be a star. The one thing he's missing is the one thing everyone said he had before the season - power.
