Seems like we are going to have a Valbuena/Carter platoon at 1B. Here are my separate lineup possibilities. vs. RHP Altuve Gomez Correa Tucker Lowrie Gattis Rasmus Valbuena Castro/Conger vs. LHP Altuve Gomez Correa Gattis Lowrie Carter Rasmus Conger Marisnick Martin getting starts often giving guys some rest. Lineup with Springer is going to be absolutely deadly.
Smalls glove broke though.... and his hat really sucked. He was told to burn it, but he didn't follow directions because you still saw it on display at the end, when he was an adult who somehow kicked out the beloved Vin Scully to become PBP man for the Dodgers. Smalls was pure evil, I tell you... he didn't even know who Babe Ruth was.
Marvin could get more playing time at 1B than either Carter or Valbuena, he makes more contact at bat and could even hit as high as 2nd spot.
And when Springer will be coming back, I will not be surprised AJ will sit Gattis and put Tucker in the DH spot especially when we are facing RHP. Tucker sucks on D on the field (same as Gattis if we use him as OF) but he is a much reliable hitter than Gattis this season so far.
Looking forward to next season, either Tucker or Gattis must be switched to 1B so that we can solve 2 problems with 1 move.
We are in 1st place, just added two studs and another solid starter And you are looking forward to next year? Lol, damn man. Might want to look forward to the next couple of months, just sayin
Depending on what happens in the next couple of hours, that will definitely be an option. I love Tuckers bat, but we don't need his poor defense in LF anymore, especially when Springer returns
Well, if we are only looking for an upgrade for the next couple months, there is no big names on the market for position players now that worth to give up prospect with for a big upgrade. Tucker and Gattis are that sexy, especially when you will consider their D on the fields and you only have 1 DH spot. So if the Astros will be looking to trade for any players not as a pitcher, they will need to think about how to resolve this Tucker/Gattis combination. Obviously, once Springer will be coming back, there is no position for Tucker in the OF.
Oh I agree, and with Tucker being 3 years younger I would say there is a good chance he is the long term DH on this team. Would be really interesting to really know who all is being discussed in trades right now
Actually, Gattis is on a 1 year contract with the Astros paying him nothing. The logical thinking will be he's gone after this year. Same could be said about Valbuena and Collin McHugh and even Scott Feldman. All these signings are similar to Lin/Asik/Greg Smith type, you take a gamble on these and hope you hit some kind of jackpots, well most of the time it doesn't and when your team will become better, you have to move on. Ideally, if Tucker can at least play some average level of 1B next year, it will be good. Otherwise, he could be our DH next year.
Gattis is arbitration eligible next year, free agent in 2019 McHugh is controlled until 2020 Valbuena arbitration next year and free agent 2017 Can't really compare baseball contracts situation with basketball as there is no cap to worry about in baseball. Gattis and McHugh, with that amount of control, are guys with good value. Agree that Feldman is gone after next year, if not in the next two hours
