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This playoff roster would be absolutely sick imho: SS Pena LF Altuve DH Alvarez 3B Paredes CF Nootbaar 1B Walker 2B Donovan C Diaz RF Smith...
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/suddenly-the-mariners-are-mashing/ Article about the Mariners offense, relevant to the Astros not just as a division...
Arrighetti, Ullola, and Dezenzo for Donovan, Nootbaar, and Fedde seems like a great trade for Houston. Adds 2 really good LH bats to make the...
Yep, labeling any player who is outperforming their contract as “a waste of payroll” is silly. Caratini has made good, the Astros are lucky to...
Yeah Houston came into this season with 10+ guys in their system with legit plus power/speed combos, and so far it seems like most are busting....
Pitching is just too unpredictable to bank on. You could have said that several years ago with McCullers, Garcia, Javier, and Urquidy, and we can...
The Astros really need to turn it on. Their roster is not conducive to a rebuild, with several well-paid, aging players who wouldn’t carry much...
His guaranteed contract runs thru 2028. He put up 4 fwar last year. Anyone saying he is out of the league in 2 years (it must be someone I have...
Santos has always had huge upside and there were signs he’d turned a corner when he dominated the AFL last fall, leading that league in k’s. Then...
Leash is shortening for this team. They can’t afford to get in a hole in the division. I’m calling it, if they go into that series with the...
Mayer will probably have to toss 40+ good innings in Asheville to earn another promotion, but if he’s able to get to AA this season he could...
While Yordan is out: Vs RHP: SS Pena 2B Altuve 3B Paredes 1B Walker DH Diaz C Caratini RF Smith LF Dezenzo CF Meyers Vs LHP: SS Pena DH Altuve...
More Caratini, Dezenzo, and Chas would be the hope. A few games is no big deal but if Yordan is out for an extended period the Astros are...
Lance has a very similar number of MLB innings thru age 30 to Charlie Morton (both between 700 and 750). Prior to age 30 Morton had IL stints in...
It was around this time last year where we saw the first round of significant promotions in the minors. There doesn’t seem to be many obvious...
Still seems pretty simple to me: Swap Dezenzo and Arrighetti for a 2B Swap Framber for prospects to improve the farm. Swap Blubaugh for a lesser...
I suspect McCullers will settle in probably half a mph below his peak velo (assuming he stays healthy), but he can/should still be a very...
Of the 12 hitters in Houston’s farm with the lowest k rate (min 50 pa), 6 of them are on the Fayetteville roster. Jancel Villarroel has probably...
I think there’s a very important difference between “bad” and “inexperienced”. Dezenzo is a pretty inexperienced, and that’s exacerbated by the...
One more good pitch dammit.
