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Altuve's biggest problem right now is he's swinging at more balls outside the strikezone than ever, and he was already a bad-ball hitter before.
I've procrastinated this morning by checking out the PECOTA projections for some Astros prospects. If I remember correctly, Nate Silver has said...
The complete lack of power will probably keep him from the bigs unless he's a phenomenal defensive catcher, but if he can starter mustering an ISO...
Yep. We'll probably see some HS overslot types on the final day (Mac Marshall, CJ Hinojosa types) as insurance picks in case something goes wrong...
I still can't believe how emotional Aiken/Close were about the negotiations last year. The complete refusal to negotiate after they felt wronged...
Sad face. :(
Man, even if this doesn't work out, the Astros are must-see TV in June. That's amazing.
What part of this is new information? I'm pretty sure we knew all of this from the Chron coverage at the time of the failed negotiations. Luhnow...
Luhnow's front office has had a LOT of success identifying high school players that develop into great prospects.
Yeah, I'm worried about the guy. I really wonder if he's very focused on baseball right now. We may never know what his personal leave was for,...
Mike Moustakas this year is another good example. Big time prospects sometimes fail in the majors early on, but they're also more likely than...
Uh, Ben Zobrist would be an amazing result... http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=7435&position=2B/OF
New writeups on Astros players from Baseball Prospectus:
Quad Cities has some really interesting guys that we haven't heard much about previously. Kristian Trompiz, Alfredo Gonzalez (now promoted to...
And an update on Fontana from a BP feature on each team's best "fringe" prospects:
I feel this way, too. Lowrie's switch-hitting bat was so, so valuable in games where we need to platoon against lefties.
When you factor in keeping players on affordable deals, and consider the fact that Correa's is less risky than nearly any other MILB prospect...
Baseball Prospectus analysis on Correa, McCullers, and Tucker from Monday's ten pack:
Gregor at 1B too, I guess. Just seems like you could find ABs somehow, even if it meant shuffling guys around from RF/1B/DH on different days.
Baseball Prospectus has a piece from an agent right now talking about finding "gem" prospects who were drafted in the 30th+ rounds. The Astros'...
