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I just think we yada yada the whole hitting thing sometimes like it's a minor skill that isn't part of the equation. His walk rate isn't anything...
"Easily steal 60+" may be hyperbole. One guy got there last year. Five in the past decade. I do like his speed but you can't steal first base....
People fall in love with "tools". Pedro Leon aged out of prospect status and we need a new guy to focus on. He had really good bat-to-ball...
Whitcomb has played 2x as much SS in the minors as any other position. If the Astros aren't going to play him (which seems clear), perhaps...
Urquidy consistently outperformed his FIP. He won more than 60% of his games and ended with an ERA under 4. WHIP always very good thanks to a...
Whitcomb has played pretty much everywhere but 1B, catcher and pitcher. But on a day Walker rests, Diaz could play 1B and Whitcomb could DH. Or,...
I'm fine hitting Altuve 3rd, I'm not fine with him playing every day. He needs a little time off, too, once or twice a week. Even if he's...
Perhaps he's not a worthwhile addition. He also makes $8m this season. Could be Trey Mancini 2.0. But his rental status is what might make him...
O'Hearn is a 30+ platoon-only 1B with a career 2.1 bWAR. He's having a career year, but I think the Astros could afford him. I'm not sure they...
Might be true, but for example, Whitcomb had close to a 1.000 OPS in Sugarland and was striking out only 21% of the time. Might he be able to...
"Given every chance to work out of his slump" is not the same thing as being in the lineup every day, at all. In fact, I think being worked too...
You think the front office has dictated that Walker has to play every single day? He's played 64 of 66 games. Not a single one as a pinch...
Undoubtably those aren't his fault. It is his fault that he plays Walker and Altuve every single day and bats them 3rd and 5th. Perhaps a little...
Walker just needed to put it in the air and couldn’t make contact.
Bunch of singles. One run. Pretty on brand for this offense.
That's fair. I mentioned RP because it's such a volatile position year to year, and aging 1B because we seem fixated on signing them. I think...
In the end, if you sign nobody to big contracts, if you only sign Beltran / Brantley types, you become the Rays or the Royals or the Pirates....
Signing Goldschmidt or Carlos Santana this offseason because Walker didn't work out would be the most Astros free agent thing ever. Plus side,...
Arrighetti has great stuff but little control. I'd love it if he became a TOR guy but he's been BOR every month except for August of last season....
I think the Astros could afford 4/150 this offseason. Going past age 35 on a multiyear contract for a pitcher feels like it could be a big...
