Absolutely not. If the Astros believe that his delivery will destroy his arm, then he would be moved. He has an extremely high value, and could fetch quite a bit in a trade. Paulino, Gustave, Feliz and Farrell are all possible late inning pitchers in the next year or two.
LOL!!!!! Love it. He is on an innings restriction. Why have him in the minors when you could use him as an elite bullpen guy.
He is on an innings restriction....... and he was last year when he threw 157 innings. The Astros have not publicly stated what his innings limit is (they are paranoid and probably will not) but it is likely that it will be the same as last season or possibly more.... he is only on an inning restriction because he has thrown over 100 innings once. Why would he need to be in the minors? It is likely that they skip his starts and pull him early if he is getting hit hard or the Astros are ahead. Also, depending on the circumstances, it is possible pitching 70-80 innings over 50-60 appearances is worse than 200 innings over 30-35 planned starts. His value as a just minted 22 year old, with little mileage on his arm, and success as a starter AND under team control for years makes him an extremely rare and value commodity.
I don't see Miami dealing Stanton soon. That said, most established all-stars don't have the surplus value of Stanton. No prospect has the surplus value of Stanton. No two prospects have his surplus value much less on the same team. The established all stars that have the surplus value needed don 't have the risk of Stanton. Most likely the teams with the risk tolerance for Stanton are the Dodgers, Cubs, Yankees, and Red Sox. Dodgers could use Seagar and Urias as a starting point though the Marlins aren't likely to value that type of trade. Yankees don't have anything in the ball park. Cubs have the talent for the deal, but Stanton might not be enough of an upgrade over Heyward to justify the added cost/risk. Red Sox could offer something around Betts though I doubt that Betts gets the credit he deserves by the Marlins front office.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Astros?src=hash">#Astros</a> catcher Max Stassi had surgery on his left wrist to fix a hook of the hamate fracture. He'll be out six weeks.</p>— Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) <a href="https://twitter.com/OrtizKicks/status/709708095488991233">March 15, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Door possibly open for Gonzalez or Heineman. Although hitting up the waiver wire at the end of Spring is an option too.
Just a blurb from Jim Bowden: "The Astros and Brewers are not close to a deal and highly unlikely one gets done anytime soon..but Astros GM Jeff Luhnow and Brewers GM David Stearns talk often and Jonathan Lucroy is often times the subject."
JL: "So, any change on Lucroy today?" DS: "Not really, but I'm open to your thoughts" JL: "How about Singleton? He got a couple of hits the other day.." DS: "Dammit Jeff, we talked about this **** last year..and last week.."
Per a team released Luhnow interview, Tyler White is the leader in your clubhouse for opening day starter at 1B. Let's all hope that he can maintain a .380+ OBP, that we can call him Houston Youk, and that he can slide right in to that #2 hole. that's what she said. Because Singleton has big problems at making contact with the ball. Signed, anyone who has ever watched him take a swing.
