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2016 Spring Training

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by tellitlikeitis, Jan 1, 2016.

  1. Amshirvani

    Amshirvani Member

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    Reed 2 for 2
     
  2. rocketpower2

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    Gregerson just struck out the side on 9 pitches in his ST debut. Competition breeds excellence.
     
  3. rocketpower2

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    Reed just hit a two run bomb, his third hit of the game.
     
  4. boozle222

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    AJ doing AJ things. Another dinger.
     
  5. conquistador#11

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    damn i guess that gives singleton the spot at 1st base. =(
     
  6. Amshirvani

    Amshirvani Member

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    Why do you say that
     
  7. jim1961

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    I think your sarcasm meter is broken.
     
  8. jim1961

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    Were down 8-0 vs SD in the 1st? Who is pitching this one?
     
  9. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    I think Brady Rodgers.
     
  10. jim1961

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    Glad it wasn't somebody we were counting on.
     
  11. rocketpower2

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    Moran has low key had a killer spring. He might be my favorite prospect to follow this year, could see him up with the big club sooner rather than later.
     
  12. jim1961

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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brady Rodgers and Brendan McCurry both gave up 8 runs in 2/3 innings.</p>&mdash; Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/714206995889438721">March 27, 2016</a></blockquote>
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  13. HstnSprtsFan101

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    I was about to comment on Moran. What a spring. He's ready..all he does is hit.
     
  14. The Beard

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    Him and White add an element the lineup doesn't have

    We are so freaking loaded in prospects still
     
  15. tmacfor35

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    There were a few posters on here who were very much on board with not going after big time Free Agents.

    Lunhow is going to use all that money to resign his core.

    Guy is the best GM in the league.
     
  16. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just thought I'd point out that Carlos Correa has a .524 on-base percentage this spring, in 42 plate appearances. That is all.</p>&mdash; Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) <a href="https://twitter.com/jaysonst/status/714165669835763712">March 27, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
     
  17. bigtexxx

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    I like Luhnow, but the two options you described aren't mutually exclusive. We're heading into the season with an $88M payroll. That's very low. We could have splurged on some free agents and still signed our core if Crane would have opened the purse strings a bit. I'm not sure there were free agents we actually would have wanted, but I don't want to dismiss the fact that Crane still hasn't gotten over his cheap label quite yet.
     
  18. tmacfor35

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    Against AA/AAA/MLB pitching ehh
     
  19. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    All the other players in MLB are playing against the same type of competition.
     
  20. boozle222

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    I'll bite...

    Can you be cheap for not spending bad money? Did you want Chris Davis to a long contract that would have roadblocked our 1B prospects? I just dont see what we could have done to "shed the label." Maybe going after a free agent pitcher, but still... how often do those contracts work?

    If we start losing Astros to free agency, then I will start pointing a finger at Luhnow, but not signing someone to a Sabathia deal is hardly a reason to complain.
     

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