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Astros acquire Yusei Kikuchi

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by tellitlikeitis, Jul 29, 2024.

  1. Radricky

    Radricky Member

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    I have trade discomfort
     
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  2. Qan

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    Monkey's paw! Got what you asked for...just not what expected.
     
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  3. RussE

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    We go Kikuchi’d.
     
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  4. Nick

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    Meh. Basically like getting Mike fires in 2015.
     
  5. Amshirvani

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    So we still don’t know the final details of the trade?
     
  6. H-Town Info

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    Boy, I miss James Click
     
  7. Radricky

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    Dude has a career era of almost 5 man.
    Absolutely trash trade and we don’t even know the prospects going back
     
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  8. scott_summers

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    I can't believe Jim Crane was ok with this. He usually wants to go bigger
     
  9. Landry's Tooth

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    I take a wait and see. I wouldn't have done it. I would prefer a lesser pitcher and keep Bloss for potential.

    I thought the same thing about Francis Martes though....

    Maybe they see something to juice him up some. It's Dana's job. He's the one paying the price for getting it wrong, not us. He's willing to put his neck out there. If it blows up, maybe it means we move on from dana sooner rather than dragging it out.
     
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  10. Houstunna

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    Kikuchi has f***ing suck the past two months.

    ERA
    June - 6.26
    July - 6.59

    Plus he's a rental ?!!!

    Astros got graped (Bloss has too much potential, too young, and too cheap for the near future) and Crane allowed it. Hopefully Montero is gone.
     
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  11. Nook

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    Yeah - “Just wait”

    For what? The ASTROS are giving them Bloss AND two more prospects?

    “Murph and Mill love him.”

    He is a ****ing free agent … it’s not even like he is under contract if they fix him for next year.
     
  12. Snake Diggit

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    Unless the other 2 “prospects” are Rafael Montero and Jose Urquidy, **** that!
     
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    He's a 5 inning pitcher. Hopefully with a change in sequencing will allow him to pitch 6-7 innings. Going through the order a 2nd-3rd time seems to be his issue. I was hoping he would be really low on the guys Brown would trade for, but after reading this I'm very optimistic. He's going to test Espada's managerial abilities but if used correclty this is a good trade. How many years does he have of team control?
     
  14. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard
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    2 months.
     
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  15. raining threes

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    Oh damn, disregard my above post.
     
  16. Radricky

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    I mean I just can’t believe this trade.
    What in the actual ****
     
  17. J.R.

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    It's apparently Loperfido and Wagner. This is the worst trade I've ever heard of in my life.
     
  19. Qan

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    The hell? We better be getting Vlad back.
     
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    Hopefully without the Rat Face-ness.
     

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