If they can't compete with the Dodgers, Red Sox, and Yankees in the off-season......and can't compete with them at the deadline.......then they might as well call a spade a spade. Stop ****ing with the fans, and teasing us with all these "almost" deals. Just come out and say, "We can't afford this ****. The end." I would respect that a hell of a lot more than Luhnow coming out and saying, "I was disappointed. I thought we had it!"
As I said before, he's only been a buying-at-the-trade-deadline GM for 3 years. He's got very little experience there compared to every other contending team's GM's. If he were one of his own prospects (in GM land), he'd still be at A ball right now figuring it out... with an upcoming promotion to AA to end the year, then a full year at AAA, then a following July call-up to avoid super 2! I'm actually optimistic that he'll be fine... if anything, they need to acquire/consolidate more mid-level prospects for deadline deals in the future... that way they can supplement bulk in place of rank, given that their higher ranks are going to be worth more than other team's ranks.
Dude, WE DON'T. We have the #22 ranked bullpen in the Majors. Yes, players need to get healthy. But McCullers makes THREE pitchers that have all had to go BACK on the DL for recurring injuries. Health is not guaranteed, and this is NOT the same team that we saw in May and June.
I think he's healthier then either LMJ or Keuchel will be over the next 2 years.... but by that time, we better hope Martes has fully taken over as staff ace, and Whitley/Perez are knocking at the door.
Interesting. I'd take a tipjar bet Gray vs. Keuchel if you're interested (most games started in 2018-2019?)
I don't think questioning lunhow is unreasonable . When you look at what he has done building the farm and current core , it's not exceedingly brilliant . He gut what was left of the team and had the number one pick three years in a row ... Then when he failed to sign Aiken ( good call due to injury concerns) he had the 2 and 5 pick next year . I know the draft is a crapshoot , but with the new slot system in place (2012 was the first year ) the advantages for picking number 1 overall skyrocketed. After 4-5 years of rebuilding ( 3 under lunhow) I expect the Astros to be good. The previous GM also contributed despite contraints placed on him by drayton. What will decide if lunhow is a top GM or not will be his ability to maintain a decent farm system and compete at the same time . The Astros *should* have plenty of $ to spend . Our team's payroll was nothing for 3-4 years . If crane isn't willing to pay to keep Correa / altuve etc then as an organization we are ****ed . This one is out of lunhows hands . That being said , we absolutely have the ammo to win now . Lunhow has to make the right calls and right moves ; otherwise those years of intentionally sucking are worthless.
Problem with that is.... While Correa, Springer and Altuve will likely repeat their production year after year Guys like Reddick, Marwin, even Jake with the power, are all likely having career years....like someone said earlier, of not now....when?
I fully accept your condemnation, as I certainly had it coming to me. If you're going to take out your anger on someone, as I said, I will gladly be the recipient. Go Astros! (or, maybe today, it should be: "Go Astros?")
Seriously next trading deadline Luhnow should send Sig Mejdal to do the deals. That guy is very funny. He can regale the GMs with his jokes and NASA stories while taking their aces off their hands. Same thing was said of Morey. GMs didn't want to deal with him for fear of being fleeced by him. So he gets Harden and gets him to recruit FAs for him. Relationships matter. Jim Crane too must not be that hands-on making calls to team owners about players he would like to get. So it's Luhnow on his own.
And just to add Altuve, Springer and Keuchel were already here for him. Yes just three guys, but two of the three MVP level guys and a Cy Young guy. 3 of our top 5 Luhnow has done a good job, but those that think he can't be questioned are nuts
Good to see you have so much faith in your team. I mean, they're only the best team so far in Astros history, so I guess it's time to write them off in July. The Astros are STILL the betting favorite to win the AL and only behind the Dodgers in their odds to win the World Series. Same as they were yesterday before 1000 moves. Yankees didn't even jump the Indians.
Yankees, Dodgers, Cubs gonna Yankee, Dodger, Cub Astros: Francisco Liriano (Norichika Aoki & Teoscar Hernandez to TOR) Brewers: Anthony Swarzak (Ryan Cordell to CWS) Jeremy Jeffress (Tayler Scott to TEX) Cubs: Jose Quintana (Dylan Cease, Bryant Flete, Eloy Jimenez & Matt Rose to CWS) Justin Wilson & Alex Avila (Jeimer Candelario, Isaac Paredes & PTBNL and/or cash to DET) DBacks: J.D. Martinez (Sergio Alcantara, Jose King & Dawel Lugo to DET) Adam Rosales (Jeferson Mejia to OAK) David Hernandez (Luis Madero to LAA) Dodgers: Tony Watson (Angel German & Oneil Cruz to PIT) Yu Darvish (Willie Calhoun, A.J. Alexy & Brendon Davis to TEX) Tony Cingrani (Scott Van Slyke & Hendrik Clementina to CIN) Indians: Joe Smith (Thomas Pannone & Samad Taylor to TOR) Mariners: David Phelps (Brayan Hernandez, Pablo Lopez, Brandon Miller & Lukas Schiraldi to MIA) Erasmo Ramirez (Steve Cishek to TB) Mets: AJ Ramos (Ricardo Cespedes & Merandy Gonzalez to MIA) Nationals: Sean Doolittle & Ryan Madson (Jesus Luzardo, Sheldon Neuse & Blake Treinen to OAK) Howie Kendrick & cash (McKenzie Mills & international bonus slot money to PHI) Brandon Kintzler (Tyler Watson & international bonus slot money to MIN) Orioles: Jeremy Hellickson (Garrett Cleavinger, Hyun Soo Kim & international bonus slot money to PHI) Tim Beckham (Tobias Myers to TB) Pirates: Joaquin Benoit & cash (Seth McGarry to PHI) Rays: Adeiny Hechavarria (Ethan Clark & Braxton Lee to MIA) Lucas Duda (Drew Smith to NYM) Dan Jennings (Casey Gillaspie to CWS) Steve Cishek (Erasmo Ramirez to SEA) Red Sox: Eduardo Nunez (Shaun Anderson & Gregory Santos to SF) Addison Reed (Jamie Callahan, Gerson Bautista & Stephen Nogosek to NYM) Rockies: Pat Neshek (Jose Gomez, J.D. Hammer & Alejandro Requena to PHI) Jonathan Lucroy (PTBNL and/or cash to TEX) Royals: Ryan Buchter, Trevor Cahill & Brandon Maurer (Esteury Ruiz, Matt Strahm, Travis Wood & cash to SD) Melky Cabrera & cash (Andre Davis & A.J. Puckett to CWS) Twins: Jaime Garcia, Anthony Recker & cash (Huascar Ynoa to ATL) Yankees: Todd Frazier, Tommy Kahnle & David Robertson (Ian Clarkin, Tito Polo, Blake Rutherford & Tyler Clippard to CWS) Jaime Garcia (Dietrich Enns & Zack Littell to MIN) Sonny Gray (James Kaprielian, Dustin Fowler & Jorge Mateo to OAK)
Dropped from 2-1 to 3-1 today though....the betting public will move it higher too so if you want to bet it wait a bit I got them at 10-1 from before the season....would feel a lot better if we had Gray, or Yu, or Cingrani, or Robertson, or Quintana, or Wilson, or JDM, or Reed.......
I know everybody is a little down right now, but there is a May Championship parade coming up! See you there!
Apologies. You're entitled to your opinion, and we both want the Astros to win it all this year. The reality is we can all speculate about what deals could've and should've been made. But none of us knows exactly what deals Luhnow had to consider. Or whether Crane was on board. Nothing is easier than for us to say Team X should've taken our Prospect Y because, well, we say so. But again, to each their own.
LMAO at all the posters saying don't make moves just to make moves.. I guess we are smarter than every other contending team.
