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[Morales] Guillorme to IL for Hammy; Zach Short Promoted.

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by lnchan, Jul 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM.

  1. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard
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    For content reasons... Zach Short's scouting report from Baseball Prospectus... it is not promising:
    2024
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    The Zach Short nominative determinism lineouts will continue until his batting average improves. The Tigers designated the light-hitting utilityman for assignment this offseason, and his hometown Mets picked him up, which was nice of them.

    2023
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    Another year, another comment befitting Zack Short's name. Beyond his walk rate, at Triple-A he gave the Tigers few reasons to give him a longer look in the majors, and the odds are against him extending the length of this comment in the future.

    2022
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    Martin Short rejuvenated his long career with Hulu's "Only Murders In The Building." It had much better ratings than infielder Zack Short's one-man show, "Only Murders In The Middle Of The Strike Zone."


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    Zack Short is indeed diminutive and is indeed a shortstop. He needs to get more length out of his bat if he’s going to start in the bigs, but his defense and baserunning should lift him.

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    Nominative determinism is on Zack Short's side, unlike his Double-A strikeout rate. He can definitely play short, and the on-base skills, power, and above-average performance at every level all point towards a future major league contributor, even if the batting average comes up a little...short.

    https://www.baseballprospectus.com/player/108587/zack-short/
     
    #1 lnchan, Jul 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
  2. Castian Crew

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    First comment, In before he's turned into a Robot
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    #2 Castian Crew, Jul 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
  3. SuraGotMadHops

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    Even our backups, backups are dropping.
     
    #3 SuraGotMadHops, Jul 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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  4. No Worries

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    Someone needs to start a ... check notes ... Zach Short ... Appreciation Thread.
     
    #4 No Worries, Jul 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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  5. Landry's Tooth

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    Verdugo is available. Doesn't help the infield but certainly a Trammell upgrade.

    Maybe we break down and trade for a major league player like another Dubon????
     
    #5 Landry's Tooth, Jul 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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  6. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard
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    Ideally an I have grown to love Short thread would be warranted.
     
    #6 lnchan, Jul 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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