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If McVeigh turns into another Joe Ingles, great signing by Stone.

He'd be taking time away from Dubon, Meyers, and McCormick. That shouldn't be a problem. Those 3 have combined to hit .243/.293/.379/.672 over 725 ABs. The only reason he shouldn't play against every RHP we face over the final 60 games is the Astros traded for a real MLB level player to play the OF.

Huge series win with the Mariners matching up with the White Sox. Plenty of Dodger fans leaving MMP sad tonight. Blanco's last 3 or 4 starts are showing his regression likely due to his innings limit. Need a starter, a reliever, and bat.

Probably SMU or TCU.

I want to sweep them, they are more wounded than we are right now.

I think his daughter is also a student at Texas, nope, she just graduated from NYU.

I am sure the Cubs would throw in Neris to have almost the same lights out bullpen we had in 2022.

That was when the Astros were under the tax, granted the 2nd level doesn't really hurt from the standpoint of long term building, so maybe he's ok going into the 2nd level of the LT. The Astros can always mitigate any salary with Montero going out in the deal, but that would also take a higher tier of prospect, considering Montero has another year on his contract.

This is so fucking hilarious watching you back pedal on Jake Meyers. He has never had a sustained period of above average play in his entire career. Thi season, Meyers had a 17 game hot streak in May, where he hit .375/.453/.607/1.060. He ended the month by slahsing .241/.313/.345/.657 in the final 8 games of the month, and has continued his shitty play over the course of the season. Since that 17 gamer he's hit .192/.253/.341 over 51 games and 182 ABs. Outside that 17 gamer, he's hit .198/.278/.362/.620 in 232 ABs. If you think that is above average, you are a bigger fucking idoit than I gave you credit for being. The problem is the Astros can't hide a shitty player like Meyers moving forward because we are running out of real above average players from our 2019 heydey.

This is hilarious on multiple levels, err I mean position rooms.

Gerry with some interesting tidbits on Sharma. Told Texas the night before his announcement he was picking Texas, changed his mind in the morning. Mom is on the visit with him today and thinks her son made a decision too quickly. This one might not be over.

In the 202 ABs outside of his extreme lucky month of May, the GG winning team MVP is now at .193/.251/.366/.617 with 54 Ks. His OPS now stands at .709, remember just a few days ago WBT was championing his .750 OPS. This is who the GG team MVP has always been, a shitty player.

That is normal throw. He has a shit arm.

GG, GG, GG.

Jake forgetting that Yordan was on 2nd.

We played over our heads in June. We have 3-4 absolute zeros in our lineup every game, 1B with Singleton/Diaz, CF with Meyers, LF with Dubon/Loperfido, RF with Cabbage/McCormick. Even Bregman is pretty much useless this season. That means on a decent night you need Altuve, Diaz, and Alvarez to contribute 6+ hits or the offense isn't scoring against the sorcery that are AAAA pitchers, let alone the really good pitching staff of Seattle, just be happy that their offense has no good hitters right now. This team doesn't take walks and makes shitty contact on pitches way outside the zone. We have 3 good starting pitchers and 2 rookies that are awful. We have 4 guys in the bullpen that we can probably trust with the lead, and all 4 have been overused and mismanged. The bullpen for the most part, even the good pitchers, like to give up walks and HRs. We have one of the worst managers and he's leading a shitty coaching staff and probably the worst medical staff in baseball and a GM that takes is orders from a cabal of non-serious modern day baseball people. Meanwhile, we have guys playing well in AAA and they are passed over for over the hill veterans that even the worst teams in baseball are DFA'ing. I mean shit, Salazar was playing well, but he gets sent down to give fucking ABs to A. Diaz. Like seriously what the fuck. I'd bring up Leon, Wagner, and Whitcomb and play them everyday at 1B, CF, and LF.

So good that he signed exactly 3 IDL in the past 2 classes?

We need to sign a real leadoff hitter next off-season, Altuve has no control of the strike zone.

Going to be swept by the Oakland A's.

Crane ain't paying the LT2. We aren't making a trade worth a shit, the fact they signed Diaz and immediately brought him up should have told you what Crane is comfortable doing.

This team is just slow as fuck overall. Unable to take the extra base consistently.

Yeah, that's what is really funny about this whole thing, while I have doubts that Sarkisian is sober, I hope he is, their guy is likely worse right now with the very same addiction.

If he is still here in a couple of weeks. He's been one of the names I've seen mentioned as a guy teams could be interested in.

You play a lineup with 2 legitimate threats, 3 ok guys, and 4 guys that shouldn't be playing full time if at all. Legit threats - Altuve and Alvarez Ok guys - Diaz, Pena, and Bregman Shitty everyday players - one of Diaz/Singleton, and two of Dubon/McCormick/Meyers/Cabbage/Loperfido Tucker hopefully replaces one of the shitty everyday players, but you still need to add two bats to replace 1B and team MVP Meyers. Nice -0.2 WAR game from him last night.

This pitcher averages 4.3 BB and 6.6 Ks per 9 innings, but he already has his season high in Ks, and our general approach has been fucking abysmal.