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Posts posted by BornOrange
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Yeah, a road trip to St. Louis.
What could go wrong?
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4 minutes ago, HenryJames said:
The bikes won, Lebowski.
Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh, your opinion man.
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35 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:
I think you’re wrong on trade leverage.
See my post a little farther up. After July 31, Luhnow has no leverage in a DFA because of the one trade deadline this year.
Somebody can correct me if I’m wrong on my thinking about all of this, but I think DFA’ing Kemp today actually brings in more potential trade partners. Seems like a good last gasp way to stimulate the market if your only other choice is to lose him for nothing in a few weeks.
A team with a good record can’t sit back and hope he falls to them on the waiver wire so they are going to potentially bring more to the table now to avoid him going to another team. Then you (Luhnow) take that to the shitty teams and say “I’ve got a deal in hand. He won’t be there for you on the waiver wire. Give me player x/y/z if you want him”
The risk for Luhnow is that you trade him to a contender this year who comes back to haunt you in October.What I meant is that it would seem the Astros would have more leverage if Kemp was still on the roster.
Kemp would appear to be more valuable because the Astros wouldn't HAVE to trade him.
After the DFA, teams know the Astros have to trade him, therefore they can get him at a discount. They may even get him for free if the Astros can't trade him.
However, and what I tried to explain earlier, Luhnow probably figured teams could already determine that by looking at the Astros roster and knowing that he would lose Kemp anyway in August when the Astros are going to need 13 pitchers so that is why he DFA'd Kemp now.
Addition after edit
I think you make a good point about DFAing Kemp may actually increase the leverage.
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It is interesting how Luhnow is timing this decision. He could have optioned Straw in order to activate Correa. That would have given him some extra time to make the decision on Kemp. Sometime in August he would have had to DFA Kemp anyway when adjusting the roster from 12 to 13 pitchers. I guess it doesn't change the Astros trade leverage in any way because teams already knew Kemp and Straw would have to be removed from the roster to move to 13 pitchers.
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8 hours ago, HenryJames said:
Nighthawks, imo.
Does the "Cycling Professor" think that clip from Turkish Delight advances his cars bad, bikes good argument?
Makes me want to run a bike rider over.
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Mark them down to 2.25.
That is his batting average and official weight.
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1 hour ago, 52-80 said:
pyrrhic victory my dude. a consolation win of conference in a down year.
team finished 8-5 with a bowl loss.
mack did better than mackovics 6-2 conf season, for 12 seasons.
would you take the 1996 longhorns over the 2004 longhorns?
If each team had equal coaching, I would take the 1996 team over any Mack Brown team except 2005 and 2008. Maybe 2004 and 2009.
The win over Nebraska saved Mackovic's job because that 96 team was terribly mismanaged.
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9 hours ago, UTexasFight said:
I really hate the Cardinals.
I do miss that 2000s rivalry though
This press release was on Wednesday.
I wish it had been made a few days earlier so Bagwell could have commented on it when he covered the game Tuesday.
I hope the Red Sox celebrate the 2004 World Series the next time St Louis visits.
Fuck the Cardinals.
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1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:
astros needed to prop him up for the scouts
Or they are getting him prepped to be next year's pitching version of Alvarez.
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2 hours ago, Sock Monkey said:
This may have already been discussed, but is Derrian Brown projected to count more as a 2020 recruit? I have no clue when it comes to the medical staff, but could this explain why the staff is willing to be patient in focusing on the 5 star recruits before shifting their focus elsewhere?
I doubt they are counting on Brown at all.
If he is able to play, that would be tremendous.
But it wouldn't be wise to plan on him at all until he (1) gets cleared by doctors and (2) completes spring and/or fall practices.
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12 minutes ago, Scraps said:
Size/player matter?
Do you really want to open that conversation?
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His first American movie - Nighthawks. Blade Runner was his second. Not a bad start.
Some more recent movies that haven't been mentioned:
Sin CIty......the evil cardinal
Batman Begins.....head of Wayne Enterprises
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1) Bregman is a better SS
2) Bregman has played a lot more SS over the last couple of months than Diaz
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11 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:
That’s what my post saysAfter a second reading, I guess you're right.
But I said it better.
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1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:
If he leaves it will be all about the money. He’s a Boras client and I would expect he’ll ask for and probably get 7/$210mm.
For 2020, the Astros already have $121mm committed for only 7 players. (JV, Altuve, Bregs, Reddick, Brantley, Pressly and Yuli.) Springer and Correa will command, at least, another $25mm, combined, in arbitration. The other arb eligible and pre arb players probably take another $30mm. So that’s $175mm in payroll in 2020 with several holes still needed to be filled, mostly pitching. Cole, Smith, Miley, McHugh, Rondon, Harris and Chirinos will all be free agents.
I would love to keep Cole, but I think Crane has said he wants to avoid the luxury tax. The threshold will be $208mm.
I'm sure the Astros will play up the fact that they developed Cole into a dominant pitcher and will be a contender for the near future.
But Boras is his agent.
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2 hours ago, UTexasFight said:
Giles would get to finish what he didn’t get to start in 2017... pitching game 6 or 7 in Dodger Stadium... and the result would be the same it was HAD he pitched in those late games in 2017
No, if he had pitched those games in 2017 the Astros lose and the Dodgers win.
If he pitches those games in 2019 for LA, the Astros win and the Dodgers lose.
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Bloody and violent with some butt sex?
Sounds like a good movie......
.....or a good second date.
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Everybody is overlooking the biggest factor for Chirinos struggling right now.
He is being overused.
He is 35 years old and he is being used more than he ever has in his career.
Here's the percent of games he's played since he became a regular.
- 2014 - 57%
- 2015 - 48%
- 2016 - 35%
- 2017 - 54%
- 2018 - 69%
- 2019 - 76%
I don't know the complete story behind his usage while he was a Ranger, if he was injured or a backup or whatever.
I do know that earlier in the year when he was fresh, he was having a really good year. Now he is getting worn down.
For the rest of the year, he should just catch 3 out of 5 games. During September, he should catch even less.
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They're really trying hard to get this series going.
Haven't seen either of the first two.....are they any good?
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If they want to go with 13 position players, they can put James on the IL to activate Diaz.
The only way Kemp stays on the team is if they have 13 position players on the roster.
CLARIFICATION
When Diaz gets activated, Straw and Kemp can both stay on the roster if the Astros go with 13 position players. Or Straw can get optioned to Round Rock.
When Diaz and Correa are both on the roster, the only way Kemp stays on the team is with 13 position players.
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Peacock is already on the 10 day IL.
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Too early to consider Whitley a failure.
There is cause for concern, but he is still really young (third youngest in AAA at the beginning of the season) and hasn't pitched enough innings to make a final determination.
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I'm getting an Apocalypse Now kinda vibe. Maybe even some Return of the Jedi.
"I know there is still some good in him."
RIP Rutger Hauer
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