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Storm the Field

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  1. There's no such thing as "getting it right" when it comes to the initial survey releases. Never really has been.
  2. Wulaw can rejoice. Trump just fired the BLS commissioner.
  3. The hot, dry days touching 100 only stuck around SETX through Wednesday. Back to mid-90's and high humidity for the foreseeable future. Still a good 40 days away from when I start scouring the GFS models for any hint of the Fall's first cool front. Only noticeable difference over the next few weeks will likely be the days getting a little bit shorter. Currently losing a little about 90 seconds of sunlight each day. 2 Fridays from now will be the last sunset of the year later than 8 p.m. in the eastern portion of TX.
  4. I imagine getting outscored 32-8 during that 5-game losing stretch shook things up a bit.
  5. Dana also said they were looking for pitchers but felt asking costs were too high. Satisfied with the arms that will be returning soon.
  6. Per Tags, Sanchez will primarily platoon with Smith in RF. Stros are concerned about Cam's workload.
  7. He's owed around $110M from now through the end of the '28 season. Twins are eating $33M, we're on the hook for about $77M.
  8. Quite an unexpected trade deadline for the Stros, IMO. We re-upped at 3B, OF, and UT, but didn't grab a single arm. And we gave up next to nothing talent-wise but took on a lot of payroll.
  9. Welp, no pitching help coming via trade.
  10. Per Rome, Astros are still looking for a middle reliever before the deadline expires in 15 minutes. Also, he described the still-unnamed prospect heading back to Twins as "minimal"
  11. LOL. Knew I was missing something.
  12. Yeah, I'm presuming most common lineup will feature Correa 3B, Pena SS, Urias 2B, Walker 1B, Diaz/Caratini C/DH, OF of Sanchez, Smith, and Dubon/Trammell.
  13. Cool. Was definitely gonna say that looks like East TX. My place is down near Rayburn and the terrain looks fairly similar.
  14. Astros also getting Jesus Sanchez from Marlins. There's your lefty OF.
  15. Dumbass shit I saw on my LinkedIn feed: 0% chance this interaction occurred in any way remotely as described.
  16. Correct if I'm wrong, but hasn't Dana said for weeks that a LHB (preferably in the OF) and starting pitching were the priorities? We really gonna instead trade for another RHB in the IF and a middle reliever? I get that Paredes injury changes the calculation, but that would be a pretty big about-face.
  17. Good. Brining Correa back after likely getting Pena back tomorrow and picking up Urias makes zero sense unless the Twins are willing to get no-lubed. We need a starting pitcher and/or a lefty bat in the OF. SS/3B is about our least area of need right now, and we definitely don't need another right-handed bat that costs $30M/year and is barely above-replacement this season.
  18. WTI hits $70 for the first time in 6 weeks (since the strikes on Iran's nuke facilities). Had been rangebound between $65-68 since 6/20.
  19. Houston hit 100 yesterday and may do so again today. Fortunately, it's been low humidity, so the heat index has only been a few ticks above the actual. Still, pretty god damn hot and not a cloud in the sky. One of those days where I felt bad driving by guys out working construction projects.
  20. The stretch ahead from 7/28 to 8/13 is historically the hottest period of the year in Texas, based on daily average high temperature. Gonna be hot and muggy out there for quite while, but still not seeing any triple digits in the forecast. Interestingly, even though it seems like it's been a rather mild Summer this year, the guys on SCW were talking the other day about how 2025 will end up as the 7th hottest summer of the last ~150 years in Houston based on daily average temperature. This is because although daytime highs have not been extreme, we're not really cooling off much at nights. Can definitely confirm this was the case last night, when I went outside to grab a drink out of the patio fridge around 10 pm and I'm sure the heat index had to still be above 90.
  21. FYI, you can find off-brand rechargeable batteries for Spypoint cams on Amazon that will last several months between charges. I've replaced the disposable batteries in almost all of the cameras at our lease. About $15-25 each depending on the model. Most use LIT-22 batteries and you can get a pack of 2 for $45. They charge with any standard USB-C cable.
  22. Yep. You can't trade your way out of a situation where the majority of your rotation starts are going to minor-league JAGs and 1/3 of your lineup is negative WAR Replacements in the 3rd Degree (i. e. guys playing in place of the first and second waves of injured replacements who were brought in to replace injured starters). You especially can't do it with a barren farm system and an already-maxed-out payroll. The fuck we gonna trade? Hummel and Chas for a bag of dicks?
  23. I think I saw that Melton is likely to be activated tomorrow. Maybe our long Hummel nightmare finally ends? Our luck this season, he'll slip and fall, tear an MCL walking down the steps of the bus dropping him off at Daikin.
  24. Trot this exact lineup & SP combo out 162 games a year and I think we'd finish 45-117 or thereabouts.
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