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Wulaw Horn

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  1. I mean- they aren't going to be HOFers obviously. But if we win the WS this year and he plays an integral role I won't care if Bloss becomes a #2, Loperfido is a plus regular and Wagner is the second coming of Dubon.
  2. That's not even remotely close to true. We can know that this trade is awful as early as October 1 if things go bad. We won't know just how awful and damaging for another 6 or 7 years I guess. We could know it's a good trade I guess by Nov 1. If he pitches us into the playoffs and a world series title the other 3 can go be hall of famers and I won't care.
  3. Plus two other guys who will have a major league career in all likelihood.
  4. For starters, Fredde, Elfin and Montas are all better than kikuchi, have actual control beyond this year, and received lesser packages than we sent out. This isn’t me saying this- this is the consensus of everyone saying this. MLB trade values rejected the trade as unfair to astros. Baseball America I already referenced. Keith law said big haul for a mediocre rental, Athletic had us getting fleeced. Insiders on various different board I frequent and some that I’ve talked to offline and know are legit and occasionally tell me things said the general consensus around MlB is the astros got raped. Is that good enough for you?
  5. For how about everyone that’s gone out has more value than we received- and everyone we sent out is more valuable than what was sent out by others. Baseball America had us sending out the 2nd and 7th best prospects traded as of right now. They didn’t have our incoming in the top 10. It wasn’t the price of doing business- it was criminally stupid.
  6. Watching other teams get pieces that could have helped us for reasonable returns is like flipping on Cinemax after dark to see your wife was starring in one of those movies. What actually transpired was like finding out your daughter was the lead star on a bang bros production.
  7. Rentals with low cost to patch a hole. good players with club control that fill a long term need for a while, cheaply. this year that would be Winker in type 1 and arrozarena in type 2. Dana forgot the fact that you don’t pay a lot for rentals to patch holes.
  8. So the giants are apparently delusional. Right right. Worked out well for SD as they held on to Snell and Hader at the deadline last year and finished 8 below 500 or some such nonsense.
  9. 12/7/41. 09/11/01 7/29/24 days that will live in infamy.
  10. We can throw in Altuve because Will Wagner can play 2B.
  11. And the other one Graveman?
  12. Oh holy shit that would be the absolutely dumbest thing ever.
  13. We need to use the bullets to shoot ourselves in the dick. Oh wait- Dana just did that.
  14. If only. That would have been preferrable.
  15. I’d rather my joke about amputation when it was clearly a trade be true than that absolutely disgusting and awful trade.
  16. Burt Steele says it’s Snell. Burt Steele is almost always wrong.
  17. Jake Bloss to the DL with neck discomfort. “It’s ok- probably being overly cautious about nothing,” Dana Brown says. 1 month later word slowly leaks out his right arm has been amputated. “He’s always been pretty ambidextrous,” Brown said. “We expect to see him back next July or August in time for the 2025 stretch run.”
  18. I think he might actually be good. He’s interesting as an arm in the 6th or 7th slot in your bullpen pecking order.
  19. My greatest hope is we miss out on all the arms that make sense and Crane has to sign off on Snell or nothing. That will be the best arm moved at the deadline- he won't cost much- but boy oh boy if he gets hurt you are completely boned.
  20. One mans trash is another mans treasure. Dana views shitty relief pitchers with options as treasure. so far like 1/10 with Taylor Scott, but what a nice 1 that's been.
  21. Yandy Diaz would probably be just fine as a fallback option- he’s got a 108 OPs+ and that’s way lower than in years past, but he had a dreadful start to the year and has been over 800 OPs since May 1. He’s probably not washed or anything and just had a rough start. He’s guaranteed through 25, with a team option in 26 so he probably would be fine as the bridge to something else at 1B in 25 or 26. Beyond that- unless the Jays move Vlad Jr which they are saying they won’t it gets dicey as far as guys you’d actually be excited about at 1B. Maybe Cody Bellinger but fuck that guy- do not want. Lamont Wade Jr if the Giants sell and don’t mind giving up a guy with control through 25. I wanted Winker but he got dealt as well already today or yesterday. After that if it’s not Rooker it feels like you are in the Pham or Taylor Ward or Conforto bargain basement in the OF already.
  22. We’ve been rumored to be in on every important player at the deadline. we have plenty to offer if we offer plenty. I think the Astros currently have 2 guys who could be stars, 8 or 10 guys who I see as average to above average MLB regulars (call it 3 or 4 of them hit) and a shitload of pitchers that will be at least MOR guys. category 1- potential stars: Matthews and Baez Category 2- potential average or better regulars (in order of my belief that it happens): Dezenzo, Leon, Whitcomb, Melton, Loperfido, Zach Cole, Wagner (not a regular but an above average utility guy) pitchers- potential Ace- Ullola MOR guys- Arrighetti, Bloss, Blubaugh, Gordon and a host of other guys that the Astros dig up and develop every single year. Honorable mention for Forest Whitley who looks/ to me- like he’s gotten to the point where he should be a big leaguer, worst case scenario middle innings guy/ best case scenario probably a leverage guy. I think he either gets traded and immediately promoted or he’s up for good on Wednesday/Friday but that’s just a guess. I know we are ranked like 28th but we’ve been ranked terribly since Tucker graduated and Whitley busted. All we’ve done since then is promote the following guys who were on nobody’s prospect list but have been average or above MLB regulars at their positions: Brown, Garcia, Urquidy, Pena, Chas, Bryan Abreu, Jake Meyers, Yainer Diaz I mean- that’s average 2 above average players a year- which is insane from a “shitty” farm system. this year we’ve seen Loperfido and Arrighetti promoted who are both proving they belong some days and not quite ready others (I’m not quite ready to lump them in with the other success stories above because those 8 all have had 2 or 3+ WAR seasons already which is the mark of being an above average regular) , but I’d bet on them getting there due to their makeup and high points right now, plus Bloss who is way too early to tell but I kind of like. We aren’t the Orioles or the Dodgers but we are so damn much. Better than we are given credit for on the farm that it’s ridiculous. I am well aware of that. Notice the past tense with the word WANTED not want- which would presuppose all those guys were available still. I also wanted Arrozarena but we already litigated that trade here so in the interest of brevity I didn’t bring it up again, as he was traded 3 or 4 days ago. That’s my entire point about it’s getting to be not early anymore. that was my wish list going into this weekend.
  23. I wanted Arozarena, Paredes, Rooker, Vlad or Robert (2 of the 5 anyway) From the pitching side pick one of Snell, Fleherty, Skubal, Gausman or Crochet (before he said he was going into operation shut down if traded. And maybe a 6th inning reliever. As to what I’d be willing to give up? Literally Chas or Jake, Loperfido, Arrighetti or Bloss, and everyone (I mean literally everyone- nobody off limits and no amount of players too high) in the farm system as long as that represents actual fair value. So- if the price for Rooker is Melton, Mathews Blubaugh and Arrighetti do it. if it’s Paredes for Jake and Mathews and Baez and Ullolo- cool. Snell should be something like Montero, Leon and Whitley (they went out of the last of his contract for this year and off the hook for the option that’s coming next year only as a downside to the team- iE he gets hurt, exercises it and it’s 33M they owe him). but- the point is if we got those guys we wouldn’t need anyone in the minors (so to speak) because our lineup would be set everywhere but LF and 1B through 27. And I suspect if the Sam houston catcher is good (who can’t be traded) the answer at 1B is Yainer Diaz in 26 when he should be ready to go- so that leaves just RF. Sign Tucker or a 10/300 deal and be the favorite to win the AL through 2027 with this lineup: Altuve, Yordan, Rooker, Tucker, Paredes, Diaz, Chas, Pena, Sam houston catcher.
  24. I mean- I’m not saying that’s how it’s going to go down. I’m saying that’s how it feels right now. If we get Yandy Diaz from the Tampa flea market- OK- cool- but that was like 3rd choice. This deadline just feels lien a couple of the other lousy ones right now where we hear about how close we were to this that or the other before pivoting to plan D and G. it’s obviously early, but it’s not that early anymore.
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