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formermav43

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  1. Worse than scoring 3 points is a tall order.
  2. He started 3 games this year, and in the last one completed 75% of his passes for 300+ yards and 3 TDs with no interceptions. In none of them this season did he look as bad as Ewers vs OSU or tonight.
  3. You’re not wrong.
  4. Except he played QB in 5. And he’s the holder. That’s not it.
  5. They don’t need a lefty reliever at all. And they DEFINITELY don’t need $50 million tied up in the bullpen, that’s nuts.
  6. It's the same point Wulaw made with opportunity cost.
  7. Not as big as the difference between could and cannot.
  8. Sorry. Let me put on my David Dennison hat to respond. Someone is running things. Who do you think that is?
  9. I’ll give him some credit and call it an anti-Click move too. I know you’ve griped about his paying relievers, and the Baez deal in particular was bad-but it was only $12.5 total. Even if Nerris is arguably overpaid, the trade for Montero and signing Stanek were great deals. He hunts for value, probably to a fault since he won’t spend the money even when it’s there. I don’t think he’d make this move either.
  10. Ok, let’s say it’s Crane then. Crane has had a voice in things things, and it’s clear he should. But would you trust him to unilaterally make all roster decisions? Would you say he’s earned that trust? No and no.
  11. I trust that they’ll make more moves and still have a good team. It’s not the end of the world. But even I give them the full benefit of the doubt and Montero is the best setup man in baseball for the next 3 year, it’s *still* a poor allocation of resources given the needs of the team. Edit: I’d add that this sort of move seems antithetical to a typical Astros’ move, too. I’m not sure who is running the ship right now and if they have, in fact, earned the trust you speak of.
  12. Even if he performs well, it’s *still* a bad move based on process. They have at least 3 guys already under contract capable of filling high leverage roles before Pressly (Stanek, Nerris, Abreau). There’s such excess that Stanek basically disappeared in the postseason. And that’s before you get to anyone already in the system or bargain basement relievers they can find and reshape-let’s not forget, Montero himself was a throw in on the Graveman trade, he was about to be DFA. Find the next Montero, don’t overpay for the last one. That’s what has made this org great.
  13. That’s how you close your own window. That Montero deal is terrible.
  14. If they resign Verlander, they have to move someone. Urquidy is the obvious choice.
  15. If Verlander walks, that obviously frees up a lot of money; if he resigns, a pitcher is getting moved, one of Urquidy or Garcia. Urquidy would be preferable, because he’s older, has fewer years of control, and Garcia has better stuff; but that’s also why Garcia would likely net a better return. Either way, there’s a great opportunity here. I can see both sides of it. The only thing they can’t afford to do is just run it back with the same guys. Montero is wasted money. Yuli is washed. Brantley is a very qualified *maybe* depending on his medicals and the contract he wants. There’s no reason this team shouldn’t be even better next season.
  16. I kind of thought that maybe, but it’s not like there’s going to be an “official statement” on that. That’s the sort of thing that usually only comes out after the fact.
  17. Not sure exactly what you mean, but he is officially a free agent.
  18. I wouldn’t offer him anything, there’s much greater needs.
  19. It's fair to acknowledge Click built a great bullpen, and that was pretty much his doing. It's also fair to acknowledge he inherited all the pitchers in the rotation (unless you want to count Odorizzi...). I don't see why there needs to be different "sides" to this, it's pretty straightforward.
  20. 120+ (let alone 157) is insane. I don't see how that's even possible.
  21. It never would have occurred to me that they were for anything but that.
  22. Getting Contreras for cash is good. Getting him for Urquidy was not.
  23. That doesn’t make him “more right.” It makes him half right at best. And, for what it’s worth, if you’re consistent in that logic, it means his offer for Contreras dumb, because they clearly didn’t need him either. (And it was dumb: 3+ years of control of a proven major league pitcher for a rental part part-time catcher is asinine.)
  24. I don’t see how anyone can put McGriff above Palmeiro unless it’s a hardline stance against PEDs (which it’s clearly not for those with Bonds and Clemens there too).
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