Jump to content

2021 Houston Astros Thread

Planet Houston

By Planet Houston
in Baseball

 Share

Recommended Posts

tx 3 putt

tx 3 putt 76386

Posted
Posted

stir it up post : trade one of our back end arms for a prospect / prospects

 

playoffs starters : grienke, valdez, LMJ, urquiady

playoff bullpen : javier, garcia, ozzi, raley, stanek, bielak, taylor, stanek or garza

 

emmanaul, ivey, scrubb, martes, james, paredes, rodriquez, smith, baez - some are hurt, no one will get much but move some dead weight if you can 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 27.5k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • Gourmand

    2817

  • Scraps

    2005

  • tx 3 putt

    1942

  • WBT

    1589

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

henrygandorf
henrygandorf

there's so much to unpack from today, so i'll just start listing them. tuesday was devastating for oakland, today was twice as devastating for the yankees.  they had just started to play better. 

Brisketexan
Brisketexan

The boy and I were at the last ALCS clincher - we were walking on air for days after Altuve’s walkoff. Today, the boy is 5,000 miles and 7 hours away, with no way to watch. So we did a video chat, w

Helobious
Helobious

Enjoy it. Old Altuve, no more Correa means this is the very end of the road for your tainted dynasty. 

Posted Images

HtownHorn

HtownHorn 14487

Posted
Posted
51 minutes ago, Scraps said:

So i am only like half being serious and half joking when I post that, but i decided to look more into it to see what time frames have happened in the past.

So obviously every person is different. One thing JV has against him compared to most of these other guys i see at "fastest recovery" is age of course.

As of today JV is 266 days removed from surgery. The top ten fastest guys in the past 15 years have been from 262 days to about 319(Who was a 40 yr old). Sept 1st would be 336 days.

 

Plus he would be coming out of the bullpen, which would help ease the workload on his elbow. Dusty will just have to change his way of managing the bullpen with Verlander. If he gets Justin hot, Justin is coming into the game.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
tx 3 putt

tx 3 putt 76386

Posted
Posted
3 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

The guy that makes the most sense would be the closer from the Pirates. Making $1.7M 2 more years of team control after this season, for his age 31 and 32 seasons, but he's probably getting a huge ass raise in ARB after this season. What I like the most about him 3 BBs in 29.1 IP. About the opposite of most of our bullpen.

 

 

they'll want a premium for him and i am 100% against trading any of our young arms 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Wulaw Horn

Wulaw Horn 18980

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, Scraps said:

So i am only like half being serious and half joking when I post that, but i decided to look more into it to see what time frames have happened in the past.

So obviously every person is different. One thing JV has against him compared to most of these other guys i see at "fastest recovery" is age of course.

As of today JV is 266 days removed from surgery. The top ten fastest guys in the past 15 years have been from 262 days to about 319(Who was a 40 yr old). Sept 1st would be 336 days.

 

So what I hear you saying, and what I've always believed, is that if JV isn't back for the playoffs its b/c he's a pussy or b/c Crane sucks and is cheap (JV pitching at all might void some of that sweet sweet sweet insurance cash he's got coming in if he insured the injury). 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TonyTexas

TonyTexas 10482

Posted
Posted
13 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

So what I hear you saying, and what I've always believed, is that if JV isn't back for the playoffs its b/c he's a pussy or b/c Crane sucks and is cheap (JV pitching at all might void some of that sweet sweet sweet insurance cash he's got coming in if he insured the injury). 

WTF

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Chuckie Finster

Chuckie Finster 22600

Posted
Posted
49 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

stir it up post : trade one of our back end arms for a prospect / prospects

 

playoffs starters : grienke, valdez, LMJ, urquiady

playoff bullpen : javier, garcia, ozzi, raley, stanek, bielak, taylor, stanek or garza

 

emmanaul, ivey, scrubb, martes, james, paredes, rodriquez, smith, baez - some are hurt, no one will get much but move some dead weight if you can 

I hadn't considered this until your post, but Odorizzi could potentially be one of, if not THE, best SP on the market at the deadline if we chose to shop him.  My gut is always against trading talented arms before a playoff race, but if an NL team gets desperate with prospects it might be worth listening.  (I reserve the right to say this is a stupid opinion if he keeps pitching like he did on Monday.)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Scraps

Scraps 13542

Posted
Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, kevwun said:

His arm could be completely healed in time, but I don't think he will have time to get it in good enough shape to pitch.

For clarification -  These guys on this list are time frame to back as active players.  

Edited by Scraps
Link to comment
Share on other sites
HtownHorn

HtownHorn 14487

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

So what I hear you saying, and what I've always believed, is that if JV isn't back for the playoffs its b/c he's a pussy or b/c Crane sucks and is cheap (JV pitching at all might void some of that sweet sweet sweet insurance cash he's got coming in if he insured the injury). 

If the Astros claimed Verlander on insurance, he wouldn't pitch at all for the Astros.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TonyTexas

TonyTexas 10482

Posted
Posted (edited)
38 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

I hadn't considered this until your post, but Odorizzi could potentially be one of, if not THE, best SP on the market at the deadline if we chose to shop him

Not a bad thought but it really depends on their stance on resigning JV or Greinke. It will be tough to make a judgement on JV before the trade deadline. Not sure about Greinke. Who knows what that weirdo wants to do. 

Edited by TonyTexas
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Chuckie Finster

Chuckie Finster 22600

Posted
Posted
Not a bad thought but it really depends on their stance on resigning JV or Greinke. It will be tough to make a judgement on JV before the trade deadline. Not sure about Greinke. Who knows what that weirdo wants to do. 

Yep. Obviously a lot of ball to be played this season that could impact these opinions, but where do we see him fitting in? Even if we lose JV and Greinke, do we trust Odorizzi over Framber, LMJ, Garcia, or Urquidy? I don’t, at this point, and do we really want $9M committed to our #5 starter considering our monetary needs elsewhere?

Again, this might be the dumbest hot take of all time if Odorizzi continues to improve, or one of the young arms comes back to earth. But an interesting thought experiment.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Gourmand

Gourmand 7774

Posted
Posted
I think the bullpen needs another arm. Should be able to get something on the cheap. 
Trading for a center fielder would be a high price to pay for a guy that’s probably going to bat 8th. 
Pedro Pruitt is the x factor

Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

Link to comment
Share on other sites
HtownHorn

HtownHorn 14487

Posted
Posted
37 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:


Yep. Obviously a lot of ball to be played this season that could impact these opinions, but where do we see him fitting in? Even if we lose JV and Greinke, do we trust Odorizzi over Framber, LMJ, Garcia, or Urquidy? I don’t, at this point, and do we really want $9M committed to our #5 starter considering our monetary needs elsewhere?

Again, this might be the dumbest hot take of all time if Odorizzi continues to improve, or one of the young arms comes back to earth. But an interesting thought experiment.

You need 6+ starting pitchers to make it through a season. Odorizzi should not be traded away because he's still good and we have him on the cheap for another season.

You go into next year with Odorizzi, McCullers, Valdez, Garcia, Urquidy, and Javier as your rotation. You have a lot of money to spend to RESIGN Correa and shore up the bullpen.

You have $58M from Greinke and Verlander. Another 4 from Joe Smith. The only two ARB guys are Diaz and Stanek. Now 2023 is when shit hits the fan.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing


Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business and Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Subscribe!... Donate!... Advertise... COOKIE MONSTER!

×
×
  • Create New...