Houston Astros off-season thread

[UTexasFight 9454]

20 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Yeah, they'll wait a few months to see if it gets better and then he will have TJ surgery late in the season and will end up missing 2 whole seasons.

I really need to brush up on the medical side on this as to what they wait and see on.  Seems it rarely gets better with time.

I get you don’t want to out a guy under the knife unless absolutely necessary, but that extra year isn’t an insignificant factor either.

 

[kevwun 15790]

I think the players also want to put it off in the vain hope that it heals, but like you said, it never seems to get better without surgery.

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[runthebone 7992]

I'm always shocked when they say Urquidy is 28.  Feels like he's 34.

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Cabbage patch adding to his highlight reel for his next team 

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Grae just pulled a hammy or something 

[Scraps 13561]

Cabbage patch adding to his highlight reel for his next team 

All he has to do is show some signs of life the next week and he is on our roster. The competition for that spot is so bad

[UTexasFight 9454]

51 minutes ago, runthebone said:

I'm always shocked when they say Urquidy is 28.  Feels like he's 34.

Yep. I had to look it up as well.

It’s because he somehow felt like a grizzled veteran in the 2019 World Series instead of a rookie that only had 11 MLB appearances up until that point

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Too soon to cut Hader ????

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3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Too soon to cut Hader ????

 

[UTexasFight 9454]

starting rotation (with probable first 4 opponents)

Framber Valdez (NYY, Tor, @Tex, Tex)

Christian Javier (NYY, Tor, @KC, Tex)

Hunter Brown (NYY, @Tex, @KC, ATL)

JP France (NYY, @Tex, @KC, ATL)

Ronel Blanco (Tor, @Tex, Tex, ATL)

 

 

Brown/France/Blanco vs Atlanta…might want to leave the roof open to cut down on the LF window replacement costs. 

 

 

[n64ra 1086]

Yikes, where's Snell?

[UTexasFight 9454]

I’m not sure what to think about this creepy AI-generated Tucker Budweiser ad

 

 

[henrygandorf 29191]

48 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

starting rotation (with probable first 4 opponents)

Framber Valdez (NYY, Tor, @Tex, Tex)

Christian Javier (NYY, Tor, @KC, Tex)

Hunter Brown (NYY, @Tex, @KC, ATL)

JP France (NYY, @Tex, @KC, ATL)

Ronel Blanco (Tor, @Tex, Tex, ATL)

 

 

Brown/France/Blanco vs Atlanta…might want to leave the roof open to cut down on the LF window replacement costs. 

 

 

pair that with our typically cold bats out of the gate and should make for a fun april.

[HtownHorn 14691]

43 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

I’m not sure what to think about this creepy AI-generated Tucker Budweiser ad

 

 

Tucker getting his NIL.

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16 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

pair that with our typically cold bats out of the gate and should make for a fun april.

sweeping those two will be fun

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57 minutes ago, n64ra said:

Yikes, where's Snell?

imo, there’s something wrong with him or a major red flag for everyone to be avoiding him

[Scraps 13561]

Yeah he pitches like 5 innings a game.  That is what is wrong with him.  

Only thing is with our BP 3 headed monster we are the perfect spot for that.  

[UTexasFight 9454]

1 hour ago, henrygandorf said:

pair that with our typically cold bats out of the gate and should make for a fun april.

Dibs on starting the “fire Espada” thread by tax day!

[HtownHorn 14691]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

imo, there’s something wrong with him or a major red flag for everyone to be avoiding him

He wants a shit ton of money for a lot of blah performances.

[Chuckie Finster 22694]

Not one to get worked up over Spring Training performances, but we have a lot of important pieces looking like total ass right now.

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6 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Not one to get worked up over Spring Training performances, but we have a lot of important pieces looking like total ass right now.

Or they’re injured 

 

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Giants ….

 

[TonyTexas 10515]

 

[henrygandorf 29191]

34 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Not one to get worked up over Spring Training performances, but we have a lot of important pieces looking like total ass right now.

i was pleasantly surprised looking up and down the lineup at some of our offensive stats.  typically our bats are cold from march until may.

[Limp Brisket 546]

Montgomery?  We need another arm.

[Limp Brisket 546]

Bauer’s name is about to start popping up again, unfortunately.

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2 minutes ago, Limp Brisket said:

Bauer’s name is about to start popping up again, unfortunately.

Not in this clubhouse 

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Lorenzen is probably more realistic than Bitch ass Bauer

[Wulaw Horn 19076]

12 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Lorenzen is probably more realistic than Bitch ass Bauer

I’d do 1/8 for him I guess. I’d have thought he got more but who knows. 

[billfromlaketravis 11494]

46 minutes ago, Limp Brisket said:

Montgomery?  We need another arm.

Yes. Please. 

[Dutchrudder 11139]

27 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I’d do 1/8 for him I guess. I’d have thought he got more but who knows. 

That would be a great deal because he should get hurt about the time the other guys come off the IL.

[UTexasFight 9454]

1 hour ago, henrygandorf said:

i was pleasantly surprised looking up and down the lineup at some of our offensive stats.  typically our bats are cold from march until may.

This. They were ice cold the first few weeks of ST but feels like everyone went from .100 to .350 overnight.

….which is good because we’re probably going to have to average about that to give our 7/8/9 guys with a lead to protect.

Edited March 19 by UTexasFight

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https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/free-agents/ufa/starting-pitcher/available/
 

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We have no clue what numbers boras Discussed with the Astros 

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2 hours ago, Limp Brisket said:

Bauer’s name is about to start popping up again, unfortunately.

 

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I hope bregman is taking notes ….

 

[Dutchrudder 11139]

Let's hope Tucker feels like getting some financial security at a reasonable rate too...

[runthebone 7992]

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

We have no clue what numbers boras Discussed with the Astros 

Big ones!

And, apparently, much smaller ones.

[Wulaw Horn 19076]

The one where I give our chance at landing Snell at 10% and then he signs with the giants 30 minutes later while we were still on air. 
it’s a prospects episode. It’s high level not really specific in the weeds. 
 

 

[Storm the Field 5295]

Cabbage and Hensley sent packing to minor league camp. Loperfido still hanging in there.

[Pablo 494]

1 minute ago, Storm the Field said:

Cabbage and Hensley sent packing to minor league camp. Loperfido still hanging in there.

not surprised to see lettuce fail

Hensley is a spare too

how soon until Singleton experience is over?

[HtownHorn 14691]

4 minutes ago, Pablo said:

not surprised to see lettuce fail

Hensley is a spare too

how soon until Singleton experience is over?

I think the 26th spot comes down to Loperfido vs. Singleton. With Loperfido taking Singleton's 40 man spot as well.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Maybe dodged a bullet:

 

[Snake Diggity 4625]

47 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Cabbage and Hensley sent packing to minor league camp. Loperfido still hanging in there.

With Kessinger hurt, Julks is likely to make the roster.  Very hard to see Joey Lopes making the roster.  If an everyday guy gets hurt he might be first in line though.

[WBT 20586]

Seeing the open day lineup tonight except Singleton for Yordan

[Wulaw Horn 19076]

17 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

With Kessinger hurt, Julks is likely to make the roster.  Very hard to see Joey Lopes making the roster.  If an everyday guy gets hurt he might be first in line though.

Our prescription for him to come up was to either have someone get hurt or him just mash in AAA such that they want to at least quasi platoon him with Jake or commit to getting him AB's 3 or 4 times a week b/c they feel like he doesn't have anything else to learn.  He just doesn't have enough minor league AB's to get 5 AB's a week with the big club, imo, at this point in his development.  

In July (after super 2 is over- minor concern but not nothing) as an opportunity to get his feet wet before taking on a bigger role next year? Sure, that makes sense. 

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Champions play here …..