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19 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:


Might be the best breakfast tacos in Houston. Use the toastly app to order. Easy peasy, very close to the stadium ….

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Houston, TX 77003

Better than Brothers and Laredo Taqueria? 

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10 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Coming together pepper. Coming together. 

Keep that L10 at 7-3 or better.

Gotta win the next 2 to keep it there.

we dipped to 6-4 after the Sunday loss in Minnesota but that’s the only we’ve been below 7-3 L10 since summer solstice.

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6 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Keep that L10 at 7-3 or better.

Gotta win the next 2 to keep it there.

we dipped to 6-4 after the Sunday loss in Minnesota but that’s the only we’ve been below 7-3 L10 since summer solstice.


tomorow …

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43 minutes ago, hornmpa96 said:

Do you send Dubin down?

I’ve liked what I see from King and Ort so far.


No shit man, brown and staff have made some damn nice BP pick ups. Other teams would kill for that kind of production from guys off the street

 

surlty thread - F1r3 Br0nW !!!!!!

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6 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Alvarez needs to opt out as well and since Tucker has only 1 leg, he should be replaced as well.

 

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id also like to see blanco skip his start on Sunday. Get extended rest and be ready for game 1 vs mariners 

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15 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

 

This kind of tweet is the GM trying to write some fan fiction. Not saying Astros aren’t in market/having conversations but a list of 10 people being “talked to” is silly. 

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2 minutes ago, dr99 said:

When the other teams look at the Astros farm system they hang up the phone.

I actually think the Astros farm is reasonably well regarded amongst the teams and @Snake Diggity and @Wulaw Horn would likely echo that.  It lacks the kind of well scouted, high end talent that tends to be an easy lay for Baseball America and their ilk, but teams have their own internal evaluations and there’s definitely major leaguers currently developing.  
 

Despite Luhnow’s absence, for example, they appear to be doing a pretty good job of developing the late arriving but solid big leaguers (at least for a few years) that was kind of the hallmark of those central division winning Cardinal teams.  I think we tend to downplay the value of that because we’ve had studs like Correa, Springer, Bregman, and McCullars that were all top 50 prospects before they hit the majors and default into it’s the only way to do it.  
 

What might be more problematic is that we just don’t have any depth at all to deal from, which is why people like @Wulaw Horn pushed adding free agents in the off-season and making an outfielder or two superfluous.  Our willingness to spend is potentially the last thing we have available to trade away.

Also, Bowden sucks and no legitimate GM would ever tell him anything of merit.  

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Alonso's numbers aren't a whole lot better than Singleton's this year. He's a free agent after this year and his current contract is for 20.5 million this year.

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12 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Alonso's numbers aren't a whole lot better than Singleton's this year. He's a free agent after this year and his current contract is for 20.5 million this year.

Which means the prospect price would be minimum, and only a idoit would think Alonso and Singleton are anywhere in the same ballpark as players. Just remember the two prospects we gave the Mets for Verlander and millions of dollars have collasped due to either injuries and/or high velocity pitches.

Loperfido and Montero for Alonso would be something I would expect given the parameters.

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Career sure, but this year it's not a huge amount.  Pete's not having a very good year. He hits home runs and not much else.  He's better than what the Astros have run out at 1st base this year, but they also might be able to do better.

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54 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Skipping starts of healthy starters isn't a luxury they have right now.


The rookie wall is real, that’s my concern 

12 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Alonso's numbers aren't a whole lot better than Singleton's this year. He's a free agent after this year and his current contract is for 20.5 million this year.


pass 

id rather trade chas

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2 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Career sure, but this year it's not a huge amount.  Pete's not having a very good year. He hits home runs and not much else.  He's better than what the Astros have run out at 1st base this year, but they might be able to do better.

He's 22% better than Singleton this year. That's a significant gap.

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If they end up with him because they can't trade for anyone better, that's fine.  But they should look for someone better first and not be targeting him from the start.  The last guy Bagwell thought should play first base didn't work out so well.

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24 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Loperfido and Montero for Alonso would be something I would expect given the parameters.

I'd be in the "fuck that" category.  Loperfido is worth more than that to the Astros IMO.  If he was real Alonso right now it would be higher, but he's not.  And he's a FA after this year

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