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Have the winds of fortune bounce the Astros way. At this stage, you have to be both good and at least a little bit lucky to win.
I agree if there ever was a time Crane would spend on a long term deal, Carlos is going to be it. He's one of the few times you could justify the...
Unfortunately for us as fans, I don’t think that is how Crane is looking at it. I think he’s thinking I have someone (Peña) I can pay 500K next...
What Carlos is looking for is different than what the market will pay. It’s pretty clear Carlos wants both a long contract and north of 30...
It was Dusty’s fault. Seriously though that Braves team had an insane second half and then didn’t even make the World Series. That’s baseball.
It also needs to deal with minor league pay, and service time manipulation. The economics are seriously messed up when you can pay someone like...
Seems less likely than the Astros giving him 10/300.
Carlos is probably looking for 10 years, 30+. I think the most I could imagine the Astros offering is 8 years in the 240-250 range, but honestly...
When you have the guy with the AL batting title behind you and 1 out, it’s fine to hold up with a slow runner.
I think you are right. The Astros have a lot of young pitchers as well. The defense / game management is more valuable with this staff than the...
He’s a career .705 ops hitter with 2900 at bats. That’s not a starter when combined with slightly better than replacement level defense. He’s got...
If he can reach it, he’ll swing. If he can’t reach it, he’ll possibly still swing.
Odorizzi was pulled because it was the third time through the lineup and Kemp just got a hit. He’s terrible the third time through the lineup,...
I get that. I just think second seed vs third seed isn’t a huge deal and they are still likely to wind up with the second seed either way.
The offense without most of the starters showed some life last night even if it didn’t lead to as many runs as it could have. The Astros will need...
He shouldn’t be on the current roster, but I guess it was a morale thing.
This lineup is already getting better results :)
Maybe they're hungover from last night :)
I was mostly responding to the Cy Young consideration. I'm on board with you on Carlos. His defense is a big reason if you're going to do a big...
I think you can make an argument he was the third best qualified starter in the AL on a per inning. That's a lot of qualifiers though and he...
