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I may be misremembering this, but is Strom one of the people who disliked Whitley? Remember Nook saying something about that, but don't remember...
If he never plays another game, I don't think he gets voted in. He's short by most WAR metrics commonly used for HOF case evaluation: WAR, WAR/7,...
Agree. Yainer Diaz might be a better hitter than Maldy right now, but in terms of being a catcher he's light years away. I've cited that Chronicle...
Some of the reporting out there was that Luhnow looped in Crane a lot more than was generally understood. In the process, he educated Crane to the...
The dbacks would be nuts to trade Varsho. He's building block material. Even if they did consider trading him, the price is way higher than Whitley.
I wouldn't worry too much about catcher defense. The Astros prioritize that and most of the non-Contreras/Sanchez options are solid behind the...
Most of the people who have disagreed with your takes have provided pretty legitimate data/analytics and/or insider info as counter points. No one...
This Stros forum has probably the best-educated, most insightful Astros fans I've seen anywhere on the internet. Some have near-direct inside...
Insert: "who da fook is that guy?!?" meme. Bit much to come into probably the best Astros forum on the internet the day after the Stros win the...
I think the innings will hold him back from a Cy Young in the immediate term. That and not having a reliable third option pitch. If he does what...
I wonder if the last trade deadline and post-season changed their perspective on team building. When it came down to it, Montero had much more of...
"Seth Martinez needs more high-leverage reps" - interesting hill to die on.... I'd argue the incredibly successful analytics team and...
Optimistic projections. To get both in the time frames you're mentioning, he'd basically have to completely overcome natural aging curves and...
I mostly think all the speculation about JV is moot. It's more a will it happen or not happen scenario for me. If JV wants to return, he'll make...
It's zigging when everyone else is zagging. It's exploiting a market inefficiency. If you trust your scouting is capable of finding hidden gems...
The Rays beg to the differ. They trade established players for prospects/unknowns all the time. Click came from the Rays.
He paid market price on those reliever and Odo contracts but that's really the only area where he brought in external players at market rate. Each...
Unusual. For both the Dusty and Click situations. Even if Crane doesn't feel 100% on board with either, its atypical to not give them security...
The idea of multiple young people not just watching but actively getting up close to film someone getting their ass beat... that doesn't sit right.
No interest in Benintendi personally. Good player for sure but I think Brantley and Yordan splitting LF/DH time makes a lot more sense than...
