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Also, this seems long forgotten but the Astros were not penciled in to be anywhere nearly as good as they are now. Pre-season, most media outlets...
This 100%. It'd be disappointing if they don't win the WS, but you're setting yourself up for disappointment if you expect that. There's a reason...
Re: bringing in Garcia in the 3rd with no outs, man on 3rd. - that's not tag team pitching. that's asking Garcia to warm up on short notice, put...
You don't even need to be a Dusty-apologist to see why some of these moves are made/not made. Pulling your starting pitcher in the 3rd inning/no...
Lol, people need to chill with the reactionary hot takes. I know the playoffs are coming up, but the Astros are in as comfortable a position as...
I disagree with almost all of that. I would not have an untested rookie with less than a month of major league starts take a playoff start from...
Most teams lose when down by 2 runs late.
If that was directed at me, my last post was not to imply that Cease should win this year. I think he's still behind Verlander, pretty firmly if...
Always been confused by the Texans 4th quarter strategy. They never attempt to step on the neck with a lead. They always play un-inspired...
Good ol' Hensley. That DH/SS.
It's *a* strategy. When the club takes tools >> hit college players, it puts the club in a weird spot. The clubs knows it wants to re-tool the...
IMHO, I think it's pretty clear they don't worry about that at all. The team was a 100-win pace, WS contender before Brown/Hensley/Y. Diaz were...
Man, you weren't kidding. Tale of two seasons: 4/8-6/1: .192/.298/.356 slash line with a .164 ISO, 35.1% K rate, wRC+ 85 7/1-9/11: .335/.418/.629...
I dunno man, as Nook said Cease is having a Cy Young level season. If he didn't have two turd starts in May (giving up 7 and 6 ER's respectively),...
Is he a guy? I'm not familiar with him. His > 30% K rate in A/A+ and 30-40 Hit Grade seem pretty scary.
Framber is having a phenomenal year, no doubt, but he legit is not the 2nd best starter in the AL. Fangraphs did a breakdown of the AL Cy Young...
I'd be pretty surprised if he didn't end up resigning in Chicago. The ChiSox probably won't have to break the bank to resign him. He's had a lot...
He was the primary setup man last year before they traded for Graveman. I think he’s better this year in the slightly lower leverage role....
went back through the org top 30 and there wasn’t a lot of good choices to send AFL. Usually want to send a higher upside A+/AA guy but most of...
Gotcha, my mistake. I thought the Guardians had been leading the entire time. My bad.
