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I'm not arguing it's been handled well - but it feels like fans are conveniently forgetting what actually happened.. Julks had a decent April and...
You all do know that Chas was hurt and missed nearly a month of the season, right? Between that and Brantley, they were desperate. Since May 8,...
I don't know that I have the energy to litigate starts from March... And I don't know that pedigree matters. Production does. And Julks had a...
This gets back to my earlier question: who were the better players? Chas had a .552 OPS in May. Julks was .597. Meyers was .778. *That's* the...
I'm not defending him, per se - but, man. People are really arguing in the margins and just ignoring the state of the team. If you start to list...
Yes; between their system being drained and various, unexpected injuries, they've been more desperate than they have been in many years.
If your argument is that he doesn't play the better player *every single game* - there's really not much to discuss. Of course he doesn't! But...
Yes; Chas is better. Meyers is probably better because he's a very good fielder. But, also, since July 1: McCormick 188 PA Meyers 100 PA Julks 98...
When has Chas raked?... And Chas McCormick is not worth 5-6 wins. That's preposterous.
It's retroactive, though. Neither were very good through May. They both got hot in June. And they've played regularly since. I can't explain why...
Jake Meyers has a .686 OPS. Last year, it was .582. Are you really going to argue *not* playing Jake Meyers has significantly hurt this team?...
Who? I think there's one better player - Diaz - and he's starting to play with much greater regularity. We've been spoiled. Some of our line-ups...
That George Foster, who slashed .302/.369/.560/.929 with 174 HR and 566 RsBI between 1975-1979 & won an MVP in 1977 (+ finished 2nd in '76), was...
Rose was better than I thought - though, clearly the third-best position player on that team. The thing about Rose: he played to the times. And in...
I'm not sure how controversial that would be - Morgan got to Cincinnati in 1972. From '72-1979 (his last season there): Morgan: 57.9 bWAR Bench:...
Much like our Nolan Ryan discussion earlier, Morgan is clearly better than, well, any 2B, ever (or damn close) - I think the distinction is his...
At some point, Altuve may get close enough to Bagwell, numbers-wise - and at that point, I think it's fair game to let Altuve's postseason...
As @Nook correctly pointed out: too many Astros fans are *vastly* underrating Jeff Bagwell. I know you're linking Olajuwon to Altuve, via rings -...
We're throwing out the baby with the bathwater. The Astros had been to the postseason twice in 30 years before Bagwell arrived; six times with...
There are plenty of great players that never made the playoffs or have signature postseason moments. That's poking a pretty gigantic hole. The...
