Astros Acquire Gerrit Cole

I've felt off offseason Moran was a good candidate for a breakout season. If his power sticks he could be an .800ish OPS guy. But his upside is limited, and he's likely a 1B if playing full time.

For a solid starter with legit ace potential, that risk isn't really even a risk.

 

I bet he finds this amusing after 5 years in Pittsburgh.

 

I have a Singleton bobble head. Not sure why!

 

And giving up 31 home runs after yielding just 36 in your first four seasons is almost certainly rooted, to some degree, in bad luck and likely to regress even if Cole doesn't see any benefits from being with this front office/coaching staff (though he totally will see benefits from both).

His strikeout rate last year of 8.7 was same as 2015, his near-Cy Young year. Calling Gerrit Cole a league-average pitcher is silly.

 

News conference is live on MLB Network.

 

I can't describe how happy I am right now - we just won the World Series, and there's no reason to think we can't contend again. #blessed

 

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Who's the guy with the orange tie that looks like he just graduated high school?

 

Brandon Taubman

 

Thanks!

Very interesting read: http://www.businessinsider.com/brandon-taubman-astros-executive-journey-2017-12

 

Certainly sounds like he is gonna be somebody else's GM in the not too distant future.

 

Yep. Between him and Mike Elias as far as the next off-springs of the "Luhnow tree". David Stearns was the first. Did anybody else leave the organization last year?

 

I think Quinton McCracken parted ways with the Astros last year.

 

Now that he’s officially #45, we have to call him Cole 45, right?

 

But he didn't become a GM or get a promotion, did he?

 

Gerrit Cole's agent Scott Boras: Pirates sitting on 'economic volcano'

 

Jeff's got to hit the gym lol

 

Nobody is talking much about the new suit jersey that Cole was sporting. Sweet look.