As to your first point, I have no idea what point you are trying to make. As to your 2nd, you are just wrong.
Sadly, White is going to play himself out of the team fairly soon. He’ll likely get another opportunity with another club, but he’s out of options.... I doubt he clears waivers. Here is to hoping that Luhnow can find trade partners for both him and Tony Kemp (another guy out of options, but I could see the Astros keeping him and sending Straw back to the minors - though I think deserves to be on the club) With Alvarez, Straw, and Diaz coming on so strong, you have to go with them the rest of the way. Marisnick and Stassi round our the bench.
Why the hell would they trade Tony Kemp? He actually contributes and is a starter caliber player. Tyler White does not even deserve to be in the league. He has NO trade value.
Tony Kemp is a below MLB average offensive player. (Note that I am not saying that Tyler White doesn’t suck)
When Diaz/Correa come back, White and Kemp are the natural guys to get sent out, unless you value keeping Kemp an Astro over keeping Straw up with the big club. I vote Straw.
What does that mean? Right now there is still not enough ML data on Straw, but he is getting on base 40% of the time which would be third in the AL (again, small sample size). Straw is a better outfielder and can play SS (albeit at a mediocre level) All that being said, I suspect they will keep Kemp on the roster over Straw rather than give Kemp away for little or nothing.
At this point I'm thinking that's what they will do. By the time they come back it will only be a few weeks until September call ups, then they can leave Kemp off the playoff roster. Straw looks to be a superior bench player, by a big margin. But they can keep both if they send Straw back down for a month, maybe less. I see no purpose at all for White once Diaz comes back.
Yeah...it will be interesting to see what they do assuming Diaz comes back before Correa, considering Straw is a “free” roster move.
Actually you are wrong on both Kemp is below average as a starter, good bench guy with a little versatility, but if he is starting and playing every day for you then you probably aren't a great team White is bad, but they could trade him if they felt it was time/needed. Problem right now is there is no answer at 1B, once Correa or Diaz gets back and Bregman can play 3B everyday and Yuli back to 1B, buh bye Tyler
I think y’all are overthinking this. When Diaz comes back, Straw goes down. He has options and Kemp doesn’t. As far as White goes, unless something dramatic happens in the next couple of weeks (Alvarez goes 0-his next 50 or someone gets injured), his time as an Astro is nearly over.
I think there is a chance that when Diaz comes back White is DFA and both Kemp and Straw stay. But regardless, once Diaz and Correa are both back, I see no way White is still on the roster
Kemp and Straw both bring something to the club that white doesn't speed both have hr power and can play 2 positions.
Straw is not Bagwell even if Bagwell had those numbers, which I doubt. Straw is speed, defense, with contact hitting.
Are you seriously comparing Straw's power potential to Bagwell's? (Bagwell was around 1 every 140 at bats) You said Straw has "HR power". What evidence is there that he does? Straw's minor league slugging is .374.
I am not a tyler white fan at all but my question is who becomes the back up first baseman if he is cut? we would move yuli to first when correa comes back but he will need days off. What if he gets hurt?
Until Diaz is healthy, they don't have anyone who can conceivably play first base on a regular basis.
