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    2025 Baseball Season

    It's actually cheating when it's against the rules and innovation when it's not. It's even bigger cheating when the league sends out a memo...
    Post by: Major, Mar 31, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 Baseball Season

    Every team already has access to that technology. It no different than teams focusing on nutrition or training regimens or ideal spin rates or...
    Post by: Major, Mar 31, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 Baseball Season

    29 teams spend a few billion every year on payroll to not win a World Series...
    Post by: Major, Mar 30, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 Baseball Season

    The difference is that corking is illegal. Players all have their own bats - different weights, materials, etc. As long as its within the MLB...
    Post by: Major, Mar 30, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    2025 Baseball Season

    A complaint over what? Nothing has ever stopped other teams from analyzing bats and developing better designs. It's just a different form of...
    Post by: Major, Mar 30, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Spring Training Thread

    The Astros were one of the 3-4 best teams in baseball going into 2023 and entered the playoffs as the favorite in the AL despite their regular...
    Post by: Major, Mar 26, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Spring Training Thread

    According to Baseball Reference, Kyle Tucker's career high for WAR is 5.5. For Fangraphs, he's never gotten above 5.0 WAR. I think this works on...
    Post by: Major, Mar 25, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Spring Training Thread

    The Cubs GM would hang up on you and start laughing uncontrollably. He'd then immediately text the Cubs President and Owner and tell them how he...
    Post by: Major, Mar 25, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Off Season Thread

    They were good enough to contend - they were basically the same team as the previous one that was so good that people claimed Dusty's the only...
    Post by: Major, Feb 23, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Off Season Thread

    I'm not on the Arenado train, but I do assume the Astros have more analytical data than the fans and that they have more of a reason to believe...
    Post by: Major, Feb 23, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    [Official] Astros Off Season Thread

    This isn't correct, I don't think: Competitive Balance Tax | Glossary | MLB.com The Astros would be in their 2nd year, so the base would be 30%....
    Post by: Major, Feb 22, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    Everytime someone mentions something about banging trash cans

    The issue I think is that for a team like Pittsburgh, there's no real marginal benefit to spend. They can't compete with $300MM whether they...
    Post by: Major, Feb 22, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    Everytime someone mentions something about banging trash cans

    The players and owners specifically agreed to the system in place - no one tried to outlaw it.
    Post by: Major, Feb 19, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    Bregman has signed with the Boston Red Sox

    When you are a free agent, you don't put anyone first but yourself and your family. Devers is under contract and has obligations to the Red Sox....
    Post by: Major, Feb 17, 2025 in forum: Other Sports
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    Bregman has signed with the Boston Red Sox

    He's a better hitter right now, but he's never been a better player. Each year that Devers has been in the league - 2017 through 2024 - Bregman...
    Post by: Major, Feb 17, 2025 in forum: Other Sports
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    Bregman has signed with the Boston Red Sox

    Bregman wasn't a member of the Astros - he was a free agent. There was no team to put first.
    Post by: Major, Feb 17, 2025 in forum: Other Sports
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    Bregman has signed with the Boston Red Sox

    Ignoring deferrals and valuing other things like headline numbers are two very different things.
    Post by: Major, Feb 16, 2025 in forum: Other Sports
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    Lance McCullers

    He hasn't pitched in two years. We have no idea how good Lance is when healthy now. His arm has been rebuilt to some extent so there's no...
    Post by: Major, Feb 15, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    Lance McCullers

    In McCullers case, yes, because it's likely. The issue is that if you stick him in the rotation, you're pulling someone else out (unless they go...
    Post by: Major, Feb 15, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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    Lance McCullers

    I would trust what he said right after the surgery more than now. At the time, it may well have been 13-15 months and he was optimistic. And...
    Post by: Major, Feb 15, 2025 in forum: Houston Astros
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