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Javier’s velo is there. He is just struggling locating his fastball. I actually the most hope for him, even above Arrighetti.
Brown, Framber, Arrighetti, Javier, Alexander, Blubaugh for a 6 man rotation for the rest of the season. Garcia brought up in a 2 inning relief...
There’s a reason Garcia hasn’t been brought up after this many rehab appearances. His velo is down and he is not throwing well despite having...
Current injury status: Likely back tomorrow: Alvarez Rehabbing: Garcia, Leon, Rodgers Starting rehab next week: Meyers, Dezenzo TBD: Sousa, Hader,...
I will say this, McCullers underlying numbers point to him being just really bad instead of unplayable; he’s had bad batted ball luck and poor...
His curve has a k% of 33%, next best pitch is slider at 25%. His current role as a SP (not opener, since an opener is a RP who is available for...
That’s a reasonable concern, as is the fact that McCullers has been very injury prone, especially relative to Pressly. But at this point,...
His curve is getting a much higher whiff rate (34%) than any of his other 3 pitches (next highest is his slider at 25%, and his fastball is...
McCullers has thrown 94 in recent games so there’s reason to believe he has another gear. Either way, the point of moving him to the pen would be...
Yes, I’m sure. This is the last comment I’m responding to about the ridiculous notion of trading Yordan Alvarez. If it happens, I will be first...
Yes, but it’s a silly notion.
No one would offer that. If Alvarez had not suffered a serious injury or had such a lost season, maybe. But even then, it would not be...
Espada said it a couple days ago: https://www.mlb.com/astros/news/astros-injuries-and-roster-moves
Nope. If Alvarez “has a good finish to this season and is good in the playoffs”, then where do you find the logic that “his value in trade will...
2 reasons: Jim Crane loves Yordan. He won’t green light trading him. You don’t trade a guy in his 20s with a career 162 wRC+ when he’s coming...
I agree trading Paredes is probably a bad idea and trading Pena is probably not ideal since it means moving an aging Correa back to SS. But the...
Tucker set the precedent for Houston trading someone like Pena or Paredes. Outside of that yeah I agree the odds are very low of them trading Walker.
The 2 points of consolation are that Dana Brown has a pretty good track record so far of building a roster, and that injuries mare very likely to...
They aren’t trading Yordan Alvarez.
Prediction: Arrighetti throws well today.
