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Options: Trade Paredes. Would be a sell-low move but the clearest way to clear the logjam. Trade Pena, move Correa to SS, Paredes to 3B. Would...
Pretty good indicator from this sample. All of the players who stayed healthy raised their stock except Swanson.
AJ Blubaugh, Ethan Pecko, and Miguel Ullola all have better stuff than every pitcher on Houston’s big league staff except Brown, Hader, Abreu, and...
That is insane. 13 different SP, only 2 with >90 innings or >1 fwar. Of course that goes hand in hand with them having 5 RP who’ve thrown more...
Since 2006, 16 Astros prospects age 21 or younger have posted a >140 wRC+ in A ball (min 80 pa). 12 of them reached the majors. The other 4 are:...
Since 2006, age 22 or younger in AA, wRC+ >169, min 50pa: 2015 Carlos Correa 226 2016 Ramon Laureano 186 2025 Lucas Spence 185 2016 Alex Bregman...
Matthews, Melton, Frey, Alvarez, Cole, and Neyens all also have legitimate potential to be star level hitters, although Cole, Melton, and Matthews...
My all-breakout team for 2026: C Garret Guillemette: popped 12 HR in 77 games with a sub 20% k rate while reaching AA. Good defensive catchers...
Well, for one thing that’s not what I said so your reading comprehension seems a little weak; I said I would have Alexander on a short leash, and...
Why do you say that?
I am fine to give Javier and Arrighetti 2 more starts each to see if they can start to improve. But I’ve seen enough from McCullers. The Astros...
Blubaugh has great stuff and throws strikes. He’s prone to solo HR but based on what we’ve seen the last 3-4 weeks he should be in the rotation.
There is no 4th SP, and really Alexander starting game 3 would be a recipe for disaster. Still have 5 weeks to figure it out.
Say what you want about Gordon but at least he threw strikes. Something Arrighetti, McCullers, and Javier cannot currently do. Brandon Walter...
Astros gambled on their injured pitchers and lost like a mother****er.
There are no SS prospects currently in the system who should be expected to replace Pena; Matthews was the only hope there and the Astros clearly...
0% chance McCullers is DFA this season. If they give up on him, he will go on the IL for the rest of this season, come back and see how he looks...
I agree, my estimates were what I would offer, not what I expect them to accept.
Dang, Dubin will almost certainly be claimed by a team out of contention. He was a very high ceiling P and I thought he’d figured it out earlier...
Yeah I think the club tells the player they want them to play, but they can’t force guys to play winter ball.
