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I think Matthews will be in AA by the end of July, which would give him a good sample there before the end of the year. It’s unlikely, but if he...
Deadline stance determinations: 20 games left in June, 13 in July before the break, 11 more before the deadline. Currently 7 games under .500, 5...
Hard to say. Depends on how healthy the roster is, how bunched up the other contending teams are, and buyer/seller market prices in late July....
I agree, but not if they’re 10+ games out of the wildcard in mid July. This team has the talent to justify buying, but at some point the real...
Yeah. I don’t want to see that but there’s a very stark contrast between 2009-2011 and now. Just trading Tucker, Bregman, Verlander, and Valdez...
I think he is referring to limits in the draft and international signing bonus pools. You can just use extra money to acquire more/better...
You are undervaluing Melton. He is a fringe Top 100 prospect with a very high ceiling. He is rated slightly lower than Springer was when he was...
Yep. Houston is suddenly in pretty bad shape financially. They went from zero underwater contracts in 2021 to a bunch now (Abreu, Graveman,...
But that’s the thing: If Manaea pitches like a SP3, he doesn’t have one more year of control, because he will opt out knowing he can do better...
Manaea is 32, projected for 2.1 fwar this season. He’s a #4 SP on a true contender, as projections go, but he’s outpitched that projection so far...
That’s a massive overpay for Manaea.
The roster was stacked. The offense has performed on par with past teams in terms of underlying numbers. Pitching has been bad due to injuries...
Dana Brown has continually brought up all the extra games the Astros have played (by going deep into the playoffs) over the years as an...
It’s been really hard to judge the farm over these first 2 months. 3 of their 10 highest ceiling position player prospects (Dezenzo, Matthews,...
.350 xwOBA too, so it doesn’t look overly lucky. White Sox might’ve robbed the Astros.
John Garcia had FIVE DOUBLES in that game. 20 total bases between Matthews and Garcia. Wow.
I have to assume if Martinez could play the field passably, he would already have been doing that. To me Martinez makes absolutely no sense for...
Roughly fair but I probably would not do that. Horrible hypothetical. Not balanced and neither team would do that deal. Fair deal that I think...
Couple of pitching hypotheticals: Astros get: P Garret Crochet P Michael Kopech White Sox get: P AJ Blubaugh P Miguel Ullola P Colton Gordon OF...
With Abreu 4-23 since he came back, he should be played the next 5 games. If that sample of ~50 pa doesn’t result in both a k rate <20% AND and...
