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Post by Hunter McCormick on Dec 17, 2020 14:38:20 GMT -6
Why do some experts think Realmuto would be good here? Realmuto would be good anywhere. He's the second ranked FA this offseason and most consider him the best catcher in baseball right now. But I'm curious who these 'experts' are who think he's a good fit for the Astros ... who already have a solid catcher in Maldando. Especially considering Realmuto is likely to get Five years, $125MM. That's a significant cost for a team who doesn't need a catcher but does desperately need an outfielder and at least one elite relief pitcher. I'm not saying it couldn't happen. It just seems a very unlikely considering the Astros' actual needs. |
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Post by nathangarza29 on Dec 17, 2020 14:53:49 GMT -6
A. The numbers say you shouldn't. B. We already have Diaz for relatively cheap so why bother with Profar? Better bat incase of injurys plays better def |
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Post by nathangarza29 on Dec 17, 2020 14:55:57 GMT -6
Why do some experts think Realmuto would be good here? Realmuto would be good anywhere. He's the second ranked FA this offseason and most consider him the best catcher in baseball right now. But I'm curious who these 'experts' are who think he's a good fit for the Astros ... who already have a solid catcher in Maldando. Especially considering Realmuto is likely to get Five years, $125MM. That's a significant cost for a team who doesn't need a catcher but does desperately need an outfielder and at least one elite relief pitcher. I'm not saying it couldn't happen. It just seems a very unlikely considering the Astros' actual needs. There insiders according to Tals hill and a couple other websites |
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Post by thomasj13 on Dec 17, 2020 15:00:04 GMT -6
Realmuto would be good anywhere. He's the second ranked FA this offseason and most consider him the best catcher in baseball right now. But I'm curious who these 'experts' are who think he's a good fit for the Astros ... who already have a solid catcher in Maldando. Especially considering Realmuto is likely to get Five years, $125MM. That's a significant cost for a team who doesn't need a catcher but does desperately need an outfielder and at least one elite relief pitcher. I'm not saying it couldn't happen. It just seems a very unlikely considering the Astros' actual needs. There insiders according to Tals hill and a couple other websites I have a sneaky suspicion our posts are being referenced to other websites that Nathan posts on, as being his sources/insiders... |
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Dec 17, 2020 15:07:51 GMT -6
Realmuto would be good anywhere. He's the second ranked FA this offseason and most consider him the best catcher in baseball right now. But I'm curious who these 'experts' are who think he's a good fit for the Astros ... who already have a solid catcher in Maldando. Especially considering Realmuto is likely to get Five years, $125MM. That's a significant cost for a team who doesn't need a catcher but does desperately need an outfielder and at least one elite relief pitcher. I'm not saying it couldn't happen. It just seems a very unlikely considering the Astros' actual needs. There insiders according to Tals hill and a couple other websites Hmmmm ... Here's a direct quote from one of the writers on Tal's Hill: climbingtalshill.com/2020/12/15/astros-perfect-fit-top-free-agent/Ya might wanna actually read the whole articles rather than just the headlines.  |
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Post by abregmanfan on Dec 17, 2020 16:09:58 GMT -6
A. The numbers say you shouldn't. B. We already have Diaz for relatively cheap so why bother with Profar? Better bat incase of injurys plays better def Who is deaf? |
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Post by thomasj13 on Dec 17, 2020 18:55:23 GMT -6
Better bat incase of injurys plays better def Who is deaf? Mos is |
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Post by abregmanfan on Dec 17, 2020 19:36:02 GMT -6
Both of my parents and my brothers just tested positive for covid. The hospital in Lufkin turned him away because all of the rooms are full. Smh.
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Post by talshill on Dec 17, 2020 22:13:31 GMT -6
Both of my parents and my brothers just tested positive for covid. The hospital in Lufkin turned him away because all of the rooms are full. Smh. Not surprised. Covid has changed the rules. Death rate is spiking. Unless a Covid patient's oxygen levels drop they aren't being admitted. There is already a nationwide shortage of nurses and I know a significant percentage are out with Covid themselves. It's a double whammy; nurses are out sick exactly when the numbers of Covid patient peak. Before this is done all the frontline nurses will be positive though they may not display symptoms. The repercussions of this illness is unlike anything I've seen in the 34 years I've been in medicine. |
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Post by talshill on Dec 17, 2020 22:31:58 GMT -6
Plus, being a Lufkin native I can tell you this: Lufkin's population is about 35,000. That number swells to around 85,000 during the day because it is the largest city in an 8 county area and thus is the largest employment and retail center around. It's market area is a staggering 400,000 people. It has two hospitals that can admit probably 250 people. They tend to stay pretty full under normal circumstances. When something like Covid comes along they get overwhelmed. Hell, even some Houston hospitals have been maxed out.
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Post by nathangarza29 on Dec 17, 2020 22:57:27 GMT -6
I didn't claim it was a source of mine I said I would look into what they where talking about number 1. U guys said the opposite of which I said. There's no way they bring Realmuto to this club on a big contract like he wants. With holes like they have in the OF. Ozuna would be good but again no way with all the DH options that will become avalaible to him when Universal DH goes threw eventually. So again I never said my source I said some insider suggest it |
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Dec 18, 2020 2:06:28 GMT -6
I didn't claim it was a source of mine I said I would look into what they where talking about number 1. Don't piss on my shoes and tell me it's raining, Sunshine. You claimed Tal's Hill was where you read some experts thought Realmuto would be good here. And I just showed you what they actually said. Claiming 'U guys said' is a weasel stunt. Don't even think about lumping what I said with whatever anyone else might have said. This is exactly what I said:Realmuto would be good anywhere. He's the second ranked FA this offseason and most consider him the best catcher in baseball right now. But I'm curious who these 'experts' are who think he's a good fit for the Astros ... who already have a solid catcher in Maldando. Especially considering Realmuto is likely to get Five years, $125MM. That's a significant cost for a team who doesn't need a catcher but does desperately need an outfielder and at least one elite relief pitcher. I'm not saying it couldn't happen. It just seems a very unlikely considering the Astros' actual needs. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Dec 18, 2020 2:10:29 GMT -6
Both of my parents and my brothers just tested positive for covid. The hospital in Lufkin turned him away because all of the rooms are full. Smh. Not surprised. Covid has changed the rules. Death rate is spiking. Unless a Covid patient's oxygen levels drop they aren't being admitted. There is already a nationwide shortage of nurses and I know a significant percentage are out with Covid themselves. It's a double whammy; nurses are out sick exactly when the numbers of Covid patient peak. Before this is done all the frontline nurses will be positive though they may not display symptoms. The repercussions of this illness is unlike anything I've seen in the 34 years I've been in medicine. I haven't been tested, but I've been mildly symptomatic for about a week (imo, my symptoms could also be CHF). My hospital started immunizations yesterday (Pfizer vaccine). |
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Post by talshill on Dec 18, 2020 3:32:10 GMT -6
Not surprised. Covid has changed the rules. Death rate is spiking. Unless a Covid patient's oxygen levels drop they aren't being admitted. There is already a nationwide shortage of nurses and I know a significant percentage are out with Covid themselves. It's a double whammy; nurses are out sick exactly when the numbers of Covid patient peak. Before this is done all the frontline nurses will be positive though they may not display symptoms. The repercussions of this illness is unlike anything I've seen in the 34 years I've been in medicine. I haven't been tested, but I've been mildly symptomatic for about a week (imo, my symptoms could also be CHF). My hospital started immunizations yesterday (Pfizer vaccine). I was diagnosed in early May. I had a minor cough and a low grade fever intermittently for around 2 weeks. The main symptom I had was fatigue which hung on for a few weeks even after I went back to work. I would sleep for 12 hours, get up and go into the living room, sit in a recliner and take another nap. When I began feeling better I still didn't have any endurance for a few weeks. I had no shortness of breath and never lost my sense of smell/taste though. You have a Hx of CHF? |
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Post by nathangarza29 on Dec 18, 2020 9:58:18 GMT -6
I didn't claim it was a source of mine I said I would look into what they where talking about number 1. Don't piss on my shoes and tell me it's raining, Sunshine. You claimed Tal's Hill was where you read some experts thought Realmuto would be good here. And I just showed you what they actually said. Claiming 'U guys said' is a weasel stunt. Don't even think about lumping what I said with whatever anyone else might have said. This is exactly what I said:Realmuto would be good anywhere. He's the second ranked FA this offseason and most consider him the best catcher in baseball right now. But I'm curious who these 'experts' are who think he's a good fit for the Astros ... who already have a solid catcher in Maldando. Especially considering Realmuto is likely to get Five years, $125MM. That's a significant cost for a team who doesn't need a catcher but does desperately need an outfielder and at least one elite relief pitcher. I'm not saying it couldn't happen. It just seems a very unlikely considering the Astros' actual needs. Don't really care what u think it clearly said a Insider says Astros are a great fit for Realmuto and could be best case scenario basically in so many words... Thats all I said |
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Post by abregmanfan on Dec 18, 2020 10:55:30 GMT -6
I haven't been tested, but I've been mildly symptomatic for about a week (imo, my symptoms could also be CHF). My hospital started immunizations yesterday (Pfizer vaccine). I was diagnosed in early May. I had a minor cough and a low grade fever intermittently for around 2 weeks. The main symptom I had was fatigue which hung on for a few weeks even after I went back to work. I would sleep for 12 hours, get up and go into the living room, sit in a recliner and take another nap. When I began feeling better I still didn't have any endurance for a few weeks. I had no shortness of breath and never lost my sense of smell/taste though. You have a Hx of CHF? I started showing symptoms over night. I am getting tested at noon. I have a fever, cough and my head feels like it's splitting. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Dec 18, 2020 12:01:16 GMT -6
I was diagnosed in early May. I had a minor cough and a low grade fever intermittently for around 2 weeks. The main symptom I had was fatigue which hung on for a few weeks even after I went back to work. I would sleep for 12 hours, get up and go into the living room, sit in a recliner and take another nap. When I began feeling better I still didn't have any endurance for a few weeks. I had no shortness of breath and never lost my sense of smell/taste though. You have a Hx of CHF? I started showing symptoms over night. I am getting tested at noon. I have a fever, cough and my head feels like it's splitting. Bortaz thinks you just have a case of eating Filipino food. |
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Post by m240 on Dec 18, 2020 12:04:01 GMT -6
I really doubt that Houston goes over the luxury tax limit this year. They have 35 million to spend and Brantley is 14, JBJ is 10, Hendricks is 10 and now you are at the limit. Hand would cost a projected 7, Yates 6 and Quintana would cost 9. And with that you still have no one to play first if Guirrel continues to suck. So big question, what do you do Mr Click to fill all the holes. Probably means the Astros would have to trade away some players, to make this work If we traded Grienke and signed Quintana it would not hurt my feelings. I am pretty sure though unless we eat another 10-15 million no one is going to bite on Grienke unless we toss in an prospect or two even if all they offer in return is a bag of oranges. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Dec 18, 2020 12:04:07 GMT -6
I was diagnosed in early May. I had a minor cough and a low grade fever intermittently for around 2 weeks. The main symptom I had was fatigue which hung on for a few weeks even after I went back to work. I would sleep for 12 hours, get up and go into the living room, sit in a recliner and take another nap. When I began feeling better I still didn't have any endurance for a few weeks. I had no shortness of breath and never lost my sense of smell/taste though. You have a Hx of CHF? I started showing symptoms over night. I am getting tested at noon. I have a fever, cough and my head feels like it's splitting. All kidding aside, which is hard for me to do, hopefully you recover quickly. I heard Vitamin C, D and B + Zinc helps. but that just came from an inside source that wasn't REALly MUch TOo knowledgeable. |
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Post by m240 on Dec 18, 2020 12:12:27 GMT -6
Looking at next year from a logistics perspective it looks pretty certain that we will have another shortened season. Based upon the release schedule published by both vaccine manufacturers we will only have about 120 million Americans vaccinated by the end of March. Based upon that and the fact that we currently have about 100 million cases of covid already having occurred with the resulting immunity, that could get us close to the point where herd immunity supposedly set in. If that happens as it seems to be scheduled to now that would mean that the teams could not start spring training until April and the season would start in May. So that looks like a 110-125 game season on tap for next year.
So that brings up another question from a logistics point of view. Are people being tested for the antibodies prior to getting the vaccine or are they just vaccinating groups without regard to whether they already have the antibodies.
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Post by m240 on Dec 18, 2020 12:15:35 GMT -6
I started showing symptoms over night. I am getting tested at noon. I have a fever, cough and my head feels like it's splitting. All kidding aside, which is hard for me to do, hopefully you recover quickly. I heard Vitamin C, D and B + Zinc helps. but that just came from an inside source that wasn't REALly MUch TOo knowledgeable. Bad luck. The good news is that you are not a member of the old shit club so your chances of surviving are over 99%, not saying it is good just good that you got that going for you if you indeed are afflicted. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Dec 18, 2020 12:26:30 GMT -6
Probably means the Astros would have to trade away some players, to make this work If we traded Grienke and signed Quintana it would not hurt my feelings. I am pretty sure though unless we eat another 10-15 million no one is going to bite on Grienke unless we toss in an prospect or two even if all they offer in return is a bag of oranges. Greinke, since the Diamondbacks is paying part of the tab, is $25M to us this year? I think he is totally tradeable. Maybe eat $10M, and maybe not that much, and hopefully that yields a good mlb ready prospect and another prospect that has a high ceiling. I do think Greinke >> Quintana. But Greinke << Quintana + Two Good Prospects. Could we move Bregman to SS this year, and trade Correa (if he will not sign a team friendly extension) to the Reds or Blue Jays....and sign Simmons to a one or two year deal. I think Simmons value took a hit last year, so I wouldn't think he would cost more than one year $10M or 2 years/$18M.. |
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Post by nathangarza29 on Dec 18, 2020 12:28:40 GMT -6
If we traded Grienke and signed Quintana it would not hurt my feelings. I am pretty sure though unless we eat another 10-15 million no one is going to bite on Grienke unless we toss in an prospect or two even if all they offer in return is a bag of oranges. Greinke, since the Diamondbacks is paying part of the tab, is $25M to us this year? I think he is totally tradeable. Maybe eat $10M, and maybe not that much, and hopefully that yields a good mlb ready prospect and another prospect that has a high ceiling. I do think Greinke >> Quintana. But Greinke << Quintana + Two Good Prospects. Could we move Bregman to SS this year, and trade Correa (if he will not sign a team friendly extension) to the Reds or Blue Jays....and sign Simmons to a one or two year deal. I think Simmons value took a hit last year, so I wouldn't think he would cost more than one year $10M or 2 years/$18M.. There was a rumor the Reds would be all ears on Correa. Nick Solak and a couple top 10s? |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Dec 18, 2020 12:32:24 GMT -6
I haven't been tested, but I've been mildly symptomatic for about a week (imo, my symptoms could also be CHF). My hospital started immunizations yesterday (Pfizer vaccine). I was diagnosed in early May. I had a minor cough and a low grade fever intermittently for around 2 weeks. The main symptom I had was fatigue which hung on for a few weeks even after I went back to work. I would sleep for 12 hours, get up and go into the living room, sit in a recliner and take another nap. When I began feeling better I still didn't have any endurance for a few weeks. I had no shortness of breath and never lost my sense of smell/taste though. You have a Hx of CHF? I had a bout of CHF about a year ago. My current symptoms started with extreme fatigue, a cough, and headache for about 5 days. Then one day last week, I walked about 200 yards and was so out of breath I couldn’t speak. Took about 10 minutes of deep breaths in the cool air to get my wind back...then I started having edema in both lower extremities even after diuresing with PRN lasix. Can sometimes barely get a breath while lying in the bed unless I elevate HOB fairly high. Also feel a lot of pressure in neck and head if I bend over at the waist. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Dec 18, 2020 14:59:11 GMT -6
I started showing symptoms over night. I am getting tested at noon. I have a fever, cough and my head feels like it's splitting. Bortaz thinks you just have a case of eating Filipino food. I have covid. |
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Post by talshill on Dec 18, 2020 18:38:30 GMT -6
I was diagnosed in early May. I had a minor cough and a low grade fever intermittently for around 2 weeks. The main symptom I had was fatigue which hung on for a few weeks even after I went back to work. I would sleep for 12 hours, get up and go into the living room, sit in a recliner and take another nap. When I began feeling better I still didn't have any endurance for a few weeks. I had no shortness of breath and never lost my sense of smell/taste though. You have a Hx of CHF? I had a bout of CHF about a year ago. My current symptoms started with extreme fatigue, a cough, and headache for about 5 days. Then one day last week, I walked about 200 yards and was so out of breath I couldn’t speak. Took about 10 minutes of deep breaths in the cool air to get my wind back...then I started having edema in both lower extremities even after diuresing with PRN lasix. Can sometimes barely get a breath while lying in the bed unless I elevate HOB fairly high. Also feel a lot of pressure in neck and head if I bend over at the waist. I'd say you're probably positive...and in fluid overload. |
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Post by talshill on Dec 18, 2020 18:47:14 GMT -6
Bortaz thinks you just have a case of eating Filipino food. I have covid. It was pretty inevitable, considering that your whole family had it. Although it doesn't toe the company line in medicine, I'll be frank and tell you that literally everyone is going to test positive at one time or another; it's just a matter of how badly it affects you. Humans are social creatures and Covid spreads relatively easily. I will tell you that from my first-hand experience the overwhelming majority of those hospitalized with it are in the 70-100 age group. I also don't believe that you can trust the government's mortality rates. If we have a death and they're positive at the time of death then Covid is included as a cause regardless whether it played a role or not. The most egregious example being a 20-something who managed to mangle himself in a car wreck. His autopsy showed he was positive, so Covid was listed as a cause of death. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Dec 18, 2020 18:59:53 GMT -6
It was pretty inevitable, considering that your whole family had it. Although it doesn't toe the company line in medicine, I'll be frank and tell you that literally everyone is going to test positive at one time or another; it's just a matter of how badly it affects you. Humans are social creatures and Covid spreads relatively easily. I will tell you that from my first-hand experience the overwhelming majority of those hospitalized with it are in the 70-100 age group. I also don't believe that you can trust the government's mortality rates. If we have a death and they're positive at the time of death then Covid is included as a cause regardless whether it played a role or not. The most egregious example being a 20-something who managed to mangle himself in a car wreck. His autopsy showed he was positive, so Covid was listed as a cause of death. They called in Azithromycin and Prenisone. I just took my first dose. |
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Post by talshill on Dec 18, 2020 20:22:58 GMT -6
It was pretty inevitable, considering that your whole family had it. Although it doesn't toe the company line in medicine, I'll be frank and tell you that literally everyone is going to test positive at one time or another; it's just a matter of how badly it affects you. Humans are social creatures and Covid spreads relatively easily. I will tell you that from my first-hand experience the overwhelming majority of those hospitalized with it are in the 70-100 age group. I also don't believe that you can trust the government's mortality rates. If we have a death and they're positive at the time of death then Covid is included as a cause regardless whether it played a role or not. The most egregious example being a 20-something who managed to mangle himself in a car wreck. His autopsy showed he was positive, so Covid was listed as a cause of death. They called in Azithromycin and Prenisone. I just took my first dose. Drink some fluids with the prednisone; it has a tendency to constipate some people. Zithromax is a good antibiotic if the Covid causes a secondary bacterial infection, otherwise it does nothing for the virus. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Dec 18, 2020 21:17:04 GMT -6
They called in Azithromycin and Prenisone. I just took my first dose. Drink some fluids with the prednisone; it has a tendency to constipate some people. Zithromax is a good antibiotic if the Covid causes a secondary bacterial infection, otherwise it does nothing for the virus. Thanks for the advice. Why do they call in Zithromax if it doesn't help? I feel like I have been ran over by a freight train. |
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