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Post by unionstation82 on Feb 28, 2021 12:12:23 GMT -6
Bielak sucks.
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Post by blcoach8 on Feb 28, 2021 12:17:19 GMT -6
I think he will be better. Has a chance to make the club.
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Post by blcoach8 on Feb 28, 2021 17:26:33 GMT -6
Bielak didn't get off to a good start at showing improvement.........4 runs and 4 hits in two innings. On a brighter note, Jose is in mid-season form.......already grounded into a DP in his first spring game. LOL LOL
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Post by abregmanfan on Feb 28, 2021 19:39:37 GMT -6
Good to see Straw and Castro go a combined 4-4.
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Post by blcoach8 on Feb 28, 2021 21:12:25 GMT -6
Good to see Straw and Castro go a combined 4-4. Those are two bright spots, especially Straw. If Castro hits, that is a HUGE plus. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Mar 1, 2021 3:10:20 GMT -6
Good to see Straw and Castro go a combined 4-4. Those are two bright spots, especially Straw. If Castro hits, that is a HUGE plus. It will be tremendous if Straw can come through this season. I am hoping for him .280/.365/.400 slash line. Which to me, would mean he would have a chance to leadoff. Castro, as his career numbers have shown, I don't see being an offensive weapon. If he has .680+ OPS this year, I think the Astros would take it. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Mar 1, 2021 10:09:11 GMT -6
Those are two bright spots, especially Straw. If Castro hits, that is a HUGE plus. It will be tremendous if Straw can come through this season. I am hoping for him .280/.365/.400 slash line. Which to me, would mean he would have a chance to leadoff. Castro, as his career numbers have shown, I don't see being an offensive weapon. If he has .680+ OPS this year, I think the Astros would take it. Straw putting up those numbers would mean a lot more than what we get from Castro. If Straw does that, we should have a fantastic offense and he should be the leadoff hitter. MLB network is televising the Astros-Mets tomorrow at 3:00. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Mar 1, 2021 11:29:38 GMT -6
It will be tremendous if Straw can come through this season. I am hoping for him .280/.365/.400 slash line. Which to me, would mean he would have a chance to leadoff. Castro, as his career numbers have shown, I don't see being an offensive weapon. If he has .680+ OPS this year, I think the Astros would take it. Straw putting up those numbers would mean a lot more than what we get from Castro. If Straw does that, we should have a fantastic offense and he should be the leadoff hitter. MLB network is televising the Astros-Mets tomorrow at 3:00. Astros have so many players that are relatively inexperienced/not established. I think even Tucker, Alvarez, Urquidy, Valdez, all fall under this category, but for discussion sake, say they keep producing, how would you rank in importance these younger players having a good 2021: Javier, Straw, Paredes, Whitley, Scrubb, Taylor, Toro And what non-headliner vets are important for the Astros to have a good year (in ranking) Baez, Diaz, Smith, Cishek, Castro, Pruitt |
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Post by blcoach8 on Mar 1, 2021 12:18:30 GMT -6
Straw putting up those numbers would mean a lot more than what we get from Castro. If Straw does that, we should have a fantastic offense and he should be the leadoff hitter. MLB network is televising the Astros-Mets tomorrow at 3:00. Astros have so many players that are relatively inexperienced/not established. I think even Tucker, Alvarez, Urquidy, Valdez, all fall under this category, but for discussion sake, say they keep producing, how would you rank in importance these younger players having a good 2021: Javier, Straw, Paredes, Whitley, Scrubb, Taylor, Toro And what non-headliner vets are important for the Astros to have a good year (in ranking) Baez, Diaz, Smith, Cishek, Castro, Pruitt first group in order: Straw, Javier, Paredes, Taylor, Whitley. Scubb, Toro. I have little hopes in Toro ever being worth a roster spot. Second group: Baez, Diaz, Castro, Cishek, Pruitt. I won't hold my breath waiting on Pruitt to throw a pitch. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Mar 1, 2021 14:39:02 GMT -6
Back to back to back HR against Cichesbjutvfik
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Post by Saint on Mar 1, 2021 14:52:16 GMT -6
What are the odds that Souza could pull another 2017 out of his a$$?
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Post by blcoach8 on Mar 1, 2021 15:09:43 GMT -6
What are the odds that Souza could pull another 2017 out of his a$$? It is too early to give Click a grade on his work in the off-season, but, I am not the least bit excited over any of the new guys he signed other than Leon. The best thing besides that signing was re-signing Brantley. Castro should be adequate. Other than the possibility of Baez, Click didn't do anything to strengthen the pitching. |
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Post by Saint on Mar 1, 2021 15:52:22 GMT -6
What are the odds that Souza could pull another 2017 out of his a$$? It is too early to give Click a grade on his work in the off-season, but, I am not the least bit excited over any of the new guys he signed other than Leon. The best thing besides that signing was re-signing Brantley. Castro should be adequate. Other than the possibility of Baez, Click didn't do anything to strengthen the pitching. Unless you were all set for them to trade players of value, I'm not sure what else you think could have been done without blowing past the luxury tax mark. We're probably fortunate we were even able to get Brantley back. I look at it like this, our team was good enough to go to game 7 of the ALCS last year despite not playing close to their best baseball. Since then, we've improved the bullpen a little and the catching situation, our rotation isn't any worse, our infield isn't any worse, and our OF, while obviously lesser offensively, is likely better defensively. And, if Yordan is healthy enough to DH, our overall offense is certainly no worse than it was last year, and maybe better if we think that Bregman, Correa, Gurriel, and Altuve should all do at least a little better than the crappy year that was 2020. Plus, we have a little wiggle room payroll-wise come the trade deadline, and added a good looking OF prospect. I wouldn't call it a great offseason, but I think it was about as good as we could have hoped for given our current financial constraints and limited farm system. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Mar 1, 2021 16:14:46 GMT -6
It is too early to give Click a grade on his work in the off-season, but, I am not the least bit excited over any of the new guys he signed other than Leon. The best thing besides that signing was re-signing Brantley. Castro should be adequate. Other than the possibility of Baez, Click didn't do anything to strengthen the pitching. Unless you were all set for them to trade players of value, I'm not sure what else you think could have been done without blowing past the luxury tax mark. We're probably fortunate we were even able to get Brantley back. I look at it like this, our team was good enough to go to game 7 of the ALCS last year despite not playing close to their best baseball. Since then, we've improved the bullpen a little and the catching situation, our rotation isn't any worse, our infield isn't any worse, and our OF, while obviously lesser offensively, is likely better defensively. And, if Yordan is healthy enough to DH, our overall offense is certainly no worse than it was last year, and maybe better if we think that Bregman, Correa, Gurriel, and Altuve should all do at least a little better than the crappy year that was 2020. Plus, we have a little wiggle room payroll-wise come the trade deadline, and added a good looking OF prospect. I wouldn't call it a great offseason, but I think it was about as good as we could have hoped for given our current financial constraints and limited farm system. It is too early to tell if he improved the pen. If Baez does a good job, he did. I won't trust Joe Smith until I see him in several games. |
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Post by Saint on Mar 2, 2021 8:02:40 GMT -6
Unless you were all set for them to trade players of value, I'm not sure what else you think could have been done without blowing past the luxury tax mark. We're probably fortunate we were even able to get Brantley back. I look at it like this, our team was good enough to go to game 7 of the ALCS last year despite not playing close to their best baseball. Since then, we've improved the bullpen a little and the catching situation, our rotation isn't any worse, our infield isn't any worse, and our OF, while obviously lesser offensively, is likely better defensively. And, if Yordan is healthy enough to DH, our overall offense is certainly no worse than it was last year, and maybe better if we think that Bregman, Correa, Gurriel, and Altuve should all do at least a little better than the crappy year that was 2020. Plus, we have a little wiggle room payroll-wise come the trade deadline, and added a good looking OF prospect. I wouldn't call it a great offseason, but I think it was about as good as we could have hoped for given our current financial constraints and limited farm system. It is too early to tell if he improved the pen. If Baez does a good job, he did. I won't trust Joe Smith until I see him in several games. He added two veterans, one with proven success, so the pen is better on paper going into the season than it was by default. It might not end up that way, because you never know how young players will develop or people will stay healthy, but he added better pitchers than we lost. |
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