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Post by Saint on Mar 28, 2022 1:50:12 GMT -6
I believe they're also counting on the division being weaker than last year… They count on that every year. Hard to argue with their results. |
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Post by Ashitaka on Mar 28, 2022 2:00:33 GMT -6
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Post by Saint on Mar 28, 2022 2:52:13 GMT -6
I wonder if Peter Solomon has any future with us...
Obviously it's pretty much only as a minor leaguer, but as a professional, he is now 18-2 with a 3.30 ERA and about 10 K/9. His walk rate is a little high and not playing in 2020 certainly slowed him down...
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Mar 28, 2022 9:30:17 GMT -6
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Mar 28, 2022 12:13:57 GMT -6
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Post by Ashitaka on Mar 28, 2022 13:48:14 GMT -6
3.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K for Framber today.
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Post by Saint on Mar 28, 2022 21:40:13 GMT -6
Not too many surprises there. Hopefully we can see similar this year... Good link. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Mar 29, 2022 6:18:26 GMT -6
There's no doubt that offensively we're weaker on paper than we were this time last year. But we also said the same thing last year with the loss of Springer and it worked out fine. (Although the loss of Springer's amazing postseason production was certainly felt.) However, I think we have the chance for the pitching to be better. Plus, while we may not have the power we have had in the past, we have some exciting young talent in the OF and SS that could provide more speed than we normally see. Plus I think our defense will remain excellent overall. They seem to be banking a lot on: Bregman returning to 2018/2019 form. Yuli, Brantley, and Altuve at least maintaining their 2021 versions. Tucker and Yordan continue to develop and produce. Pena and the young OFers at least being average offensive players with good defense and baserunning. I believe they're also counting on the division being weaker than last year, and making some additions before the trade deadline. Maybe a Contreras rental or something. I would all be for Contreras.....The trick is how the Astros would get him without giving up on of their top prospects. That is why I proposed a 3 team trade, Astros take on a short term expensive contract from another team, who is needing to dump salary to sign a more expensive free agent. And for taking on the.contract, they will give away one of their top prospects. |
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Post by Saint on Mar 29, 2022 8:39:47 GMT -6
There's no doubt that offensively we're weaker on paper than we were this time last year. But we also said the same thing last year with the loss of Springer and it worked out fine. (Although the loss of Springer's amazing postseason production was certainly felt.) However, I think we have the chance for the pitching to be better. Plus, while we may not have the power we have had in the past, we have some exciting young talent in the OF and SS that could provide more speed than we normally see. Plus I think our defense will remain excellent overall. They seem to be banking a lot on: Bregman returning to 2018/2019 form. Yuli, Brantley, and Altuve at least maintaining their 2021 versions. Tucker and Yordan continue to develop and produce. Pena and the young OFers at least being average offensive players with good defense and baserunning. I believe they're also counting on the division being weaker than last year, and making some additions before the trade deadline. Maybe a Contreras rental or something. I would all be for Contreras.....The trick is how the Astros would get him without giving up on of their top prospects. That is why I proposed a 3 team trade, Astros take on a short term expensive contract from another team, who is needing to dump salary to sign a more expensive free agent. And for taking on the.contract, they will give away one of their top prospects. I'm not as overly concerned with trading some prospects now that we're no longer hindered with the loss of our top prospects from the punishment. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Mar 29, 2022 8:52:21 GMT -6
I would all be for Contreras.....The trick is how the Astros would get him without giving up on of their top prospects. That is why I proposed a 3 team trade, Astros take on a short term expensive contract from another team, who is needing to dump salary to sign a more expensive free agent. And for taking on the.contract, they will give away one of their top prospects. I'm not as overly concerned with trading some prospects now that we're no longer hindered with the loss of our top prospects from the punishment. I'm because most prospects drafted, even the top ones, take at least two years in the minors before getting the call to the majors. I am not for trading Pena, Leon, Lee and Brown. They are the future on a team with 2023 pending free agents: Brantley, Guriel, Pressley and Verlander (player option). Also Diaz, then to lesser extents: Maldonado and Castro. Hopefully the Astros would avoid trading away Yanier Diaz, Dubin and Solomon. Plus no sense to trade low on Whitley. |
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Post by Saint on Mar 29, 2022 9:03:52 GMT -6
I'm not as overly concerned with trading some prospects now that we're no longer hindered with the loss of our top prospects from the punishment. I'm because most prospects drafted, even the top ones, take at least two years in the minors before getting the call to the majors. I am not for trading Pena, Leon, Lee and Brown. They are the future on a team with 2023 pending free agents: Brantley, Guriel, Pressley and Verlander (player option). Also Diaz, then to lesser extents: Maldonado and Castro. Hopefully the Astros would avoid trading away Yanier Diaz, Dubin and Solomon. Plus no sense to trade low on Whitley. As long as they don't trade all of them we're fine. If we do lose all of those guys, we free up more money too. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Mar 29, 2022 9:11:49 GMT -6
I'm because most prospects drafted, even the top ones, take at least two years in the minors before getting the call to the majors. I am not for trading Pena, Leon, Lee and Brown. They are the future on a team with 2023 pending free agents: Brantley, Guriel, Pressley and Verlander (player option). Also Diaz, then to lesser extents: Maldonado and Castro. Hopefully the Astros would avoid trading away Yanier Diaz, Dubin and Solomon. Plus no sense to trade low on Whitley. As long as they don't trade all of them we're fine. If we do lose all of those guys, we free up more money too. The next two years of available free agents are pretty abysmal. Well outside of shortstop next year. |
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Post by Saint on Mar 29, 2022 10:28:55 GMT -6
As long as they don't trade all of them we're fine. If we do lose all of those guys, we free up more money too. The next two years of available free agents are pretty abysmal. Well outside of shortstop next year. Not a lot of long term candidates, but several good short term veterans available for various positions. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Mar 29, 2022 12:45:22 GMT -6
As long as they don't trade all of them we're fine. If we do lose all of those guys, we free up more money too. The next two years of available free agents are pretty abysmal. Well outside of shortstop next year. TREA TURNER |
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Post by thomasj13 on Mar 29, 2022 13:11:16 GMT -6
The next two years of available free agents are pretty abysmal. Well outside of shortstop next year. TREA TURNER He is going to be as rich as Ted Turner. I don't like long-term contracts, but I would not be opposed to offering Turner 7 years/$266M.... But I wouldn't be surprised if some team didn't offer him 10year/$350M. |
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Post by Saint on Mar 29, 2022 13:31:42 GMT -6
JV was on fire today. If he stays healthy, our rotation looks very strong.
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Post by unionstation82 on Mar 29, 2022 13:51:57 GMT -6
JV was on fire today. If he stays healthy, our rotation looks very strong. Only problem is the innings limit. |
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Post by Saint on Mar 29, 2022 13:57:01 GMT -6
JV was on fire today. If he stays healthy, our rotation looks very strong. Only problem is the innings limit. Eh? |
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Post by unionstation82 on Mar 29, 2022 14:00:36 GMT -6
Only problem is the innings limit. Eh? Don’t post-TJS pitchers have a monitored workload? |
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Post by Saint on Mar 29, 2022 14:35:09 GMT -6
Don’t post-TJS pitchers have a monitored workload? I think JV will do what he wants as long as he's feeling good. Although I don't expect him to be throwing many 95+ pitch count games very soon. |
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Post by paastrosfan on Mar 29, 2022 19:43:36 GMT -6
Man Marwin is raking for his new team.
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Post by kyledriver1980 on Mar 30, 2022 5:20:28 GMT -6
JV was on fire today. If he stays healthy, our rotation looks very strong. All the starters have looked great this spring. JV: 8.2 innings, 0 runs allowed, 10 Ks. Framber: 3 innings, 0 runs allowed, 3 Ks. Garcia: 2 innings, 0 runs allowed, 3 Ks. Odorizzi: 2 innings, 0 runs allowed, 1 K. Now who is the 5th starter until LMJ is healthy? |
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Post by olpapa on Mar 30, 2022 6:49:01 GMT -6
JV was on fire today. If he stays healthy, our rotation looks very strong. All the starters have looked great this spring. JV: 8.2 innings, 0 runs allowed, 10 Ks. Framber: 3 innings, 0 runs allowed, 3 Ks. Garcia: 2 innings, 0 runs allowed, 3 Ks. Odorizzi: 2 innings, 0 runs allowed, 1 K. Now who is the 5th starter until LMJ is healthy? Urquidy? |
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Mar 30, 2022 8:03:54 GMT -6
All the starters have looked great this spring. JV: 8.2 innings, 0 runs allowed, 10 Ks. Framber: 3 innings, 0 runs allowed, 3 Ks. Garcia: 2 innings, 0 runs allowed, 3 Ks. Odorizzi: 2 innings, 0 runs allowed, 1 K. Now who is the 5th starter until LMJ is healthy? Urquidy? Sounds right to me. I read Javier will start the season in the pen. But he'd also be a viable option as a starter, if needed. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Mar 30, 2022 8:34:53 GMT -6
Man Marwin is raking for his new team. No one cares about Marwin hitting in spring training. He will be hitting .220 soon enough, and probably get cut. I'm just hoping he never plays for the Astros again. No one cares about the NYY ever. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Mar 30, 2022 8:49:43 GMT -6
Man Marwin is raking for his new team. No one cares about Marwin hitting in spring training. He will be hitting .220 soon enough, and probably get cut. I'm just hoping he never plays for the Astros again. No one cares about the NYY ever. Let's Go Mets!!!! |
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Post by Saint on Mar 30, 2022 11:15:55 GMT -6
Looking at our young OFers numbers from last year, I'm very surprised that we're not seeing more activity with them looking at OFers. I want to give Chas and Meyers a chance, but those strikeout numbers are concerning. I really feel like they need to bite the bullet and go after Comforto then move Tucker to CF. At least while we those guys get a little more seasoning...
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Post by olpapa on Mar 30, 2022 11:58:58 GMT -6
Pena made a pretty slick play yesterday on a throw in from the outfield when he duped the base runner who had rounded second and tagged him out. Only problem was that Pena duped the second base umpire too and he missed the call. Heady play by the rookie.
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Post by Ashitaka on Mar 30, 2022 12:10:37 GMT -6
Don’t post-TJS pitchers have a monitored workload? I think JV will do what he wants as long as he's feeling good. Although I don't expect him to be throwing many 95+ pitch count games very soon. Yeah he pretty much said this in an interview 1-2 weeks ago. Said there was going to be nothing different or any workload limits unless he hits a problem at some point (tiredness or arm deadness etc.) |
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Post by unionstation82 on Mar 30, 2022 12:15:51 GMT -6
Man Marwin is raking for his new team. No one cares about Marwin hitting in spring training. He will be hitting .220 soon enough, and probably get cut. I'm just hoping he never plays for the Astros again. No one cares about the NYY ever. LOL you can’t stop Crane. |
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