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Post by thomasj13 on May 11, 2022 11:22:54 GMT -6
What's the word on Enmanuel Valdez? He's raking it right now in Corpus Christi.
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Post by Ashitaka on May 14, 2022 15:40:31 GMT -6
What's the word on Enmanuel Valdez? He's raking it right now in Corpus Christi. LOL just now seeing this thread exists. I like him, though I doubt he's more than a utility guy long-term. The uptick in power over the last few years gives you hope for something more though. He's always drawn walks, so he could be a pretty decent OPS multi-position utility guy. Bats left, too. |
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Post by olpapa on May 14, 2022 20:04:34 GMT -6
Three of our top prospects having good games for Sugar Land tonight. Hunter Brown throwing a shutout through 5 innings with 6 Ks and only 1 walk. Pedro Leon and Korey Lee each 2-3 with their 6th home run of the season.
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Post by unionstation82 on May 14, 2022 20:57:40 GMT -6
Three of our top prospects having good games for Sugar Land tonight. Hunter Brown throwing a shutout through 5 innings with 6 Ks and only 1 walk. Pedro Leon and Korey Lee each 2-3 with their 6th home run of the season. Lee, if you’re reading this, please supplant one of our catchers by hitting decently. Thank you. |
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Post by Ashitaka on May 15, 2022 17:36:22 GMT -6
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Post by Ashitaka on May 15, 2022 17:41:11 GMT -6
That last post got me thinking. I think a bunch of folks are expecting trades for relivers, but I'm not so sure. The current bullpen is doing quite well, and aside from Paredes, other guys in AAA are also looking promising, like Mushinski, Blanco, Solomon, and Nick Hernandez, who I have no idea why is not in the Majors yet. I would rather see a starting pitcher; Odorizzi, Javier, and Urquidy don't inspire a ton of confidence for me, and Framber continues to have unexpected blowups from time to time. You're also still not sure about JV and McCullers' long-term health.
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Post by thomasj13 on May 15, 2022 17:48:44 GMT -6
That last post got me thinking. I think a bunch of folks are expecting trades for relivers, but I'm not so sure. The current bullpen is doing quite well, and aside from Paredes, other guys in AAA are also looking promising, like Mushinski, Blanco, Solomon, and Nick Hernandez, who I have no idea why is not in the Majors yet. I would rather see a starting pitcher; Odorizzi, Javier, and Urquidy don't inspire a ton of confidence for me, and Framber continues to have unexpected blowups from time to time. You're also still not sure about JV and McCullers' long-term health. Click is a Tampa guy, they love relievers.... |
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Post by thomasj13 on May 15, 2022 17:49:34 GMT -6
That last post got me thinking. I think a bunch of folks are expecting trades for relivers, but I'm not so sure. The current bullpen is doing quite well, and aside from Paredes, other guys in AAA are also looking promising, like Mushinski, Blanco, Solomon, and Nick Hernandez, who I have no idea why is not in the Majors yet. I would rather see a starting pitcher; Odorizzi, Javier, and Urquidy don't inspire a ton of confidence for me, and Framber continues to have unexpected blowups from time to time. You're also still not sure about JV and McCullers' long-term health. Example, Click traded away Straw for Maton.... |
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Post by unionstation82 on May 15, 2022 17:58:26 GMT -6
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on May 15, 2022 22:08:34 GMT -6
That last post got me thinking. I think a bunch of folks are expecting trades for relivers, but I'm not so sure. The current bullpen is doing quite well, and aside from Paredes, other guys in AAA are also looking promising, like Mushinski, Blanco, Solomon, and Nick Hernandez, who I have no idea why is not in the Majors yet. I would rather see a starting pitcher; Odorizzi, Javier, and Urquidy don't inspire a ton of confidence for me, and Framber continues to have unexpected blowups from time to time. You're also still not sure about JV and McCullers' long-term health. So, you're concerned about Odorizzi, Javier, Urquidi, Framber, McMullet, AND Verlander? LMFAO. |
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Post by Saint on May 16, 2022 6:18:41 GMT -6
With as much as teams going to the bullpen in the postseason, even with good starters, I just feel like we need to add another good lockdown reliever to the bullpen. Those guys in the minors might be fine additions at some point, but I think we need somebody ready right now for this postseason.
An upgrade at C and/or CF would be nice, but I'd love to add somebody high quality to the mix of Stanek, Neris, Pressly, and (currently) Montero.
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Post by unionstation82 on May 16, 2022 6:23:00 GMT -6
With as much as teams going to the bullpen in the postseason, even with good starters, I just feel like we need to add another good lockdown reliever to the bullpen. Those guys in the minors might be fine additions at some point, but I think we need somebody ready right now for this postseason. An upgrade at C and/or CF would be nice, but I'd love to add somebody high quality to the mix of Stanek, Neris, Pressly, and (currently) Montero. Guys in the minors like Paredes are not to be trusted in situations where you need strikes. |
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Post by Ashitaka on May 17, 2022 21:42:18 GMT -6
That last post got me thinking. I think a bunch of folks are expecting trades for relivers, but I'm not so sure. The current bullpen is doing quite well, and aside from Paredes, other guys in AAA are also looking promising, like Mushinski, Blanco, Solomon, and Nick Hernandez, who I have no idea why is not in the Majors yet. I would rather see a starting pitcher; Odorizzi, Javier, and Urquidy don't inspire a ton of confidence for me, and Framber continues to have unexpected blowups from time to time. You're also still not sure about JV and McCullers' long-term health. So, you're concerned about Odorizzi, Javier, Urquidi, Framber, McMullet, AND Verlander? LMFAO. You're not? Verlander is the only one on that list who has ever had a full, healthy, consistently good season in the last half decade, and he's almost 40 and just off Tommy John surgery. McCullers is hurt now and frequently in the past. Javier, Urquidy, and Framber are all blow-up prone. Odorizzi is dead. I'd feel a lot better with a good starter addition. |
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Post by Ashitaka on May 17, 2022 21:44:18 GMT -6
With as much as teams going to the bullpen in the postseason, even with good starters, I just feel like we need to add another good lockdown reliever to the bullpen. Those guys in the minors might be fine additions at some point, but I think we need somebody ready right now for this postseason. An upgrade at C and/or CF would be nice, but I'd love to add somebody high quality to the mix of Stanek, Neris, Pressly, and (currently) Montero. Maybe. But that desire led us to give up Straw and Toro for a couple of relivers, one a rental and the other who currently can't be trusted in an even semi-close game. I hate trading for relivers in-season, you always pay a terrible premium. Sign them in the off-season when all it costs you is money. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on May 18, 2022 7:49:27 GMT -6
So, you're concerned about Odorizzi, Javier, Urquidi, Framber, McMullet, AND Verlander? LMFAO. You're not? Verlander is the only one on that list who has ever had a full, healthy, consistently good season in the last half decade, and he's almost 40 and just off Tommy John surgery. McCullers is hurt now and frequently in the past. Javier, Urquidy, and Framber are all blow-up prone. Odorizzi is dead. I'd feel a lot better with a good starter addition. Thats one of the best rotations in baseball, son. If you could swap them enmasse for any other current rotation, who would you rather have? |
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Post by Ashitaka on May 18, 2022 8:15:33 GMT -6
You're not? Verlander is the only one on that list who has ever had a full, healthy, consistently good season in the last half decade, and he's almost 40 and just off Tommy John surgery. McCullers is hurt now and frequently in the past. Javier, Urquidy, and Framber are all blow-up prone. Odorizzi is dead. I'd feel a lot better with a good starter addition. Thats one of the best rotations in baseball, son. If you could swap them enmasse for any other current rotation, who would you rather have? Mets and Brewers for sure. An argument can be made for Yankees, Padres, Blue Jays, Giants, and maybe Dodgers. But that's really not the point. It's a good rotation, but every single member in it has significant questions/concerns about them in my mind. I'm advocating for upgrading just one of them. |
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Post by Saint on May 18, 2022 8:51:07 GMT -6
Thats one of the best rotations in baseball, son. If you could swap them enmasse for any other current rotation, who would you rather have? Mets and Brewers for sure. An argument can be made for Yankees, Padres, Blue Jays, Giants, and maybe Dodgers. But that's really not the point. It's a good rotation, but every single member in it has significant questions/concerns about them in my mind. I'm advocating for upgrading just one of them. But every one of those rotations has questions/concerns about some of their guys as well. I think getting Lance back will be the upgrade we need in the rotation. You're talking about a potential postseason rotation where Luis Garcia and his 3.35 career ERA is you're 4th best pitcher. And I agree with you on the Maton/Straw deal. I think they expected Maton to be better. (Although for the record, Straw is starting to cool off.) But, I still think they need a good reliever like they went and got Graveman. |
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Post by thomasj13 on May 18, 2022 13:05:23 GMT -6
Mets and Brewers for sure. An argument can be made for Yankees, Padres, Blue Jays, Giants, and maybe Dodgers. But that's really not the point. It's a good rotation, but every single member in it has significant questions/concerns about them in my mind. I'm advocating for upgrading just one of them. But every one of those rotations has questions/concerns about some of their guys as well. I think getting Lance back will be the upgrade we need in the rotation. You're talking about a potential postseason rotation where Luis Garcia and his 3.35 career ERA is you're 4th best pitcher. And I agree with you on the Maton/Straw deal. I think they expected Maton to be better. (Although for the record, Straw is starting to cool off.) But, I still think they need a good reliever like they went and got Graveman. Would have rather re-signed Graveman than signing Neris. I know Neris doing well, but I am skeptical...His stuff to me is average. |
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Post by Saint on May 18, 2022 13:34:31 GMT -6
But every one of those rotations has questions/concerns about some of their guys as well. I think getting Lance back will be the upgrade we need in the rotation. You're talking about a potential postseason rotation where Luis Garcia and his 3.35 career ERA is you're 4th best pitcher. And I agree with you on the Maton/Straw deal. I think they expected Maton to be better. (Although for the record, Straw is starting to cool off.) But, I still think they need a good reliever like they went and got Graveman. Would have rather re-signed Graveman than signing Neris. I know Neris doing well, but I am skeptical...His stuff to me is average. I'd have preferred them sign both. I'm assuming they were still holding out hope that Baez would come back and be effective. Since that was not the case, they need to add somebody. Somebody legit if we're going to give up any prospects. |
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Post by Ashitaka on May 18, 2022 15:37:11 GMT -6
Mets and Brewers for sure. An argument can be made for Yankees, Padres, Blue Jays, Giants, and maybe Dodgers. But that's really not the point. It's a good rotation, but every single member in it has significant questions/concerns about them in my mind. I'm advocating for upgrading just one of them. But every one of those rotations has questions/concerns about some of their guys as well. I think getting Lance back will be the upgrade we need in the rotation. You're talking about a potential postseason rotation where Luis Garcia and his 3.35 career ERA is you're 4th best pitcher. And I agree with you on the Maton/Straw deal. I think they expected Maton to be better. (Although for the record, Straw is starting to cool off.) But, I still think they need a good reliever like they went and got Graveman. I just hate mid-season reliever trades. You almost never get your money out of them; even if Maton were doing well right now, Straw would still be significantly more valuable. Considering they didn't resign Correa and therefore had plenty of cap space left, if they didn't pick up someone else (or resign Graveman) in the off-season and then give up value at the deadline to do what they should have just spent some money on during the winter, it's a massive failure in planning IMO. |
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Post by thomasj13 on May 18, 2022 15:42:29 GMT -6
But every one of those rotations has questions/concerns about some of their guys as well. I think getting Lance back will be the upgrade we need in the rotation. You're talking about a potential postseason rotation where Luis Garcia and his 3.35 career ERA is you're 4th best pitcher. And I agree with you on the Maton/Straw deal. I think they expected Maton to be better. (Although for the record, Straw is starting to cool off.) But, I still think they need a good reliever like they went and got Graveman. I just hate mid-season reliever trades. You almost never get your money out of them; even if Maton were doing well right now, Straw would still be significantly more valuable. Considering they didn't resign Correa and therefore had plenty of cap space left, if they didn't pick up someone else (or resign Graveman) in the off-season and then give up value at the deadline to do what they should have just spent some money on during the winter, it's a massive failure in planning IMO. Should have re-signed Graveman. He had some wicked stuff. |
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Post by unionstation82 on May 18, 2022 16:07:42 GMT -6
I just hate mid-season reliever trades. You almost never get your money out of them; even if Maton were doing well right now, Straw would still be significantly more valuable. Considering they didn't resign Correa and therefore had plenty of cap space left, if they didn't pick up someone else (or resign Graveman) in the off-season and then give up value at the deadline to do what they should have just spent some money on during the winter, it's a massive failure in planning IMO. Should have re-signed Graveman. He had some wicked stuff. The way they handled Graveman made no damn sense. I thought they’d either bring back Correa or that guy, but they went cheap. |
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Post by bearbryant on May 18, 2022 16:33:40 GMT -6
No one likes mid-season reliever trades. Suitors know they can set the asking price cause no GM with a team in contention wants to read he didn't do enough to help the bullpen when the season's over
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Post by Ashitaka on May 18, 2022 19:39:12 GMT -6
Here's a guy I like. 440 feet on this bomb. 22 years old, bats left, good power, great speed, can play some CF, and he's cut his strikeout rate and doubled his walk rate in AA this year compared to A+ last year.
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Post by unionstation82 on May 18, 2022 19:41:22 GMT -6
Here's a guy I like. 440 feet on this bomb. 22 years old, bats left, good power, great speed, can play some CF, and he's cut his strikeout rate and doubled his walk rate in AA this year compared to A+ last year. Whatever it is, they can’t trout out these strikeout artists as their starting CF’s. The catching situation is bad enough. |
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Post by bearbryant on May 19, 2022 16:39:26 GMT -6
deGrom and Scherzer both sidelined, maybe til the ASB
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Post by unionstation82 on May 19, 2022 18:43:34 GMT -6
deGrom and Scherzer both sidelined, maybe til the ASB Flushing, NY: where pitchers go to die. |
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Post by Ashitaka on May 21, 2022 0:52:13 GMT -6
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Post by thomasj13 on May 25, 2022 6:56:37 GMT -6
How would you rank the top five Astros prospects now?
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Post by m240 on May 25, 2022 8:40:32 GMT -6
With Brown stepping up I still say any trade for a bat starts with one of our current starters. With McCullers making more progress my expectation is that Click will pull the trigger in June. The main question I have is for who.
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