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Post by Saint on Feb 6, 2023 10:52:51 GMT -6
I fear that a lot of you guys are overly smitten by Hensley, based on just a small sampling of playing time at the MLB level. It will not surprise me at all to see him fall off the planet this coming season and get sent down. It was the 200+ games in AA and AAA before we brought him up that has me smitten. The .290+ AVG and .390+ OBP. I certainly wouldn't expect him to do that in the majors, necessarily, but even a .260/.340 type hitter would be great if he can play multiple positions. The fact that being promoted didn't seem to slow him down at all, and that he went 2-7 in the most pressure-filled series of a player's career was icing on the cake. |
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Post by Saint on Feb 6, 2023 10:56:18 GMT -6
Yes, Jim Carrey is a moron. There are some pretty good scenes in Ace Ventura Pet Detective.... As a whole he's annoying, but some stuff (parts/scenes in a movie) he's done is just hilarious. I don't think he's that funny. But Liar Liar was entertaining, and 23 was underrated. |
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Post by Saint on Feb 6, 2023 10:58:46 GMT -6
What is it about him you don’t like? His effort? He is insult to every intelligent person then again most people who watch movies all the time are not that bright to begin with. I'm going to disagree with that completely. People that base their logic on movies are not going to be that bright. Watching movies for fun is just another form of entertainment. |
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Post by m240 on Feb 6, 2023 14:44:29 GMT -6
I am so bored I have been in my back yard for the last two hours teaching my lab how to be a better short stop. She has great range but lacks an effective arm.
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Post by Saint on Feb 6, 2023 14:51:11 GMT -6
I am so bored I have been in my back yard for the last two hours teaching my lab how to be a better short stop. She has great range but lacks an effective arm. Kind of sounds like Bagwell in his final seasons. |
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Post by Ashitaka on Feb 6, 2023 15:32:41 GMT -6
I fear that a lot of you guys are overly smitten by Hensley, based on just a small sampling of playing time at the MLB level. It will not surprise me at all to see him fall off the planet this coming season and get sent down. It was the 200+ games in AA and AAA before we brought him up that has me smitten. The .290+ AVG and .390+ OBP. I certainly wouldn't expect him to do that in the majors, necessarily, but even a .260/.340 type hitter would be great if he can play multiple positions. The fact that being promoted didn't seem to slow him down at all, and that he went 2-7 in the most pressure-filled series of a player's career was icing on the cake. Yeah this. With his performance in the top two levels and then MLB, and that walk rate, he only needs to play decent defense and get on base a third of his PA and he'll be perfectly fine as a utility guy. |
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Post by Saint on Feb 6, 2023 15:47:55 GMT -6
So Altuve and Yordan were named top at their positions in MLB (the Astros were the only team with two players to make the list): www.mlb.com/astros/news/best-mlb-player-each-position-2023As good of an offensive season as Altuve had, Andes Gimenez is breathing right down his neck when you factor in defense. Honestly, Gimenez is probably the better all-around 2B at this point, but he'll have to do it for more than just one season. Still good to see Altuve get some love. It's things like that which will help him build his reputation back. |
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Post by churchill on Feb 6, 2023 16:22:11 GMT -6
The far left has been a thing since before there was a United States but it really began to amp up in the 20th century. It hit a higher gear under FDR and his “New Deal” which turned into a raw deal. Then LBJ addicted people to government checks. The fact is that the longer our republic exists the more detached the government has become from the common person and common sense regardless of political affiliation. I believe it was Khrushchev who predicted that the U. S. would fall without a shot fired. Judging from the beliefs and attitudes of young people today and their ignorance of how the world really works he may be proven right. Socrates and Plato wrote of the tyranny of the majority, and I do not remember the exact phraseology, but in essence, when 50% + 1 determine that they can take from the 50% - 1 and grant that to themselves then their society is doomed to fail. That battle is being fought today and if we allow government education to continue on its current path for much longer then history books will not be kind to these past few generations of Americans. Then you should really hate the filibuster, because 41 senators can block 59 senators. Now that is way worse than your analogy... |
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Post by thomasj13 on Feb 6, 2023 20:20:38 GMT -6
Regardless of position, which remaining free agent is the best hitter?
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Post by olpapa on Feb 6, 2023 20:32:20 GMT -6
Socrates and Plato wrote of the tyranny of the majority, and I do not remember the exact phraseology, but in essence, when 50% + 1 determine that they can take from the 50% - 1 and grant that to themselves then their society is doomed to fail. That battle is being fought today and if we allow government education to continue on its current path for much longer then history books will not be kind to these past few generations of Americans. Then you should really hate the filibuster, because 41 senators can block 59 senators. Now that is way worse than your analogy... What do you have to say about this, Winston? “@johnrobertsfox · Follow After @potus @joebiden denounced the rampant abuse of the filibuster last year, we did some digging. Republicans used it once. Democrats used it 327 times. @foxnews 10:35 AM · Mar 26, 2021” |
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Post by Saint on Feb 6, 2023 21:48:35 GMT -6
Regardless of position, which remaining free agent is the best hitter? From just an overall production standpoint I would probably say Voit. |
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Post by Ashitaka on Feb 6, 2023 23:49:26 GMT -6
Regardless of position, which remaining free agent is the best hitter? Voit. Unless Yuli's October rebirth was real and not just some streakiness. Gary Sanchez maybe if he can rebound a lot. |
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Post by bearbryant on Feb 7, 2023 0:36:15 GMT -6
I fear that a lot of you guys are overly smitten by Hensley, based on just a small sampling of playing time at the MLB level. It will not surprise me at all to see him fall off the planet this coming season and get sent down. It was the 200+ games in AA and AAA before we brought him up that has me smitten. The .290+ AVG and .390+ OBP. I certainly wouldn't expect him to do that in the majors, necessarily, but even a .260/.340 type hitter would be great if he can play multiple positions. The fact that being promoted didn't seem to slow him down at all, and that he went 2-7 in the most pressure-filled series of a player's career was icing on the cake. I'm concerned about the pitching and fielding not being as dominant, despite likely having to continue carrying an offense that didn't do much in the way of adding firepower over the winter. And Bregman playing hurt cause he logged so many games last year and his whole history he's had with that |
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Post by Saint on Feb 7, 2023 8:37:35 GMT -6
It was the 200+ games in AA and AAA before we brought him up that has me smitten. The .290+ AVG and .390+ OBP. I certainly wouldn't expect him to do that in the majors, necessarily, but even a .260/.340 type hitter would be great if he can play multiple positions. The fact that being promoted didn't seem to slow him down at all, and that he went 2-7 in the most pressure-filled series of a player's career was icing on the cake. I'm concerned about the pitching and fielding not being as dominant, despite likely having to continue carrying an offense that didn't do much in the way of adding firepower over the winter. And Bregman playing hurt cause he logged so many games last year and his whole history he's had with that Well, it would be hard for the pitching to be as good as it was last year when you lose a CY winner, but I don't think we'll see a big drop-off. (Especially if Lance can stay relatively healthy like he did in 2021.) The important thing is that we still have a pretty good depth with the pitching. It looks like we'll start the year with 6 solid-to-great starting pitchers, and a bullpen possibly deep enough to leave either Maton or Martinez in AAA to start the year. The defense for everyone is going to be a question mark when it comes to how they'll all deal with the adjustments to less shifting. I don't think it will be as good either though. On the plus side, there's no reason to believe that our offense won't be improved with the addition of Abreu. Probably not as good as 2019, but maybe back up to 2021 standards. I think it will mostly balance out the decrease in defense. I don't see any reason to believe Bregman won't be healthy. He has said he feels great, and he didn't have any major issues last year until the broken finger (which has supposedly healed fine). I'm more concerned with keeping Yordan healthy, and how healthy will Altuve and Brantley be? |
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Post by m240 on Feb 7, 2023 9:47:03 GMT -6
Socrates and Plato wrote of the tyranny of the majority, and I do not remember the exact phraseology, but in essence, when 50% + 1 determine that they can take from the 50% - 1 and grant that to themselves then their society is doomed to fail. That battle is being fought today and if we allow government education to continue on its current path for much longer then history books will not be kind to these past few generations of Americans. Then you should really hate the filibuster, because 41 senators can block 59 senators. Now that is way worse than your analogy... I will chalk up the stupidity of this comment to our education system. The filibuster is the very essence of a system designed to block the tyranny of the majority. |
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Post by churchill on Feb 7, 2023 12:18:53 GMT -6
Then you should really hate the filibuster, because 41 senators can block 59 senators. Now that is way worse than your analogy... I will chalk up the stupidity of this comment to our education system. The filibuster is the very essence of a system designed to block the tyranny of the majority. So we get minority rule instead. Majority rules is the main principle of a Democratic Republic. |
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Post by bearbryant on Feb 7, 2023 13:01:28 GMT -6
I'm concerned about the pitching and fielding not being as dominant, despite likely having to continue carrying an offense that didn't do much in the way of adding firepower over the winter. And Bregman playing hurt cause he logged so many games last year and his whole history he's had with that I don't see any reason to believe Bregman won't be healthy. He has said he feels great, and he didn't have any major issues last year until the broken finger (which has supposedly healed fine). Habitually Bregman's issues have been the muscle tissue in his legs in one form or another. Those problems tend to be recurrent |
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Post by Saint on Feb 7, 2023 13:15:55 GMT -6
I don't see any reason to believe Bregman won't be healthy. He has said he feels great, and he didn't have any major issues last year until the broken finger (which has supposedly healed fine). Habitually Bregman's issues have been the muscle tissue in his legs in one form or another. Those problems tend to be recurrent Sure, but by their late 20's most of these athletes have had muscle issues in their legs of some sort. Realistically we should worry about most of these guys. Bregman's been mostly a very healthy player outside of 2020-2021 when Covid and late STs really messed up a lot of players. On normal seasons he's played 150 Games every time. I actually think he's due for another monster year in 2023. He just needs to get off to a better start this year. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Feb 7, 2023 13:25:46 GMT -6
Habitually Bregman's issues have been the muscle tissue in his legs in one form or another. Those problems tend to be recurrent Sure, but by their late 20's most of these athletes have had muscle issues in their legs of some sort. Realistically we should worry about most of these guys. Bregman's been mostly a very healthy player outside of 2020-2021 when Covid and late STs really messed up a lot of players. On normal seasons he's played 150 Games every time. I actually think he's due for another monster year in 2023. He just needs to get off to a better start this year. Preach on!!! |
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Post by bearbryant on Feb 7, 2023 13:30:44 GMT -6
Habitually Bregman's issues have been the muscle tissue in his legs in one form or another. Those problems tend to be recurrent Sure, but by their late 20's most of these athletes have had muscle issues in their legs of some sort. Realistically we should worry about most of these guys. Bregman's been mostly a very healthy player outside of 2020-2021 when Covid and late STs really messed up a lot of players. On normal seasons he's played 150 Games every time. I actually think he's due for another monster year in 2023. He just needs to get off to a better start this year. Right but he logs 150 games cause he's a gamer not necessarily cause he's playing pain-free. He's always an OBP machine, but whether he produces tends to depend on a sore quad here or there. I remember one season he opened with a great April and fell way off in May, so I tend to have that concern with him |
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Post by bearbryant on Feb 7, 2023 13:50:02 GMT -6
Bregman's our most valuable player by the way, and I don't see where the debate is. He gets on base and plays elite defense
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Post by Saint on Feb 7, 2023 14:30:03 GMT -6
Sure, but by their late 20's most of these athletes have had muscle issues in their legs of some sort. Realistically we should worry about most of these guys. Bregman's been mostly a very healthy player outside of 2020-2021 when Covid and late STs really messed up a lot of players. On normal seasons he's played 150 Games every time. I actually think he's due for another monster year in 2023. He just needs to get off to a better start this year. Right but he logs 150 games cause he's a gamer not necessarily cause he's playing pain-free. He's always an OBP machine, but whether he produces tends to depend on a sore quad here or there. I remember one season he opened with a great April and fell way off in May, so I tend to have that concern with him Well that's true. I wish we had more gamers in the league. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Feb 7, 2023 14:36:59 GMT -6
Bregman's our most valuable player by the way, and I don't see where the debate is. He gets on base and plays elite defense He’s always been the smartest hitter at the plate. When his production returned this season, he clearly returned to best Astro hitter form. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Feb 7, 2023 14:51:18 GMT -6
Bregman's our most valuable player by the way, and I don't see where the debate is. He gets on base and plays elite defense He’s always been the smartest hitter at the plate. When his production returned this season, he clearly returned to best Astro hitter form. Yeah but so many here wanted to abandon ship on him, like they do Altuve every year. |
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Post by m240 on Feb 7, 2023 15:13:19 GMT -6
I will chalk up the stupidity of this comment to our education system. The filibuster is the very essence of a system designed to block the tyranny of the majority. So we get minority rule instead. Majority rules is the main principle of a Democratic Republic. Before I respond to this I have to make sure I am not being a bully to some little kid. How old approximately are you, have you graduated from high school. |
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Post by Ashitaka on Feb 7, 2023 15:29:53 GMT -6
Habitually Bregman's issues have been the muscle tissue in his legs in one form or another. Those problems tend to be recurrent Sure, but by their late 20's most of these athletes have had muscle issues in their legs of some sort. Realistically we should worry about most of these guys. Bregman's been mostly a very healthy player outside of 2020-2021 when Covid and late STs really messed up a lot of players. On normal seasons he's played 150 Games every time. I actually think he's due for another monster year in 2023. He just needs to get off to a better start this year. This is one reason we should hope Hensley is legit. Brantley will probably need significant off days, and if Yordan can play LF those days, that frees up the DH. Bregman could use several DH days per month to hopefully not get banged up as much. If Hensley is able to fill in nicely at 3B, it frees Bregman to hopefully be scaled back a little more but keep his bat in the lineup. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Feb 7, 2023 15:36:39 GMT -6
He’s always been the smartest hitter at the plate. When his production returned this season, he clearly returned to best Astro hitter form. Yeah but so many here wanted to abandon ship on him, like they do Altuve every year. He was always too valuable to trade or cut. I remember when people bailed on Altuve back in 2020. |
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Post by Ashitaka on Feb 7, 2023 15:39:18 GMT -6
I'm concerned about the pitching and fielding not being as dominant, despite likely having to continue carrying an offense that didn't do much in the way of adding firepower over the winter. And Bregman playing hurt cause he logged so many games last year and his whole history he's had with that Well, it would be hard for the pitching to be as good as it was last year when you lose a CY winner, but I don't think we'll see a big drop-off. (Especially if Lance can stay relatively healthy like he did in 2021.) The important thing is that we still have a pretty good depth with the pitching. It looks like we'll start the year with 6 solid-to-great starting pitchers, and a bullpen possibly deep enough to leave either Maton or Martinez in AAA to start the year. The defense for everyone is going to be a question mark when it comes to how they'll all deal with the adjustments to less shifting. I don't think it will be as good either though. On the plus side, there's no reason to believe that our offense won't be improved with the addition of Abreu. Probably not as good as 2019, but maybe back up to 2021 standards. I think it will mostly balance out the decrease in defense. I don't see any reason to believe Bregman won't be healthy. He has said he feels great, and he didn't have any major issues last year until the broken finger (which has supposedly healed fine). I'm more concerned with keeping Yordan healthy, and how healthy will Altuve and Brantley be? Whenever I start to worry about the loss of JV, I remind myself that, as elite as he is in the regular season, he's a lot more merely "good" in the post-season. Does this team, if healthy, still win the division after 162 games without JV? I think the answer is easily "yes." So the real issue is "can Hunter Brown be as good as JV in the playoffs," because that's where the loss will actually either come back to bite us or not. If Hunter Brown can post a mid-3s ERA in the playoffs, then we probably won't end up missing him in the end. No guarantees of course, but it's definitely not as dire as some make it out to be. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Feb 7, 2023 15:42:16 GMT -6
Well, it would be hard for the pitching to be as good as it was last year when you lose a CY winner, but I don't think we'll see a big drop-off. (Especially if Lance can stay relatively healthy like he did in 2021.) The important thing is that we still have a pretty good depth with the pitching. It looks like we'll start the year with 6 solid-to-great starting pitchers, and a bullpen possibly deep enough to leave either Maton or Martinez in AAA to start the year. The defense for everyone is going to be a question mark when it comes to how they'll all deal with the adjustments to less shifting. I don't think it will be as good either though. On the plus side, there's no reason to believe that our offense won't be improved with the addition of Abreu. Probably not as good as 2019, but maybe back up to 2021 standards. I think it will mostly balance out the decrease in defense. I don't see any reason to believe Bregman won't be healthy. He has said he feels great, and he didn't have any major issues last year until the broken finger (which has supposedly healed fine). I'm more concerned with keeping Yordan healthy, and how healthy will Altuve and Brantley be? Whenever I start to worry about the loss of JV, I remind myself that, as elite as he is in the regular season, he's a lot more merely "good" in the post-season. Does this team, if healthy, still win the division after 162 games without JV? I think the answer is easily "yes." So the real issue is "can Hunter Brown be as good as JV in the playoffs," because that's where the loss will actually either come back to bite us or not. If Hunter Brown can post a mid-3s ERA in the playoffs, then we probably won't end up missing him in the end. No guarantees of course, but it's definitely not as dire as some make it out to be. Verlander’s age alone made me feel like it was good to let him go now than later. Injury history made me feel the same way about Morton too. I may have been wrong about him, but I thought Luhnow made the right call. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Feb 7, 2023 15:44:29 GMT -6
Sure, but by their late 20's most of these athletes have had muscle issues in their legs of some sort. Realistically we should worry about most of these guys. Bregman's been mostly a very healthy player outside of 2020-2021 when Covid and late STs really messed up a lot of players. On normal seasons he's played 150 Games every time. I actually think he's due for another monster year in 2023. He just needs to get off to a better start this year. This is one reason we should hope Hensley is legit. Brantley will probably need significant off days, and if Yordan can play LF those days, that frees up the DH. Bregman could use several DH days per month to hopefully not get banged up as much. If Hensley is able to fill in nicely at 3B, it frees Bregman to hopefully be scaled back a little more but keep his bat in the lineup. I hope the fans are right about Hensley like they were about Peña. Click and Crane seemed to have made out like bandits by letting Correa go, especially now since that one doctor said Correa’s ankle was the worst he’s ever seen. |
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