Yuli Appreciation Thread

[Saint]

Despite being a little inconsistent the last few years, Yuli was a fine player during our golden era of Astros baseball.  I personally feel he was a little overrated by a lot of the fanbase, but there's no doubt that he provided plenty of value during our peak.  I have a feeling that the loss of his scooping abilities will show itself.  I think there was still some value to be had with bringing him back if even just for his presence, but it's certainly no surprise that he isn't back with us.  As for his time with us:

.284/.328/.448 .776 OPS 110 OPS+
94 HR
435 RBI
400 Runs
1x GG
1x Batting Title
2x WS Champion
He earned $62 million over 7 seasons with us.

He wasn't one of our best postseason performers, but he certainly had some good series' and some great moments to help get our championships (and in fact he performed his best in the WS).

He was an absolutely dominant Cuban hitter before joining our team.  If he had been able to get here at a younger age, he likely could have put up some pretty impressive career MLB numbers.  If you take out his minor league numbers, he ended up with the below numbers in Cuba/Astros/Japan (Brief):

364 HR
1493 RBI
1437 Runs
2497 Hits
526 Doubles
169 SB
.318/.387/.539

I'll be curious to see if he can bounce back some in Miami.

[thomasj13]

Mar 10, 2023 10:18:54 GMT -6 Saint said:

Despite being a little inconsistent the last few years, Yuli was a fine player during our golden era of Astros baseball.  I personally feel he was a little overrated by a lot of the fanbase, but there's no doubt that he provided plenty of value during our peak.  I have a feeling that the loss of his scooping abilities will show itself.  I think there was still some value to be had with bringing him back if even just for his presence, but it's certainly no surprise that he isn't back with us.  As for his time with us:

.284/.328/.448 .776 OPS 110 OPS+
94 HR
435 RBI
400 Runs
1x GG
1x Batting Title
2x WS Champion
He earned $62 million over 7 seasons with us.

He wasn't one of our best postseason performers, but he certainly had some good series' and some great moments to help get our championships (and in fact he performed his best in the WS).

He was an absolutely dominant Cuban hitter before joining our team.  If he had been able to get here at a younger age, he likely could have put up some pretty impressive career MLB numbers.  If you take out his minor league numbers, he ended up with the below numbers in Cuba/Astros/Japan (Brief):

364 HR
1493 RBI
1437 Runs
2497 Hits
526 Doubles
169 SB
.318/.387/.539

I'll be curious to see if he can bounce back some in Miami.

Thank you YULI. Best of luck and wishes.