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Post by astrosdoug on Jun 16, 2018 15:38:01 GMT -6
Stassi is sitting around WAR 1.3 now, and the next closest guy is Mike Zunino at 1.1. So even taking into account the fact that Stassi has only started around 47% of games, his contributions are still more than any other AL catcher's, offense and defense combined. Zunino hasn’t quite lived up to the hype. It’s hard to do so when batting .220 is a struggle. Zunino has a replacement-level wRC+ (sitting at 100 today) and has started in 7 games more than Stassi. He better not be in the ASG. Stassi's biggest problem is that he's just not a household name, so he doesn't win any popularity contests outside of Houston. Even in Houston, I think McCann is recognized much more than Stassi. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Jun 16, 2018 15:40:07 GMT -6
Zunino hasn’t quite lived up to the hype. It’s hard to do so when batting .220 is a struggle. Zunino has a replacement-level wRC+ (sitting at 100 today) and has started in 7 games more than Stassi. He better not be in the ASG. Stassi's biggest problem is that he's just not a household name, so he doesn't win any popularity contests outside of Houston. Even in Houston, I think McCann is recognized much more than Stassi. With the talk of acquiring Herrera, would you also ask for Merrifield? He’s a good young hitter. |
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Post by bannedfan on Jun 16, 2018 16:52:24 GMT -6
Angels lose to Oakland 6-4. Now 8 1/2 games behind the Astros.
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Post by olpapa on Jun 16, 2018 17:25:27 GMT -6
Angels lose to Oakland 6-4. Now 8 1/2 games behind the Astros. Ace is AWOL lately. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Jun 16, 2018 17:59:07 GMT -6
Angels lose to Oakland 6-4. Now 8 1/2 games behind the Astros. Ace is AWOL lately. I see him lurking often, but he's not talking much. |
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Post by marshall on Jun 16, 2018 18:15:43 GMT -6
I see him lurking often, but he's not talking much. I've seen him online, but not posting, at least not where I post. In fact, he was on yesterday afternoon. |
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Post by bannedfan on Jun 16, 2018 18:48:03 GMT -6
Top of 3rd...Boston 0, Seattle 0.
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Jun 16, 2018 20:31:51 GMT -6
Top of 3rd...Boston 0, Seattle 0. I was trying to watch it, but the Fox announcers are just too horrible. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Jun 16, 2018 20:33:59 GMT -6
Mariners winning again by 1 run, with Diaz in to close it out.
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Jun 16, 2018 20:38:52 GMT -6
Mariners win 1-0
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Post by koolade2 on Jun 16, 2018 20:40:23 GMT -6
Seattle wins another Game by 1 run. Didn't the Rangers do that a couple years ago and it fell apart in the Playoffs.
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Post by bannedfan on Jun 16, 2018 20:40:24 GMT -6
2 hits for Boston. Their offense is cooling off.
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Post by koolade2 on Jun 16, 2018 20:41:36 GMT -6
Seattle is going to be tough this year with the confidence of winning all these One Run games. I don't have a good feeling about that.
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Post by thomasj13 on Jun 16, 2018 21:32:13 GMT -6
Seattle is going to be tough this year with the confidence of winning all these One Run games. I don't have a good feeling about that. Seattle will settle down...Luhnow will make some moves....team to worry about is the damn Yankees. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Jun 16, 2018 22:21:28 GMT -6
Angels lose to Oakland 6-4. Now 8 1/2 games behind the Astros. Ace is AWOL lately. i know it's early,but, I think we have seen the best from the Angels and it isn't enough for them to compete. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Jun 16, 2018 22:24:05 GMT -6
Seattle is going to be tough this year with the confidence of winning all these One Run games. I don't have a good feeling about that. Seattle will settle down...Luhnow will make some moves....team to worry about is the damn Yankees. You are spot on about that. The Yankees are the main team that should concern us. I agree that Luhnow will make some moves and I bope one of them is named Herrera. |
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Post by m240 on Jun 16, 2018 22:53:15 GMT -6
Seattle will settle down...Luhnow will make some moves....team to worry about is the damn Yankees. You are spot on about that. The Yankees are the main team that should concern us. I agree that Luhnow will make some moves and I bope one of them is named Herrera. Seattle is playing well, we are on a ten game winning streak and are still tied for all intents and purposes. They have some tough games to play and we play the little sisters of the poor for a while longer. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Jun 16, 2018 23:13:26 GMT -6
You are spot on about that. The Yankees are the main team that should concern us. I agree that Luhnow will make some moves and I bope one of them is named Herrera. Seattle is playing well, we are on a ten game winning streak and are still tied for all intents and purposes. They have some tough games to play and we play the little sisters of the poor for a while longer. AL Teams I would rank as the biggest obstacle for the Astros to make the WS 1. Yankees -they will trade for a high caliber starting pitcher 2. Red Sox 3. Indians 4. Mariners Very distant 5. Angels |
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Post by marshall on Jun 16, 2018 23:41:00 GMT -6
Seattle is playing well, we are on a ten game winning streak and are still tied for all intents and purposes. They have some tough games to play and we play the little sisters of the poor for a while longer. AL Teams I would rank as the biggest obstacle for the Astros to make the WS 1. Yankees -they will trade for a high caliber starting pitcher 2. Red Sox 3. Indians 4. Mariners Very distant 5. Angels I would swap 3 and 4 and label Cleveland as distant. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2018 4:56:28 GMT -6
AL Teams I would rank as the biggest obstacle for the Astros to make the WS 1. Yankees -they will trade for a high caliber starting pitcher 2. Red Sox 3. Indians 4. Mariners Very distant 5. Angels I would swap 3 and 4 and label Cleveland as distant. Not me. This Mariner revival has been with the one run win, smoke and mirror (Carbonera) effect. One thing we all know about baseball. With a long 162 game schedule, things have way of evening themselves over time..... They have no depth, I still think they are a distant WC2 team come seasons end. |
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Post by astrosdoug on Jun 17, 2018 7:09:59 GMT -6
Zunino has a replacement-level wRC+ (sitting at 100 today) and has started in 7 games more than Stassi. He better not be in the ASG. Stassi's biggest problem is that he's just not a household name, so he doesn't win any popularity contests outside of Houston. Even in Houston, I think McCann is recognized much more than Stassi. With the talk of acquiring Herrera, would you also ask for Merrifield? He’s a good young hitter. It's hard to pass on an OPS+ 117 hitter, but his primary defensive role is 2B and the Astros are pretty set at that position with Altuve as the primary player and Kemp as a very good backup. It also seems a waste to stash Merrifield in Fresno as depth, and he'd be expensive as he's got a few more years of control left. I'd take Herrera from KCR and try to get an outfielder like Nick Castellanos from DET. It's scary to think NYY may try to trade for Stroman, Syndergaard, or DeGrom. Another reliever for the Astros to look at is Mychal Givens from Baltimore. He's a career 144 ERA+ pitcher who currently has a FIP/ERA mismatch (ERA is ugly north of 4, but his FIP of 2.85 suggests he will trend toward a sub-3 ERA over the rest of the season.) He will often go out for 2 innings instead of just one, so that's a plus. |
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Post by astrosdoug on Jun 17, 2018 7:36:03 GMT -6
I hope we get to see more of Tyler White before he goes back to Fresno (which I suppose he could in theory delay indefinitely if he goes hog-wild at the plate).
Gurriel should probably still start today's game against the RHP Keller, but the Royals have a couple lefty relievers (Flynn and Hill) against whom White would have a big advantage.
as someone said earlier, the Astros' depth with guys like White/Kemp/Whitley/Tucker/Stubbs is something the Mariners will never match this year and that will likely prove to be the key to the AL West.
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Post by thomasj13 on Jun 17, 2018 7:36:48 GMT -6
With the talk of acquiring Herrera, would you also ask for Merrifield? He’s a good young hitter. It's hard to pass on an OPS+ 117 hitter, but his primary defensive role is 2B and the Astros are pretty set at that position with Altuve as the primary player and Kemp as a very good backup. It also seems a waste to stash Merrifield in Fresno as depth, and he'd be expensive as he's got a few more years of control left. I'd take Herrera from KCR and try to get an outfielder like Nick Castellanos from DET. It's scary to think NYY may try to trade for Stroman, Syndergaard, or DeGrom. Another reliever for the Astros to look at is Mychal Givens from Baltimore. He's a career 144 ERA+ pitcher who currently has a FIP/ERA mismatch (ERA is ugly north of 4, but his FIP of 2.85 suggests he will trend toward a sub-3 ERA over the rest of the season.) He will often go out for 2 innings instead of just one, so that's a plus. Yankees are scary because they have deep pockets and now a good farm.... |
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Post by astrosdoug on Jun 17, 2018 7:43:38 GMT -6
If the Astros are pretty sure Keuchel will walk this year, maybe it makes sense to pursue DeGrom or Syndergaard. We haven't seen enough of Armenteros, Framber Valdez, Sneed, J James, or Whitley at the MLB level to know how well-suited they are to start games in 2019.
Going into the postseason with Verlander, DeGrom, Cole, and then a 4th starter like Morton/McCullers/Keuchel would make the Astros an extremely formidable opponent, even more so than they are currently. Even if Keuchel walks and Morton retires after this season, that gives the 2019 Astros 4 good starters and then McHugh and Peacock are also options to fill out the rotation.
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Post by olpapa on Jun 17, 2018 7:58:30 GMT -6
“Another reliever for the Astros to look at is Mychal Givens from Baltimore. He's a career 144 ERA+ pitcher who currently has a FIP/ERA mismatch (ERA is ugly north of 4, but his FIP of 2.85 suggests he will trend toward a sub-3 ERA over the rest of the season.) He will often go out for 2 innings instead of just one, so that's a plus. ” - astrosdoug I like Givens. Good young relief pitcher. Of course, we are talking about dealing with the Orioles here. Who knows what their owner thinks he is worth. Britton looked good Friday in his second appearance since coming off the DL. 13 pitches. 9 strikes. 2 strikeouts. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Jun 17, 2018 8:03:15 GMT -6
With the talk of acquiring Herrera, would you also ask for Merrifield? He’s a good young hitter. It's hard to pass on an OPS+ 117 hitter, but his primary defensive role is 2B and the Astros are pretty set at that position with Altuve as the primary player and Kemp as a very good backup. It also seems a waste to stash Merrifield in Fresno as depth, and he'd be expensive as he's got a few more years of control left. I'd take Herrera from KCR and try to get an outfielder like Nick Castellanos from DET. It's scary to think NYY may try to trade for Stroman, Syndergaard, or DeGrom. Another reliever for the Astros to look at is Mychal Givens from Baltimore. He's a career 144 ERA+ pitcher who currently has a FIP/ERA mismatch (ERA is ugly north of 4, but his FIP of 2.85 suggests he will trend toward a sub-3 ERA over the rest of the season.) He will often go out for 2 innings instead of just one, so that's a plus. Merrifield and Castellanos both are infielders who play outfield. Either one would be good, but Merrifield has plus speed along with the serviceable power. He could go into the LF position thereby relegating Marwin to the bench. |
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Post by astrosdoug on Jun 17, 2018 8:03:56 GMT -6
“Another reliever for the Astros to look at is Mychal Givens from Baltimore. He's a career 144 ERA+ pitcher who currently has a FIP/ERA mismatch (ERA is ugly north of 4, but his FIP of 2.85 suggests he will trend toward a sub-3 ERA over the rest of the season.) He will often go out for 2 innings instead of just one, so that's a plus. ” - astrosdoug I like Givens. Good young relief pitcher. Of course, we are talking about dealing with the Orioles here. Who knows what their owner thinks he is worth. Maybe, the high ERA for this season would bring his price down a little. Givens is 28 years old, so just starting his likely period of age-related decline, and I think he has 3.5 years left on his contract. With Sipp likely to leave at the end of this season, that opens up a spot that Givens could fill. Tonight's Royals starter, named Keller, is a converted reliever who thrown a high of 85 pitches this year. In his most recent start, he had difficulty throwing more than 75 pitches, so maybe the Astros can bounce Keller early and get into that Royals bullpen. |
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Post by astrosdoug on Jun 17, 2018 9:07:42 GMT -6
It's hard to pass on an OPS+ 117 hitter, but his primary defensive role is 2B and the Astros are pretty set at that position with Altuve as the primary player and Kemp as a very good backup. It also seems a waste to stash Merrifield in Fresno as depth, and he'd be expensive as he's got a few more years of control left. I'd take Herrera from KCR and try to get an outfielder like Nick Castellanos from DET. It's scary to think NYY may try to trade for Stroman, Syndergaard, or DeGrom. Another reliever for the Astros to look at is Mychal Givens from Baltimore. He's a career 144 ERA+ pitcher who currently has a FIP/ERA mismatch (ERA is ugly north of 4, but his FIP of 2.85 suggests he will trend toward a sub-3 ERA over the rest of the season.) He will often go out for 2 innings instead of just one, so that's a plus. Merrifield and Castellanos both are infielders who play outfield. Either one would be good, but Merrifield has plus speed along with the serviceable power. He could go into the LF position thereby relegating Marwin to the bench. I could see Merrifield working out. I believe he and Herrera are currently leading the Royals in WAR. Curtis Granderson might also be a good fit for the Astros this year. The Blue Jays have little use for him, and he's hitting a little over OPS .800. |
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