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Post by Saint on Aug 22, 2018 18:40:14 GMT -6
I've been laughing about this exchange for like 5 minutes now. Saint tearfully hugs his framed Stassi 8 x 10 whenever Maldonado has a good game. Negative. I'd rather be wrong all the time if it meant the Astros win. Unfortunately, nothing in Maldonado's history says this is close to sustainable. |
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Post by nathangarza29 on Aug 22, 2018 19:05:34 GMT -6
Andrew McCutchen has cleared waivers and is ready to go anywhere.
Let's go houston you need him dont let this mini win streak fool you into thinking its fine
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 22, 2018 19:06:04 GMT -6
I've been laughing about this exchange for like 5 minutes now. Saint tearfully hugs his framed Stassi 8 x 10 whenever Maldonado has a good game. He says to the frame: It is just temporary. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 22, 2018 19:07:30 GMT -6
Andrew McCutchen has cleared waivers and is ready to go anywhere. Let's go houston you need him dont let this mini win streak fool you into thinking its fine If this is somehow true what are you waiting for Luhnow....get Cutch Now!!!!!! |
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Post by abregmanfan on Aug 22, 2018 19:13:33 GMT -6
Andrew McCutchen has cleared waivers and is ready to go anywhere. Let's go houston you need him dont let this mini win streak fool you into thinking its fine If this is somehow true what are you waiting for Luhnow....get Cutch Now!!!!!! What are we waiting for. Bring Cutch to Clutch City. |
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Post by olpapa on Aug 22, 2018 19:19:30 GMT -6
Andrew McCutchen has cleared waivers and is ready to go anywhere. Let's go houston you need him dont let this mini win streak fool you into thinking its fine If this is somehow true what are you waiting for Luhnow....get Cutch Now!!!!!! From mlbtr: “Giants outfielder Andrew McCutchen has cleared revocable trade waivers and is now eligible to be traded to any team, reports Robert Murray of The Athletic (on Twitter).” |
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 22, 2018 19:31:42 GMT -6
If this is somehow true what are you waiting for Luhnow....get Cutch Now!!!!!! From mlbtr: “Giants outfielder Andrew McCutchen has cleared revocable trade waivers and is now eligible to be traded to any team, reports Robert Murray of The Athletic (on Twitter).” Bring Cutch to HOUSTON!!! |
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Post by m240 on Aug 22, 2018 19:52:12 GMT -6
From mlbtr: “Giants outfielder Andrew McCutchen has cleared revocable trade waivers and is now eligible to be traded to any team, reports Robert Murray of The Athletic (on Twitter).” Bring Cutch to HOUSTON!!! McCutchen with an ops of 765 and Smoak with an ops of 854 fill our line up out to perfection. Get them Luhnow, do not hesitate we have pieces that both teams would love and we would not miss. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 22, 2018 20:32:07 GMT -6
Machete is making his case to not get DFAd On another note McCutchens time table for waivers is 1040 PM tonight Maybe alittle earlier depending l wonder why you or anyone else would think any thought was given to Maldonado being DFA.........he is one of the top defensive catchers in the game. He will be on the playoff roster. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 22, 2018 20:33:25 GMT -6
If this is somehow true what are you waiting for Luhnow....get Cutch Now!!!!!! From mlbtr: “Giants outfielder Andrew McCutchen has cleared revocable trade waivers and is now eligible to be traded to any team, reports Robert Murray of The Athletic (on Twitter).” Ok, Luhnow...get off your ass and get him. He can be had for nearly nothing. |
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Post by olpapa on Aug 22, 2018 20:57:52 GMT -6
Bring Cutch to HOUSTON!!! McCutchen with an ops of 765 and Smoak with an ops of 854 fill our line up out to perfection. Get them Luhnow, do not hesitate we have pieces that both teams would love and we would not miss. Looking at the active roster, (and barring someone going on the DL) I can’t see Luhnow getting both of those guys. If he gets Cutch, Kemp goes to AAA I’m guessing. If he gets Smoak, who goes? |
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Post by bearbryant on Aug 22, 2018 21:12:15 GMT -6
McCutchen has a wRC+ 113 this season. Kemp is 123. That swap doesn't make a whole lotta sense. Kemp is back anyway in September I guess anyway though
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Post by bearbryant on Aug 22, 2018 21:17:39 GMT -6
Yeah the more I think about it McCutchen starting over Kemp in September and October just isn't something I'm comfortable with. I'm going to have to take the
next bus on this one guys
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Post by nathangarza29 on Aug 22, 2018 21:54:50 GMT -6
If u get McCutchen its
McCutchen LF Springer CF Reddick RF
Kemp 4th
No Jake needed
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Post by nathangarza29 on Aug 22, 2018 22:24:05 GMT -6
There is gonna be some competition for Cutch. Ozuna went down from the cards
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Post by olpapa on Aug 22, 2018 22:46:29 GMT -6
McCutchen has a wRC+ 113 this season. Kemp is 123. That swap doesn't make a whole lotta sense. Kemp is back anyway in September I guess anyway though
True. It wouldn’t make much sense to send down Kemp to make room for McCutchen. It would make more sense to send Valdez back down and go with a 12-man pitching staff until September 1st roster expansion. That is likely what Luhnow would do, if he traded for McCutchen. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 22, 2018 22:52:18 GMT -6
Saint tearfully hugs his framed Stassi 8 x 10 whenever Maldonado has a good game. He says to the frame: It is just temporary. Best i recall, Saint said Maldonado would probably be left off the playoff roster. If McCann is healthy, I would not be surprised if three catchers were on the roster,but, if one is left off, it will be Stassi, Stassi's bat has died, and, as a catcher, Stassi isn't in the same league with Maldonado. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 22, 2018 22:53:59 GMT -6
If u get McCutchen its McCutchen LF Springer CF Reddick RF Kemp 4th No Jake needed When Jake comes off the DL, he will be back on the roster. You don't leave your top defensive outfielder off the roster.....Kemp is adequate witjh the glove, but, not close to Jake and Jake was hitting well when he was injured. |
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Post by paastrosfan on Aug 22, 2018 22:54:28 GMT -6
I didn't catch the news on Cutch, isn't he a FA after the season. I will have to check COTS. Yeah he is, man do the Giants have a lot of bad contracts. I read somewhere earlier that Cutch won’t be in the Giants lineup tonight. Apparently either some team claimed him or he made it through the waiver process unclaimed and a trade is in the works. On MLB.com Andrew Baggarly of the Athletic, stated "a very good chance Cutch will be wearing another uniform by the end of the week." I just read your above post, out all day didn't watch any action, just catching up now. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 22, 2018 23:09:03 GMT -6
Yeah the more I think about it McCutchen starting over Kemp in September and October just isn't something I'm comfortable with. I'm going to have to take the
next bus on this one guys Yeah, I’m uncertain of this too. It’s kind of like a Zach Britton situation but easier to stomach. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 22, 2018 23:22:43 GMT -6
i still like the idea of adding a right-handed bat for the OF and McCutchen would not cost much.
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 22, 2018 23:24:08 GMT -6
i still like the idea of adding a right-handed bat for the OF and McCutchen would not cost much. I don’t know his splits, but McCutchen would seem to be a good platoon bat with Marwin. |
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Post by astrosdoug on Aug 22, 2018 23:35:31 GMT -6
The Astros' main weakness this year has been hitting RHP. Unfortunately Cutch is only hitting in the .240s this year vs RHP, and over his entire career he's been more dominant against LHP.
Still, I would support this acquisition. He's not quite Beltran, but he's a veteran presence who has compiled an incredibly solid body of work over the past 10 seasons. It's probably best to let a number of guys play in September (Cutch, Jake, Kemp etc etc) and then fill out the postseason roster based on who's healthy and standing and has a hot bat. If Cutch gets left off the postseason roster due to injury or choking at the plate all throughout September, so be it.
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Post by astrosdoug on Aug 22, 2018 23:40:37 GMT -6
i still like the idea of adding a right-handed bat for the OF and McCutchen would not cost much. I don’t know his splits, but McCutchen would seem to be a good platoon bat with Marwin. 2018: Cutch .742 OPS vs RHP / .807 vs LHP Marwin .757 vs RHP / .663 vs LHP Career: Cutch: .831 vs RHP / .931 vs LHP Marwin: .746 vs RHP / .711 vs LHP So the general idea would be to use Marwin vs RHP and Cutch vs LHP. I could see Cutch as having a stabilizing and reassuring influence on the team as a whole. Also he'd have a lot of hitting tips to share with the young guys like Kemp and Fisher and White..... |
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Post by astrosdoug on Aug 22, 2018 23:42:10 GMT -6
You never know when a guy like Cutch might teach Fisher something about his swing that just makes everything click for him.
The boy could hit 40 HRs/year easy if he could just start putting the ball in play and in an elevated fashion. He has near-Stantonesque power.
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 23, 2018 0:12:47 GMT -6
I’ve kind of warmed up to a McCutchen trade. He may not be the MVP he once was, but he could be decent.
Also, that park in San Francisco is death to righthanded hitters.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 2:22:27 GMT -6
McCutchen would welcome coming to Houston for a chance at a ring, even if he platooned with Marwin at times.
Malodnado will be on the playoff roster as his defense and catching ability is much needed in close games.
Stassi is not playoff bound however if McCann is back.
Kemp is one of the more exciting Astros players this season and keeps the energy in the clubhouse light. He's like Conger but with ability.
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Post by nathangarza29 on Aug 23, 2018 6:00:28 GMT -6
If u get McCutchen its McCutchen LF Springer CF Reddick RF Kemp 4th No Jake needed When Jake comes off the DL, he will be back on the roster. You don't leave your top defensive outfielder off the roster.....Kemp is adequate witjh the glove, but, not close to Jake and Jake was hitting well when he was injured. In Sept I would bring Jake back but I wouldn't any other time. Jake gets cold fast |
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Post by nathangarza29 on Aug 23, 2018 6:05:56 GMT -6
That's what I'm saying
You get McCutchen he plays LF
Kemp gets the spot starts
Marwin is the 5
No room for Jake
Stassi might not get the nod if McCann comes back so the sooner the better on that so they can move Stassi for something.
But if you look at it Harvey wouldnt be a bad add either
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Post by olpapa on Aug 23, 2018 7:27:47 GMT -6
Harvey was claimed by some team. I wonder if it is the A’s. They have quite a menagerie for a starting rotation already. May as well add him.
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