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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 14, 2018 11:14:33 GMT -6
i wanted Luhnow to go after Adam Jones before the trade deadline.......we never heard if any talks every happened.
I won't hold my breath until Correa puts this team on his back....he is not aggressive enough and often looks as if he is analyzing each pitch insteade of getting ready to attack. He needs to be ready for a good pitch to hit and go after it. He continues to hurt himself by taking fastballs he should hit, especially with RISP.
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Post by olpapa on Aug 14, 2018 11:20:37 GMT -6
I think he does....but I think a good, experienced veteran hitter, one the younger guys can look up to, added to this team would do wonders... The thing is who would be that player, ... Good question. If I understand the waiver process correctly, if a NL team waves a player he would have to go unclaimed by all of the NL teams and then unclaimed by all the AL teams before Houston would get a shot at him. If an AL team waived a player he would have to go unclaimed by all the AL teams before Houston got a shot at him. Hard to believe that Cleveland, Boston, NYY, Oakland and Seattle will all pass on a healthy player of any significance and allow him to fall to Houston. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 14, 2018 11:23:10 GMT -6
The thing is who would be that player, ... Good question. If I understand the waiver process correctly, if a NL team waves a player he would have to go unclaimed by all of the NL teams and then unclaimed by all the AL teams before Houston would get a shot at him. Aif an AL team waived a player he would have to go unclaimed by all the AL teams before Houston got a shot at him. Hard to believe that Cleveland, Boston, NYY, Oakland and Seattle will all pass on a healthy player of any significance and allow him to fall to Houston. Means Cutch is the pipe dreams of pipe dreams....you know I am dreamer, but my heart's of gold... |
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Post by olpapa on Aug 14, 2018 11:35:44 GMT -6
Good question. If I understand the waiver process correctly, if a NL team waves a player he would have to go unclaimed by all of the NL teams and then unclaimed by all the AL teams before Houston would get a shot at him. Aif an AL team waived a player he would have to go unclaimed by all the AL teams before Houston got a shot at him. Hard to believe that Cleveland, Boston, NYY, Oakland and Seattle will all pass on a healthy player of any significance and allow him to fall to Houston. Means Cutch is the pipe dreams of pipe dreams....you know I am dreamer, but my heart's of gold... I hope I’m wrong, but I just don’t see the Astros getting an impact player before the waiver deadline passes. I’m afraid AJ is gonna have to dance for the rest of this season with what brung him. Not all that encouraging. His dance partner got off step about two months ago has been out of step ever since. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 14, 2018 11:39:33 GMT -6
Means Cutch is the pipe dreams of pipe dreams....you know I am dreamer, but my heart's of gold... I hope I’m wrong, but I just don’t see the Astros getting an impact player before the waiver deadline passes. I’m afraid AJ is gonna have to dance for the rest of this season with what brung him. Not all that encouraging. His dance partner got off step about two months ago has been out of step ever since. I hope you are foresight is wrong..because I am a little skeptical about the teams chances if they don't get a good, veteran bat to turn things around....they need a leader. |
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Post by olpapa on Aug 14, 2018 11:46:08 GMT -6
I hope I’m wrong, but I just don’t see the Astros getting an impact player before the waiver deadline passes. I’m afraid AJ is gonna have to dance for the rest of this season with what brung him. Not all that encouraging. His dance partner got off step about two months ago has been out of step ever since. I hope you are foresight is wrong..because I am a little skeptical about the teams chances if they don't get a good, veteran bat to turn things around....they need a leader. If Altuve is not back by this time next month, I think they miss the playoffs entirely. |
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Post by paastrosfan on Aug 14, 2018 12:36:54 GMT -6
The thing is who would be that player, ... Good question. If I understand the waiver process correctly, if a NL team waves a player he would have to go unclaimed by all of the NL teams and then unclaimed by all the AL teams before Houston would get a shot at him. If an AL team waived a player he would have to go unclaimed by all the AL teams before Houston got a shot at him. Hard to believe that Cleveland, Boston, NYY, Oakland and Seattle will all pass on a healthy player of any significance and allow him to fall to Houston. You are right about the waiver process, where the player has to be passed over by teams, and they can block a player as you mentioned. That is why this part of the season, would be tough. I know on YES network this past season they have mentioned how JV was untouched. |
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Post by olpapa on Aug 14, 2018 15:47:03 GMT -6
Good question. If I understand the waiver process correctly, if a NL team waves a player he would have to go unclaimed by all of the NL teams and then unclaimed by all the AL teams before Houston would get a shot at him. If an AL team waived a player he would have to go unclaimed by all the AL teams before Houston got a shot at him. Hard to believe that Cleveland, Boston, NYY, Oakland and Seattle will all pass on a healthy player of any significance and allow him to fall to Houston. You are right about the waiver process, where the player has to be passed over by teams, and they can block a player as you mentioned. That is why this part of the season, would be tough. I know on YES network this past season they have mentioned how JV was untouched. I’m betting playoff contenders learned a lesson from letting JV slip unclaimed to the Astros last season. |
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Post by koolade2 on Aug 14, 2018 17:02:19 GMT -6
Luhnow will not find another Verlander as the other teams will not allow it.
His reluctance to trade for a bad in July will come back to bite him. I still think this is Luhnow greatest flaw. Being able to trade like the other GM's. If they always only want his top then give the players away to another team for lesser players something is wrong in his trade approach.
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Aug 14, 2018 17:04:37 GMT -6
What would the "kids" learn from Cutch or Donaldson that they can't learn from watching Altuve go about his business?
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Post by bearbryant on Aug 14, 2018 17:15:58 GMT -6
Maybe there’s something to bearbryant’s theory of Beltrán being the glue guy, the guy who taught them what pitches to look for and how to battle in counts. Whatever the case may be, this is not last year’s team.
not concentrating. And Reid Ryan should be grateful Luhnow got Beltrán to come here for a season |
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 14, 2018 19:21:32 GMT -6
Maybe there’s something to bearbryant’s theory of Beltrán being the glue guy, the guy who taught them what pitches to look for and how to battle in counts. Whatever the case may be, this is not last year’s team.
not concentrating. And Reid Ryan should be grateful Luhnow got Beltrán to come here for a seasonI don’t normally buy into pitch tipping theories, but I think back to Darvish and especially Game 5 where Devenski had Taylor all but struck out. I still can’t believe how perfectly he hit that 2-strike pitch to tie the game. |
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