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Post by blcoach8 on Sept 22, 2018 8:20:24 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 9:23:58 GMT -6
has coach gone all skippy on us?
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Post by blcoach8 on Sept 22, 2018 9:24:42 GMT -6
Plus, Todd is no longer posting here. something went hay wire........ 1. I am impressed with what I have seen from Straw in terms of speed.......still don't know how will hit at this level. Some want him to replace Jake, and, from an offensive viewpoint, I understand and agree to a point. BUT, we don't have an outfielder who has saved us as many runs and wins as Jake has when he plays. Tony Kemp is good at providing an offensive spark at times,but, he is definitely not a CF and only average in LF. He turns a lot of routine plays into circus catches. 2. I don't miss all the stat BS that Saint used in the majority of his posts. I don't think anyone ran him off....I think he's just too thin-skinned to take the teasing he got for relying almost solely on WAR, OPS, etc. As for the other clown who said he would "zap" me, who I assume he referred to in his little hissy, good riddance to that wannabe. Bortaz solved the mystery in what the "pa" stood for in his name. All this time I thought it stoof for Pennsylvania astros fan only to have it pointed out that it stood for PUNK ASS Astros fan.  The delusiona old fool loved to carry a grudge so he could play the victim. Hypocrite in every sense of the word. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Sept 22, 2018 9:25:55 GMT -6
has coach gone all skippy on us? No, I messed something up before so I fixed it.  I am not in a real tactful mood this morning. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Sept 22, 2018 10:00:07 GMT -6
Bregman needs to break out of his slump. He’s got no XBH or RBI since that milestone game in Detroit. That’s a while.
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Post by olpapa on Sept 22, 2018 10:39:59 GMT -6
Is Jake gone in 2019 with Straw here? Well back in June when Straw was batting .375ish at AAA after having raked at AA in April and May, I definitely thought Straw had a good chance of replacing Jake on the Astros roster in 2019; however, after watching Straw flame out and go just 46-203 from July 1 through the end of the AAA season, I’m not so sure. I am really curious to see what Straw does in the Arizona Fall League beginning next month. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Sept 22, 2018 11:00:44 GMT -6
Is Jake gone in 2019 with Straw here? Well back in June when Straw was batting .375ish at AAA after having raked at AA in April and May, I definitely thought Straw had a good chance of replacing Jake on the Astros roster in 2019; however, after watching Straw flame out and go just 46-203 from July 1 through the end of the AAA season, I’m not so sure. I am really curious to see what Straw does in the Arizona Fall League beginning next month. Straw or anyone else will have to go a long way to displace Jake as the best defensive OF in our orgqnization. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Sept 22, 2018 11:48:17 GMT -6
Bregman needs to break out of his slump. He’s got no XBH or RBI since that milestone game in Detroit. That’s a while. It’s not a coincidence that he started to slump right when everyone started calling him the MVP...ask Correa about that karma. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Sept 22, 2018 12:07:30 GMT -6
You could get Marshal to start counting again..  Marshal could, Timmy is no longer a moderator. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Sept 22, 2018 12:09:37 GMT -6
Is Jake gone in 2019 with Straw here? Well back in June when Straw was batting .375ish at AAA after having raked at AA in April and May, I definitely thought Straw had a good chance of replacing Jake on the Astros roster in 2019; however, after watching Straw flame out and go just 46-203 from July 1 through the end of the AAA season, I’m not so sure. I am really curious to see what Straw does in the Arizona Fall League beginning next month. his stats were so promising...was it ever confirmed that were trying to adjust his swing? |
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Post by blcoach8 on Sept 22, 2018 12:37:56 GMT -6
Bregman needs to break out of his slump. He’s got no XBH or RBI since that milestone game in Detroit. That’s a while. It’s not a coincidence that he started to slump right when everyone started calling him the MVP...ask Correa about that karma. You noticed that, too.......I thought it but didn't say for fear of being called a negative meanie. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Sept 22, 2018 13:18:04 GMT -6
It’s not a coincidence that he started to slump right when everyone started calling him the MVP...ask Correa about that karma. You noticed that, too.......I thought it but didn't say for fear of being called a negative meanie. I wouldn't be surprised if it got into his head, and resulted in him changing his process in an effort to make a push to catch the MVP candidates ahead of him. |
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Post by olpapa on Sept 22, 2018 13:51:48 GMT -6
Well back in June when Straw was batting .375ish at AAA after having raked at AA in April and May, I definitely thought Straw had a good chance of replacing Jake on the Astros roster in 2019; however, after watching Straw flame out and go just 46-203 from July 1 through the end of the AAA season, I’m not so sure. I am really curious to see what Straw does in the Arizona Fall League beginning next month. his stats were so promising...was it ever confirmed that were trying to adjust his swing? I don’t know. I do recall reading an article about Altuve sitting down with Straw in ST and advising Straw on how he could increase his power numbers. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Sept 22, 2018 13:53:37 GMT -6
Is Hinch going to start guys like Tucker or Straw, or are they just going to watch games from the bench?
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Post by olpapa on Sept 22, 2018 14:05:48 GMT -6
Well back in June when Straw was batting .375ish at AAA after having raked at AA in April and May, I definitely thought Straw had a good chance of replacing Jake on the Astros roster in 2019; however, after watching Straw flame out and go just 46-203 from July 1 through the end of the AAA season, I’m not so sure. I am really curious to see what Straw does in the Arizona Fall League beginning next month. Straw or anyone else will have to go a long way to displace Jake as the best defensive OF in our orgqnization. I don’t know that Straw would have to go a “long way” to displace Jake as the best defensive OF in the organization. Straw is a pretty good defensive player in his own right. I have seen some video of some pretty impressive plays he has made on D. There was one play he made in centerfield for Fresno this year where he ran back near the fence, fell down, and still caught the ball. That video is on milb.com. I tried to pull it up and post the link to it here, but couldn’t manage to. I don’t think Straw has to be better than Jake with the glove to displace him as the team’s late inning defensive replacement. He just needs to be really good and capable of playing all three outfield positions well. He is really good with the glove and plays all three OF positions well. He is very fast. Stole 70 bases this year and was caught stealing just 9 or 10 times, I believe. He would also be playing for the league minimum salary. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Sept 22, 2018 14:55:58 GMT -6
You noticed that, too.......I thought it but didn't say for fear of being called a negative meanie. I wouldn't be surprised if it got into his head, and resulted in him changing his process in an effort to make a push to catch the MVP candidates ahead of him. that can happen with young players. The main thing I have noticed is that he is reaching for pitches out of the zone that he used to take. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Sept 22, 2018 14:56:32 GMT -6
And he doesnt have that stupid ghey hair
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Post by blcoach8 on Sept 22, 2018 14:58:04 GMT -6
Straw or anyone else will have to go a long way to displace Jake as the best defensive OF in our orgqnization. I don’t know that Straw would have to go a “long way” to displace Jake as the best defensive OF in the organization. Straw is a pretty good defensive player in his own right. I have seen some video of some pretty impressive plays he has made on D. There was one play he made in centerfield for Fresno this year where he ran back near the fence, fell down, and still caught the ball. That video is on milb.com. I tried to pull it up and post the link to it here, but couldn’t manage to. I don’t think Straw has to be better than Jake with the glove to displace him as the team’s late inning defensive replacement. He just needs to be really good and capable of playing all three outfield positions well. He is really good with the glove and plays all three OF positions well. He is very fast. Stole 70 bases this year and was caught stealing just 9 or 10 times, I believe. He would also be playing for the league minimum salary. Straw still has to prove he's Jake's equal as a defender......I am not saying he won't, but, he hasn't yet. He also has to prove that he can hit at this level. I hope we don't get our hopes up like we did with Fisher and then see him not come through. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Sept 22, 2018 14:59:14 GMT -6
And he doesnt have that stupid ghey hair I thought he looked like a qu*** with that hair, |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Sept 22, 2018 15:04:50 GMT -6
I don’t know that Straw would have to go a “long way” to displace Jake as the best defensive OF in the organization. Straw is a pretty good defensive player in his own right. I have seen some video of some pretty impressive plays he has made on D. There was one play he made in centerfield for Fresno this year where he ran back near the fence, fell down, and still caught the ball. That video is on milb.com. I tried to pull it up and post the link to it here, but couldn’t manage to. I don’t think Straw has to be better than Jake with the glove to displace him as the team’s late inning defensive replacement. He just needs to be really good and capable of playing all three outfield positions well. He is really good with the glove and plays all three OF positions well. He is very fast. Stole 70 bases this year and was caught stealing just 9 or 10 times, I believe. He would also be playing for the league minimum salary. I hope we don't get our hopes up like we did with Fisher and then see him not come through. I hope we don't have a good player and underestimate his ability because he doesn't match our expectations on a single stat (a la Shark) |
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Post by olpapa on Sept 22, 2018 15:21:54 GMT -6
I hope we don't get our hopes up like we did with Fisher and then see him not come through. I hope we don't have a good player and underestimate his ability because he doesn't match our expectations on a single stat (a la Shark) I agree with you. In years past it was standard operating procedure to have a guy at the top of the order who was a good contact hitter who got on base a lot and could steal a base consistently once he got on base. A lot of championship teams were built over the years using that formula. Seems like when all this fascination with saber metrics got started there was a healthy respect for guys who got on base a lot. Now not so much. For whatever reason a high OBP guy is not good enough for the Astros FO. They would rather have a guy who hits the 20 home runs a year and strikes out 35-40% of the time. |
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Post by olpapa on Sept 22, 2018 15:29:34 GMT -6
I don’t know that Straw would have to go a “long way” to displace Jake as the best defensive OF in the organization. Straw is a pretty good defensive player in his own right. I have seen some video of some pretty impressive plays he has made on D. There was one play he made in centerfield for Fresno this year where he ran back near the fence, fell down, and still caught the ball. That video is on milb.com. I tried to pull it up and post the link to it here, but couldn’t manage to. I don’t think Straw has to be better than Jake with the glove to displace him as the team’s late inning defensive replacement. He just needs to be really good and capable of playing all three outfield positions well. He is really good with the glove and plays all three OF positions well. He is very fast. Stole 70 bases this year and was caught stealing just 9 or 10 times, I believe. He would also be playing for the league minimum salary. Straw still has to prove he's Jake's equal as a defender......I am not saying he won't, but, he hasn't yet. He also has to prove that he can hit at this level. I hope we don't get our hopes up like we did with Fisher and then see him not come through. Like I said.., Straw would be playing for the league minimum salary which would save the Astros a couple million bucks a year. Therefore he doesn’t have to be Jake’s equal as a defender to take Jake’s role with the team away. He just has to be really good on D and capable of playing all three outfield positions. Straw has both of those qualifications covered. As far as Straw having to prove he can hit ML pitching in order to take Jake's job goes, I don’t think that will be necessary. After all, Jake can’t hit ML pitching after having been in the league several years now. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Sept 23, 2018 9:21:49 GMT -6
Straw could be the new Jake in the OF. His contributions have become more and more one-sided. Like Gattis, Marisnick gives you the hope of a home run while offering little else in return. Granted, his defense is much better than that of Gattis, but this team shouldn’t have to settle for that and keep others down in the process.
Jake is not that valuable.
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Post by unionstation82 on Sept 23, 2018 9:23:33 GMT -6
I mean if Marisnick’s glove were that of Kiermaier or Buxton, he’d have more reason to be rostered, but that is not the case.
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The delusiona old fool loved to carry a grudge so he could play the victim. Hypocrite in every sense of the word.
I am not in a real tactful mood this morning. 
