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Post by olpapa on Nov 5, 2018 6:51:04 GMT -6
Bump...yesterday was a slow forum posting day. This from mlbtr: “Changes are coming to the Astros’ front office, as Sig Mejdal and Ryan Hallahan – members of their Ground Control analytics team – are leaving, per Brian McTaggart of MLB.com and Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle. Their exits come on the heels of director of research and development Mike Fast’s September departure. Both Mejdal and Hallahan had been in Houston since 2012. Mejdal, a former NASA researcher, joined the Astros as a director of decision sciences. He spent part of the 2017 season as a coach at the Class-A level, interestingly enough, and held the title of special assistant to the general manager, process development in 2018. Hallahan served as the Astros’ senior technical architect.” Looks like there may be some dissension within the geek squad. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Nov 5, 2018 6:59:02 GMT -6
Bump...yesterday was a slow forum posting day. This from mlbtr: “Changes are coming to the Astros’ front office, as Sig Mejdal and Ryan Hallahan – members of their Ground Control analytics team – are leaving, per Brian McTaggart of MLB.com and Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle. Their exits come on the heels of director of research and development Mike Fast’s September departure. Both Mejdal and Hallahan had been in Houston since 2012. Mejdal, a former NASA researcher, joined the Astros as a director of decision sciences. He spent part of the 2017 season as a coach at the Class-A level, interestingly enough, and held the title of special assistant to the general manager, process development in 2018. Hallahan served as the Astros’ senior technical architect.” Looks like there may be some dissension within the geek squad. We need more Geeks...Should have a Geek Festival. |
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Post by m240 on Nov 5, 2018 7:37:18 GMT -6
This from mlbtr: “Changes are coming to the Astros’ front office, as Sig Mejdal and Ryan Hallahan – members of their Ground Control analytics team – are leaving, per Brian McTaggart of MLB.com and Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle. Their exits come on the heels of director of research and development Mike Fast’s September departure. Both Mejdal and Hallahan had been in Houston since 2012. Mejdal, a former NASA researcher, joined the Astros as a director of decision sciences. He spent part of the 2017 season as a coach at the Class-A level, interestingly enough, and held the title of special assistant to the general manager, process development in 2018. Hallahan served as the Astros’ senior technical architect.” Looks like there may be some dissension within the geek squad. We need more Geeks...Should have a Geek Festival. I wonder who hired them away. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Nov 5, 2018 8:14:24 GMT -6
We need more Geeks...Should have a Geek Festival. I wonder who hired them away. This is the opening that KB was waiting for. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Nov 5, 2018 9:20:02 GMT -6
I wonder who hired them away. This is the opening that KB was waiting for. Rather have Voodoo work for the Astros...didnt Ash work for them atone time? |
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Post by m240 on Nov 5, 2018 9:38:45 GMT -6
Kansas City’s farm system looks like ours did in 2010. They really have very little there in the way of prospects and none that are close to being mlb ready. It is highly doubtful that they will be willing to dive as deeply into the suck pool as the Astros did so my guess is that we can trade for Salvador Perez and only have to give up one advanced prospect and a couple of mlb depth kind of guys. Kemp, Davis, Reed, and Fisher would all be prime candidates for them. Not saying all of them but let them pick two of the four and throw in someone like Armenteros and Devenski and I think we can get Perez and his expensive contract off of them.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2018 10:21:34 GMT -6
Congrats to Keuchel for the his 2018 Golden Glove. Bregman snubbed. link |
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Post by unionstation82 on Nov 5, 2018 10:30:45 GMT -6
Congrats to Keuchel for the his 2018 Golden Glove. Bregman snubbed. linkChapman is a beast at 3B. There’s no shame in Bregman losing to him. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2018 10:44:14 GMT -6
Congrats to Keuchel for the his 2018 Golden Glove. Bregman snubbed. linkChapman is a beast at 3B. There’s no shame in Bregman losing to him. Chapman- .959 f-pct, 20 errors Bregman- .962 f-pct, 13 errors Sadly I guess highlight reels are now ruling the GG voting |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Nov 5, 2018 11:41:20 GMT -6
I wonder who hired them away. This is the opening that KB was waiting for. They left because Crane is a racist and Altuve is a PED abuser. - KB |
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Post by blcoach8 on Nov 5, 2018 12:12:59 GMT -6
Bregman's mouth may have helped cost him the gold glove
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Post by unionstation82 on Nov 5, 2018 13:05:09 GMT -6
Chapman is a beast at 3B. There’s no shame in Bregman losing to him. Chapman- .959 f-pct, 20 errors Bregman- .962 f-pct, 13 errors Sadly I guess highlight reels are now ruling the GG voting But the range...the man is a Hoover at 3B. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2018 14:33:01 GMT -6
Chapman- .959 f-pct, 20 errors Bregman- .962 f-pct, 13 errors Sadly I guess highlight reels are now ruling the GG voting But the range...the man is a Hoover at 3B. No argument there. Still oddly, neither Chapman nor Bregman were in the top 5 of fielding percentage this year. (From Baseball Reference). It only sorted 1-5, so I'd almost venture that Chapman is actually in the middle of the pack of what I call a benchmark stat for this defensive competency. (at .959). Spectacular but "oops" prone, so to speak. Think about it. 20 errors translates to about one error per 8 games. Fielding % as 3B 1. Candelario • DET .973 2. Seager • SEA .968 3. Sanchez • CHW .968 4. Ramirez • CLE .965 5. Duffy • TBR .963 |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Nov 5, 2018 14:36:40 GMT -6
Some of those on that list may be skewed due to number of innings played/chances/etc.
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Post by unionstation82 on Nov 5, 2018 14:37:50 GMT -6
But the range...the man is a Hoover at 3B. No argument there. Still oddly, neither Chapman nor Bregman were in the top 5 of fielding percentage this year. (From Baseball Reference). It only sorted 1-5, so I'd almost venture that Chapman is actually in the middle of the pack of what I call a benchmark stat for this defensive competency. (at .959). Spectacular but "oops" prone, so to speak. Think about it. 20 errors translates to about one error per 8 games. Fielding % as 3B 1. Candelario • DET .973 2. Seager • SEA .968 3. Sanchez • CHW .968 4. Ramirez • CLE .965 5. Duffy • TBR .963 Some plays that Bregman and Chapman actually get to would whizz right by those guys with the higher FP%. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2018 14:49:15 GMT -6
No argument there. Still oddly, neither Chapman nor Bregman were in the top 5 of fielding percentage this year. (From Baseball Reference). It only sorted 1-5, so I'd almost venture that Chapman is actually in the middle of the pack of what I call a benchmark stat for this defensive competency. (at .959). Spectacular but "oops" prone, so to speak. Think about it. 20 errors translates to about one error per 8 games. Fielding % as 3B 1. Candelario • DET .973 2. Seager • SEA .968 3. Sanchez • CHW .968 4. Ramirez • CLE .965 5. Duffy • TBR .963 Some plays that Bregman and Chapman actually get to would whizz right by those guys with the higher FP%. True, but do you remember many E's being assigned after a spectacular stop? |
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Post by unionstation82 on Nov 5, 2018 15:19:27 GMT -6
Some plays that Bregman and Chapman actually get to would whizz right by those guys with the higher FP%. True, but do you remember many E's being assigned after a spectacular stop? Good point but I’d rather have a player get an error for a ball he’s not supposed to get to than a double. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Nov 5, 2018 19:17:19 GMT -6
This is the opening that KB was waiting for. They left because Crane is a racist and Altuve is a PED abuser. - KB His momma slept with a bad man. |
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Post by m240 on Nov 6, 2018 9:41:33 GMT -6
I saw something that made me laugh on the MLB channel last night. They were discussing whether it made sense for Cleveland and HOUSTON to sell valuable assets while they could still get value for them. Can you imagine what kind of SH!T storm would be created if we trade Verlander and Cole.
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Post by unionstation82 on Nov 6, 2018 9:47:24 GMT -6
Why would they lump Cleveland and Houston together?
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Post by thomasj13 on Nov 6, 2018 10:18:59 GMT -6
Why would they lump Cleveland and Houston together? 2017 WS Champs, 2018 - 103 game winner....must mean the Astros should rebuild...if the Astros are somehow out of contention by the trade deadline this year, and if they have talked to both Verlander and Morton, and indications they have no interest in re-signing, then yes, trade them... Astros 2018-2019 Off Season - get a DH that can hit for power and average; find another Charlie Morton type; a veteran catcher two a 2 year deal; trust in Tucker; swiss arm type of player. |
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Post by sempersmom on Nov 6, 2018 10:28:44 GMT -6
I saw something that made me laugh on the MLB channel last night. They were discussing whether it made sense for Cleveland and HOUSTON to sell valuable assets while they could still get value for them. Can you imagine what kind of SH!T storm would be created if we trade Verlander and Cole. That's just nonsense. Talking heads just like to talk. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Nov 6, 2018 10:33:04 GMT -6
Why would they lump Cleveland and Houston together? I think it is because the Astros are not going to re-sign Sipp, Harris or Gattis.... |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Nov 6, 2018 10:39:59 GMT -6
Verlander announced as a finalist for CY. Surprisingly, Sale was not.
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Post by blcoach8 on Nov 6, 2018 12:16:28 GMT -6
Verlander announced as a finalist for CY. Surprisingly, Sale was not. i saw that.......I think Snell will get it and I can't argue with it. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2018 12:18:10 GMT -6
Not sure it was mentioned earlier in this thread, but one media prognosticator has projected Cruz abandoning SEA for a WS run here.
Though he is in his late 30's, he still seems to be putting up some pretty lofty numbers. A pure DH here in Houston? Interesting. IMO....A good fit if the price is right.
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Post by m240 on Nov 6, 2018 12:51:06 GMT -6
Sign him up
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Post by thomasj13 on Nov 6, 2018 12:58:52 GMT -6
Not sure it was mentioned earlier in this thread, but one media prognosticator has projected Cruz abandoning SEA for a WS run here. Though he is in his late 30's, he still seems to be putting up some pretty lofty numbers. A pure DH here in Houston? Interesting. IMO....A good fit if the price is right. Cruz for Astros, Cruz for Texans <---- sorry, I had to do it. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Nov 6, 2018 14:21:06 GMT -6
Not sure it was mentioned earlier in this thread, but one media prognosticator has projected Cruz abandoning SEA for a WS run here. Though he is in his late 30's, he still seems to be putting up some pretty lofty numbers. A pure DH here in Houston? Interesting. IMO....A good fit if the price is right. Go get him. |
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Post by m240 on Nov 6, 2018 15:03:31 GMT -6
Cruz needs a new home because the Mariners seem to be sellers this off season.
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