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Hank Chinaski

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  1. Nothing is a sure thing, of course. But Lee projects as an average big league catcher based on scouting grades, performance to date, etc. Fangraphs, whose prospect writers are generally as good as anyone’s, has him graded as a 50 future value guy, equivalent of an average MLB starter. He has a high floor because he’s good defensively at a defense-first position. He better than Maldonado right now. He isn’t exciting, but a catching combo of Diaz-Lee for the next 6 years very likely puts the Astros near the top of the league in terms of positional value. Again, it’s not about Lee per se. It’s about not properly balancing who you trade against who you receive.
  2. Graveman is a decent relief pitcher. He’s been worth about 2/3 of a win per year over the last 3 years. So, maybe he’s worth a win or so over the next 1.5 years. Lee is a good defensive catcher with 6 years of team control. If he catches 35-45 games per year as a backup to Diaz, he’s probably worth about 1 win per year even if his bat never comes around. Maybe/probably more. Look, none of this is the end of the world or anything. But trading away more future value than you get in return isn’t generally a winning formula if you’re not adding real difference makers. And guys with 4.85 FIP aren’t real difference makers; they’re just guys.
  3. Not worried about losing Lee; worried about trading more value than you get in return for guys that don’t move the needle. That’s problematic.
  4. And 25 last year. He will almost certainly be far more valuable over the next 5 years than Graveman will over the next 1.5. Graveman is completely ordinary.
  5. Signing a decent one costs a lot more than Lee will for several years.
  6. They have to get rid of Maldy after the season. Nobody catches every day. Lee probably catches 40-50 games per year for the next 5/6 years if Diaz sticks. He’s a good defensive catcher with decent power. And he costs almost nothing. Graveman and his 4.85 FIP doesn’t match the value.
  7. Lee for Graveman is a fucking terrible deal for the Astros.
  8. Suffice to say I’d rather see Singleton at DH than Madris.
  9. I remember being giddy - when it seemed possible that we’d move to the PAC with the ags - at the idea of a swarm of aggie hayseeds descending on the Bay Area or Seattle en masse. Doing their midnight yelling thing in LA somewhere. Etcetera and so forth.
  10. Fuck you, Adams heiress. Rot in shit.
  11. Good god…where the conference HQ is located, who gets the first home game, who’s the “real UT”, etc…does anyone actually give a flying fuck about any of the things that these guys obsess over? I can’t imagine caring about any of these things.
  12. Altuve Alvarez Bregman Tucker Abreu Chas Diaz Pena Dubon/Julks/Meyers 5-7 could be in any order.
  13. Smart teams would be willing to give up good assets for Chas and Diaz (and obviously Tucker). I know I’m a broken record, but Chas has been 30% better than league average offensively as a good defensive CF, with years of team control. He’s at 1.7 fWAR in 53 games, meaning he’s playing at the level of a 5-win player (all star). Diaz is a catcher who hits the ball really hard. It isn’t difficult to see him as one of the 4-5 best offensive catchers in MLB. He’s also the best defensive catcher on the club. He’s a rookie. Both of those guys should get you really big haul. The Astros shouldn’t move them. Rather, they should move the manager who doesn’t understand their value. (I know you’re not saying we should move anyone necessarily; just saying that we have some valuable trade chips if we wanted to, like these guys, Tucker, Pena, etc. Obviously the best idea is to keep those guys for now.)
  14. And the next 6 games after today are at COL and OAK. They aren’t selling. I don’t think they should be big buyers either, given that we have no idea when/if the 3 best players on the team are going to be healthy - and if they aren’t, nobody they can acquire is going to make any meaningful difference anyway.
  15. Siri entered today with a .266 OBP and he strikes out 1/3 of the time. This is exactly who he’s always been - a great defender with power but the Ks and plate discipline issues prevent him from being a really good player.
  16. Chas is better.
  17. “Get out of here, grow up, Jesus. Let the adults talk.”
  18. Why in the holy hell is Bligh Madris on this fucking team and DHing? Can anyone explain or defend this? This guy has a career wRC+ of 39. Fucking 39. He was a below average hitter in AAA this season. This is fucking asinine. Can someone please fucking fire Dusty or take his goddamn bad players away from him? What the fuck is Brown doing? How can you fucking allow this? Dusty is - once again - actively reducing the team’s chances of winning for no reason whatsoever.
  19. Would not do anything like that for 1 potential postseason with Ohtani. That’s several years of a good starting SS and CF for a single postseason run.
  20. All these years later, I’m still befuddled by that. I mean, if women romancing each other is wrong, what exactly is right?
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