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  1. 3 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

    I think they figured that between Peacock, McHugh, James, Valdez, Martin, Perez, Whitley and Bukauskas, they could capably fill 2 rotation spots. It seemed like a reasonable position before the season started. 

    Peacock was OK and is now hurt; McHugh is a bad starter; James didn't get it done as a starter and has been up and down out of the pen; Valdez didn't get it done as a starter; Martin was bad and now hurt; Perez was bad; Whitley was awful in AAA and now hurt; Bukauskas has been bad in AA. 

    They will add a starter. 

     

    Yes, no question about it. Consensus opinion held that between all those guys with experience (McHugh/Peacock) and projected talent (James/Martin/Whitley), the starting rotation would be fine without Morton and Keuchel. On the other hand, the only thing preventing us from having that all-important stud SP3 right now was $$$$.

    We had him already and he was and will always be a beloved Astros legend for his gm 7 gem. 

    There really wasn't a good reason to let Morton walk except Luhnow thought he could easily replace him at a fraction of the cost. That was a very costly mistake and the only way to rectify it in 2019 is to deal prospects to fill a void largely of his own creation.

  2. 9 minutes ago, Planet Houston said:

    You can't have this take until after July 31.  Let's revisit in 17 days.

    We wouldn't even be in this position if we had signed Morton. He didn't want to leave and he earned and deserved a big raise. 

    Keuchel was asking way too much so I don''t blame our FO entirely for his departure, but I sure wouldn't mind his innings-eating soft-tossing left arm right now.

  3. This organization's front office and GM has proven itself to be one of the best in MLB but I feel like ego crept up this off-season and kinda bit us in the ass. The starting rotation was considered a definite strength but going into the 2019 season with LMJ on the shelf and a crop of unproven starting prospects in the minors was a little questionable given the inherent injury risk of pitchers in MLB. 

    Not signing Uncle Charlie especially and Keuchel to a lesser extent was easily Luhnow's greatest mistake yet.

  4. 10 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

    They’ve had a couple of big outings recently and she wasn’t part of the crew yet

     

    she's been to NYC with Breg's hot sister though and is instafriends with Daniella. 

    Bregman  posting her on his social media means they're definitely serious now. She hit the jackpot. 

     

  5. 6 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

    Also, after reading another post-TJ success story, how long before guys start pre-emptively having the surgery.
    Is that nonsense or are people already doing this/seriously considering it?

    On a related note, Corbin Martin is rumored to need TJ surgery as well.

  6. 10 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

     

    as for urquidy, what's his pitch profile like?  does he have more than 1-2 quality options?  with k numbers like that, he feels more like a shutdown 7/8th inning guy.  which would be awesome.  of course i said the same for josh james, and i still can't tell if we're trying to make these guys starters or not.

    He's a fastball/changeup guy with his changeup his best pitch, but supposedly has an improving slider to throw in the mix. He's missed a lot of time with arm injuries and had TJ surgery but has seen an increase in his fb velocity post-surgery. He's very much an audition by circumstance even though he's done very well at CC and RR this season.

     

  7. On 5/30/2019 at 10:39 AM, chitwood said:

    It's all of us old fucks from NW Hills.

    But I'd bet the median age of Jack Allen's Northcross clientele is a decade younger than the old folks at Chez Zee.

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  8. 57 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

    At some point good pitching will figure out alvarez weak spots. In the meantime I’m enjoying him crushing the hell out of mistakes. He is dialed in right now

    Opposing pitchers already know the weak spot but it's not easy to bust him with hard stuff inside and hit the high corner. His plate discipline is too good, which is why I expect him to generate a ton of walks in this lineup when he's not crushing bombs. 

  9. My raging yardon don't care about small sample size: this is going to go down as one of Luhnow's career-defining moves, trading Josh Fields for a generational slugger. Bagwell for Larry Andersen 2.0.

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