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Ojo Rojo

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  1. Okay, so maybe one and a half. I don't know why JV took that deal - if I recall, didn't COVID have something to do with suppressing the market that year? I could be wrong about that. My point is that everyone wants to sign old, high-priced free agents to short term deals. Some teams are willing to buy the back end of those contracts when the players could be washed up. The Astros are not one of those.
  2. Is there a difference between only being willing to sign high priced old guys to short term deals and not signing older high priced guys? Have the Astros signed an older guy to a high AAV short term contract in recent history? (Verlander doesn't count because this was a "prove it" year coming of TJ.)
  3. It's been proven with Correa and Springer that our front office will let beloved players go who are the highest priced and older. I don't think they are going to keep Verlander. Our remaining starters would still be one of the best in the league. I think they are going to be looking to pledge that money to extend guys and maybe find a LF, CF, C and/or 1B.
  4. An embarrassment of riches at SP. It would really hurt to lose JV. I literally love him. But if Brown is the real deal, then doesn't he become expendable at the high price? What do you do with six quality starters? One guy works from the pen? Six man rotation? Trade one of them? Good problem to have.
  5. Maybe this has already been addressed, but how does this affect the realignment calculus, if at all? Seems like maybe being a member of a highly competitive superconference would be bad for odds of getting into the playoffs.
  6. Full moon out?
  7. Pffttt. Chicks already have handlebars; they're called hips.
  8. Is Y. Diaz being looked at as a 1B option?
  9. What did we get in return?
  10. You need to run screaming from this situation. I don't care how great the house is, there are others. Doing business with crazy people is fucked. It never turns out well. No amount of legal papering is going to prevent the problems you will have. The legal docs only help if you end up litigating, which if you do then you have already lost. It's impossible. Accept it and move on.
  11. Well, sure. But we'd be 57-0 if we had him, so...
  12. Man, we are one bat short. Losing Brantley really fucked us.
  13. My plan was to sell my house in POC and my current boat before buying something. I don't have to, but my wife may have something to say about it if I drop $50K or so before those other things happen. Have someone at the house today with their contractor. Might get a contract soon... I might drive down and test drive that Maverick. I know it's going to handle way different than the v hulls I've always driven. May take some getting used to. I have been fantasizing about being able to cruise in 8" of water though.
  14. That's not what I meant. I meant that it will require meaningful, i.e. playoff, games for Dusty to put our best lineup on the field every night.
  15. I think it will require playoffs. At this point, there should be no question who the best option in CF is on the team. Just like Yuli at 1B, they gave Jake every opportunity and he couldn't make it. Chas isn't a superstar, but he's also not a JAG. He's a quality MLB centerfielder. That's good enough on this team. Would we like to have more production from that position? Of course, but we can't play who we don't have and Chas is the clear best option. And I'm fine with that.
  16. The only reason I can think of why he is still playing every day is loyalty. They are giving him every chance to stay on the every day roster. If he can't do it, then it won't be because management didn't give him a chance. That, or they honestly feel they have no better 1B options, which simply isn't the case. I think all will be made right with the playoff roster. They are going to play the best guys who have the highest chance of winning. That just can't be with Yuli at 1B; not with these numbers.
  17. Goddammit. I REALLY want that Maverick. Dropped the price to $56,500 today. I'm not quite ready, but I don't know that I can afford to wait.
  18. It depends, but I know I would only want to fish 2 at a time on the skiff. If I take more than that out then the other guys are wading. So what do y'all think of Sabine? What's the most economical option? What kind of price range am I looking at? Can you flounder from a skiff rigged with lights?
  19. Yeah, I'm in a big transition with POC and fishing generally. We're selling our house and I'm going to sell my Pathfinder 2200v this fall. What I want to do when I fish seriously is fly fish from a poling skiff or toss spoons or plastics. But all sight casting from a skiff. The areas I've been fishing most and the areas I like to fish the most are way better fished from a poling skiff than slogging through the mud like I've been doing. I don't go across big open water much, so I'm not that concerned about being able to take chop or stay dry in chop. I run fairly protected routes everywhere I go. I'm sure there would still be times where we don't pole, like if we're fishing for trout over a dropoff at the edge of a flat or something. So we'd just anchor and wade. But that's still something a poling skiff could do. I'm just ready to try something new and this is it.
  20. I've never owned or fished out of a super shallow draft boat or one with a tunnel. We drive to a place and jump out and wade. What are the pros and cons of the tunnel? I don't know what skiffs cost. I've seen some on Boattrader. I guess I'd like to keep it under $50K. Looking hard at Sabine.
  21. Best poling skiff for Texas coast? I fish out of POC.
  22. So previously winning a championship is the only criteria that should be considered when making the lineup? And Maldy is worthless because he's never won a world series? Nah, man. This teams' strength this year has been pitching; specifically starting pitching. Maldy has been the primary catcher and the pitchers we have are very comfortable with him and want him catching. He makes our pitchers better. We've gotten the best record in the AL with Maldy catching. We shouldn't fuck with that recipe too much. We can afford a couple of below average hitters in the lineup if it means our SPs keep doing what they've been doing.
  23. Maldonado's biggest asset is his ability to call games. Pitchers love him for that ability and rave about him. There are no stats for that.
  24. Yeah, I don't know why Dubon hits first when he spells Altuve or why McCormick doesn't play against LHP. That doesn't mean there are no reasons or only bad reasons. We still have, what, 36 games left? That's plenty of games to play our best lineup for a final tuneup before the start of the postseason. They could just nearing the end of this "get yourself right/experimentation" period.
  25. If Dusty is doing all the things he's doing while trying to win every game, then you Dusty haters have a valid point and he should be let go after the season. If, however, there are other reasons for doing what he's doing with the lineup, such as trying give Yuli as many ABs as possible hitting in front of Yordan to fix himself, giving Jake Meyers as many ABs and defensive plays as possible to see where he is truly at after the injury, and on and on and on, then Dusty isn't an idiot and there isn't a good reason to let him go. None of us can know the answer to this question. I tend to think it's the latter, because it doesn't make sense otherwise. Regardless, I'm waiting until the playoffs. Every single one of those games matter a whole lot so you are trying to win every one. If he is still running Jake out to CF and not playing McCormick and shit like that, then I will agree that Dusty is an idiot and needs to go. Until then, I'm going to enjoy this great fucking season.
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