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11 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

As a senior, he batted .602 with a .685 on-base percentage, 11 home runs, 27 steals and 50 RBIs.
 

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Great story of a young man overcoming the difficult odds of being only 6'4" 215 pounds with a mid-90s rocket arm. Brings tears to your eyes. 

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14 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Great story of a young man overcoming the difficult odds of being only 6'4" 215 pounds with a mid-90s rocket arm. Brings tears to your eyes. 

does make you wonder how his draft profile would have been affected if he was one of the Perfect Game gemstones.

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https://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=490292

He played 39 PG events. I'm sure growing up in a new country was difficult, but that story is seriously overselling the underdog angle. When you have his kind of talent you get scholarshipped into elite programs so they can sell to bigger numbers of parents of lesser talented kids. 

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10 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

https://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=490292

He played 39 PG events. I'm sure growing up in a new country was difficult, but that story is seriously overselling the underdog angle. When you have his kind of talent you get scholarshipped into elite programs so they can sell to bigger numbers of parents of lesser talented kids. 

He doesn't have a PG grade or full evaluation of their scouts because he wasn't in any of their showcases. I'm not informed enough to know why he wasn't--either because of circumstance/background or ability--but the greatest exposure to scouts is at those showcases.

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Because the offense won't matter if we don't have two starters who are pitching really well.  Frambler and Javier carried the team in the postseason last year.  Frambler is still pretty good, but Javier isn't even close to the same level.  Yordan and Altuve coming back will also go along way in helping the offense.  So will the end of stupid lineups if things go like last year.

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2 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Because the offense won't matter if we don't have two starters who are pitching really well.  Frambler and Javier carried the team in the postseason last year.  Frambler is still pretty good, but Javier isn't even close to the same level.  Yordan and Altuve coming back will also go along way in helping the offense.

Exactly this. The expectation that Javier and Brown would excel this year has not been met and unless they turn it around quickly, starting pitching becomes the priority at the trade deadline. 

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6 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

I’ll take more pitching but how can that be the number one priority when it’s our offense not producing as the number one reason we aren’t in first right now? We can never have too much pitching so I’m down for that but we need bats.


it’ll be interesting to see which ‘bats’ are traded at the deadline. 

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20 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Rumors from the IT Astros thread is Giolito. He's a FA after this season, so Gilbert, Melton, or Clifford shouldn't be involved. 

Barber, Loperfido, Dezenzo, Arrighetti - probably our best bullets.

 

Start with Barber like the other 3 way too much.

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1 hour ago, HtownHorn said:

Rumors from the IT Astros thread is Giolito. He's a FA after this season, so Gilbert, Melton, or Clifford shouldn't be involved. 

Barber, Loperfido, Dezenzo, Arrighetti - probably our best bullets.

 

Dude's going through a divorce.  He'll either pitch this second half with his hair on fire or be in a pit of despair.

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