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5 hours ago, YChang said:

If the team miss the playoffs... I guess guys have more time to recover. And we can speculate/hope for staff changes. Crane can stew on missing out on that sweet, sweet playoff revenue and be pissed that the team wasn't built better to accomplish that goal.  

Will be very interesting to see what changes the Astros make regardless of the outcome and a big issue is going to be the Altuve contract.

They owe him 30M a ear for 2026 and 2027, 25M for 2028, and then 10M in 2029 which is a great deal of money for a guy who is basically a DH.

I am not suggesting they trade him, recognize what he has done for the club, and his place in Astro history, but they are going to have some tough choices on what to do with Jose and manage the lineup when they get some of these parts back.  

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2 hours ago, LCHorn said:

I think he's more lead by example.  

 

Which would explain a lot of things because his on-field example has been really shitty this year, and especially lately.

terrible slump at the plate that starts with a horrendous approach to each AB and then taking for granted being able to get to third in extras on a grounder to first base.

completely inexcusable.

we’re still panicking but not in complete meltdown mode if we pull out that first game against the blue jays and every little thing in a close game matters including properly handling how to go from 2nd to 3rd on a grounder to right side in extras.

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AJ Blubaugh talk about how much Carlos Correa and Christian Walker helped him slow down while warming up for his emergency outing on Tuesday 

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12 minutes ago, PGFrog said:

I am not suggesting they trade him, recognize what he has done for the club, and his place in Astro history, but they are going to have some tough choices on what to do with Jose and manage the lineup when they get some of these parts back.  

For sure, especially if his skills drop off a cliff...

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2 minutes ago, YChang said:

For sure, especially if his skills drop off a cliff...

That has already happened defensively and the base running has followed suit the last month.

Almost as if he don't realize he can't run like he once did when younger. I would have compared him to former US men's player Jeff Agoos, but now that i think about it Agoos never could run. 

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14 minutes ago, YChang said:

For sure, especially if his skills drop off a cliff...

He hit fine in the first half, particularly in July; I think some of it is fatigue.  

I feel like Fangraphs or someone on the Crawfish boxes wrote an article a few years back about Altuve adjustments (basically pulls everything, trading BA for power but that it worked for him despite diminishing bat speed).  I think it's clear that he needs to go back to the laboratory over the offseason because he's an out machine right now.  

 

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3 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

He hit fine in the first half, particularly in July; I think some of it is fatigue.  

I feel like Fangraphs or someone on the Crawfish boxes wrote an article a few years back about Altuve adjustments (basically pulls everything, trading BA for power but that it worked for him despite diminishing bat speed).  I think it's clear that he needs to go back to the laboratory over the offseason because he's an out machine right now.  

 

Yeah that's what I'm hoping too, that he's not too stubborn or proud to make some adjustments. 

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4 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

He hit fine in the first half, particularly in July; I think some of it is fatigue.  

I feel like Fangraphs or someone on the Crawfish boxes wrote an article a few years back about Altuve adjustments (basically pulls everything, trading BA for power but that it worked for him despite diminishing bat speed).  I think it's clear that he needs to go back to the laboratory over the offseason because he's an out machine right now.  

 

Agree completely, as I and others have mentioned here before, a younger Altuve would take that outside pitch and drive it to right field.

Unfortunately, he now more times than not ends up hitting a weak ground ball to a middle infielder rolling over on top of that pitch. 

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2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

players get older every year 

We all do and I wasn't happy the first time I was playing golf with our son and instead of dropping down a club to show I still could hit with him or even do better  I had to club up one or even two clubs.

If the player won't recognize it someone has to tell them.  Nothing wrong with it, not disrespecting the player.  

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1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

could be time to transition into being a slap hitter, the pete rose model

Except we don't have enough power in our lineup currently for it to be effective.   He still leads the team in homers. 

If we get more homers around him it would for sure be beneficial to the team to turn back into a .300 10HR guy.

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Altuve obviously is our GOAT, or on a very short list. But whether mostly chasing rings or 3000 hits, he's doing a lot of things backwards to get there.

When he hit the skids a few weeks ago I saw some fans claiming he'd bounce back any day, because he'd recently destroyed the Yankees in their park. But he hasn't. Every HR he pulls seems to make him more convinced he can yank the next pitch over or at least deep into LF. But that's not what made him special in the first place. He has to go back to hitting the ball where it's pitched. The slower his hands get with age (everyone's do), the more he has to just look to make solid contact. The coaches need to coach that, and he needs to listen. 

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1 hour ago, PGFrog said:

Cole a corner outfielder or can he play center?

He's played 165 out of 179 minor league outfield games in center, but let's be real, Espada ain't gonna play him.

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