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4 minutes ago, Mez2 said:

I want a new training staff

List of 2025 Astros Injuries:

SP Spencer Arrighetti - Missed all but 7 starts
SP Ronel Blanco - Tommy John after 9 starts
SP Luis Garcia - Elbow injury after 2 starts (after missing most of season returning from TJ)
CL Josh Hader - Missed final 2 months
SP Lance McCullers Jr. - On and off IL after return from missing two seasons
RP Kaleb Ort - Missed final month, also some other time
RP John Rooney - Elbow surgery after 1 appearance
RP Bennett Sousa - Missed final 6 weeks
SP Brandon Walter - Tommy John after 9 starts
SP Hayden Wesneski - Tommy John after 6 starts

That’s just the pitchers…

IF Isaac Paredes - Missed 2 months with hamstring strain
SS Jeremy Peña - Missed ~35 games with broken rib+sore oblique
2B Brendan Rodgers - Missed final 3.5 months (various)
LF/DH Yordan Alvarez - Limited to 48 games (Hand, then ankle)
OF Zach Dezenzo - Missed final 4 months with hand injury
OF Chas McCormick - Missed 6 weeks with oblique strain
OF Jacob Melton - Missed 6 weeks with ankle sprain, had some back stuff early in season
OF Jake Meyers - Missed 2 months with calf injury
OF Taylor Trammell - Missed 4 months with calf injury, then missed some time after running into wall in August.
 

 

 

 

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I retire in 2 days and we are working on our visas to move to Spain. The plan is to be there no later than early 2026, so I'll have to follow the Astros from afar next year. I've been a fan for as long as I can remember. Listened to Larry Dirker pitching on my transistor radio when I was supposed to be asleep. Jose Cruz, Casar Cedeño, and the rest. Hell, I remember Joe Morgan as an Astro. The last few years have been immensely fun and I'm sad to see the run end, but the memories are priceless. And hopefully more to come. Y'all keep cheering them on and I'll watch and check in as I can. 

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6 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

I retire in 2 days and we are working on our visas to move to Spain. The plan is to be there no later than early 2026, so I'll have to follow the Astros from afar next year. I've been a fan for as long as I can remember. Listened to Larry Dirker pitching on my transistor radio when I was supposed to be asleep. Jose Cruz, Casar Cedeño, and the rest. Hell, I remember Joe Morgan as an Astro. The last few years have been immensely fun and I'm sad to see the run end, but the memories are priceless. And hopefully more to come. Y'all keep cheering them on and I'll watch and check in as I can. 

 

imo, the run ends when pena's time here has expired. 

if healthy, we're the #1 seed this year. next year, top 2 seed (if healthy). younger players have to take that next step, more pitching needed. going to be a fun season. 

can't wait for opening day 

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Missing the playoffs on a tie-breaker or 1 win is pretty sad. So many games they could have made up that 1 game and didn't.  Only 7 games behind #1 overall in the AL, nobody is really dominating this league this year. 97 wins by the Brewers was #1 overall, which feels kind of low. A moderately more healthy Astros team this year would have been fighting for that #1 spot and winning the division. Too bad, but can't be too upset after 8 years of dominance. Still a good team that will be back in the mix next year. 

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Former Astros in the playoffs ...

•    ⁠Alex Bregman (Red Sox)
•    ⁠Abraham Toro (Red Sox)
•    ⁠Kyle Tucker (Cubs)
•    ⁠Rafael Montero (Tigers)
•    ⁠George Springer (Blue Jays)
•    ⁠Joey Loperfido (Blue Jays)
•    ⁠Myles Straw (Blue Jays)
•    ⁠Teoscar Hernández (Dodgers)
•    ⁠Kike Hernández (Dodgers)

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4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

chandler rome note ...

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This problem has been clear to Surly for a good while, but even after the loss of Tucker, Bregman and Alvarez I'm not sure it registered fully with the front office. Maybe they just assumed someone would magically fill the obvious voids or that Paredes would come back much sooner, but neither  happened. Cole isn't the full answer going forward, though he looks to be part of it. Jury obviously is still out on Matthews and Melton, among others coming up from the farm. 

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Hell of a run, hate the way the season ended but it felt like since the all star break could never get in a groove.   I play injuries for the low morale and think next year will be different. 

 

Lets dump Walker and Sanchez , and try to get more speed and a starter.   Either trade Matthews or make him the new Dubon.     

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50 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

This problem has been clear to Surly for a good while, but even after the loss of Tucker, Bregman and Alvarez I'm not sure it registered fully with the front office. Maybe they just assumed someone would magically fill the obvious voids or that Paredes would come back much sooner, but neither  happened. Cole isn't the full answer going forward, though he looks to be part of it. Jury obviously is still out on Matthews and Melton, among others coming up from the farm. 

Cole looks like he could be a strong side platoon guy in CF. His SSS in the majors was in line with his minor leauge splits, but they need to be active in the trade market for 2nd tier non-QO free agents to fill holes at 2B and CF.

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Sanchez is actually an interesting comp for Jacob Melton.  Both were athlete over skills prospects with platoon handicaps.  
 

I will be very surprised is Sanchez has much trade value going to his third team after that second half.  I think it’s more necessary to upgrade there than at second.  Non-tender or trade Dubon, let Uriah play second and give Matthews a chance to either beat him out or see if he can play OF.  

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Would Dubon not have any trade value if you tender him?  Not sure why they would let him walk for nothing when they could have him as a cheap, 1 year rental option for a team looking for a utility man. 

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Going into the offseason, the Astros have the following:

Under Contract - Javier, McCullers, Hader, Walker, Correa, Altuve and Yordan

Arb Eligible - Garcia, Brown, Wesneski, Abreu, Okert, Sousa, Santos, Diaz, Paredes, Dubon, Pena, Urias, Meyers, McCormick, Sanchez and Trammell

Pre-Arb - Blanco, Spaghetti, Walter, Blubaugh, Ort, King, France, Gordon, Alexander, Murray, Dezenzo, Matthews, Leon, Smith, Melton and Cole

Free Agents - Framber and Caratini

For the arbitration eligible players, I would non-tender Garcia, Santos, Chas and Trammell. I would also consider non-tendering Sanchez as he somewhat blocks Cam from getting ABs assuming that Altuve/Yordan split time in LF.

Paredes needs to spend every day working on double play turns from 2B and Walker needs to take live BP in Daikon on a regular basis. Walker’s OPS was 916 when the Astros won and 464 in losses. From a hitting perspective, it looks like you basically run the same lineup back out there and pray for Yordan’s health. They should be able to resign Caratini on a reasonable deal to keep him around. Can someone convince Yainer to chase a little less?

From a pitching perspective, who’s going to be healthy for opening day? We know Blanco and Wesneski are out. What about Hader, Spaghetti, Walter and Sousa? Also, I don’t want to count on King and Okert maintaining their 2025 performance.

I don’t want to resign Framber but losing his innings will really hurt this team. Counting on Javier and McCullers to pitch well for a whole season appears to be a stretch. The rotation appears to be Brown, Javier, Alexander, McCullers and Blubaugh based on the history of the Astros medical staff.

They will need to find some affordable options to eat innings in the rotation and bullpen to survive 162 games.

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52 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

Would Dubon not have any trade value if you tender him?

Gemini says 1 WAR in 2025 is worth about $8m, and Dubon is about to get a bump in his last year of arbitration eligibility.  
 

That said, he’s 31 and most of that is for defense and ideally he’s getting no more than 300 AB’s (if that) as a infield sub.  That makes me think there’s going to be little demand for him in the market at $7m, and even at that amount you maybe get a lotto ticket back as a prospect.  
 

Urias, for example, is basically Dubon at half the cost and his market (based on trade value) was a 19th round 2024 draftee pitcher in low A.  
 

Anyway, I think it’s worth pointing that out because the Astros are very much as stars and scrubs team at the moment and there’s a number of Dubons that need to go the moment they cost more than a penny.  

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7 minutes ago, hornmpa96 said:

I don’t want to resign Framber but losing his innings will really hurt this team.

I don’t want to re-sign him, either, but more than replacing his innings, we need a pitcher besides Brown that can reasonably expect to start in the playoffs.  That usually means someone who can miss bats, and it’s why the Dodgers have been filling up their roster with high strikeout pitchers while taking a chance on the injury prone.  
 

I’d kick the tires on Chris Sale, heck maybe even see if the Braves want to get out of that Spencer Strider contract.  Dylan Cease is going to want all the money but I’d inquire there, too.  

Crediting @Wulaw Horn on this, but he wrote a year or so ago that the window was open as long as the Astros could turn out cheap starters, but unfortunately injuries have made all our in-house options unreliable bets for 2026.  

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