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On 12/12/2025 at 4:08 PM, Hornsbay22 said:

She's a horn at least

 

21 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

Go ahead and trade him to the Blue Jays. She's Canadian. Get Giminez and Loperfido.

 

 

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On 12/11/2025 at 4:14 PM, Welch said:

Grew up a huge Astros fan in San Antonio, and have always lived in SA and Austin… so I’m not terribly familiar with the Houston sports personalities.

Recently stumbled onto the Stone Cold Stros channel on YouTube, with Charlie Pallilo, Brandon Strange, and Josh Jordan.  Is the feeling among Houstonians that these guys know what they’re talking about?  More than the Locked On Astros guys, I’m guessing?

(Acknowledging that nothing beats Breathing Orange Fire, of course…)

Pallilo was always fun to listen to when I still listened to AM radio. He didn’t suffer fools easily, whether they were callers, guests, or just athletes/celebs in stories of the day. 

That said, he pretty much could never admit when he was just wrong, and he loved having the last word on a caller who disagreed with him by cutting them off, hanging up on them and talking down to them when they couldn’t respond. 

He was famously dismissive of Altuve as a major league prospect while he was putting up big numbers in the minors. People would call in and ask about him being called up and Pallilo would say he wished they would call him up so he could flop and people would stop asking about him. I assume he did a mea culpa at some point, but I never heard it. 

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15 hours ago, Limp Brisket said:

His catch in Philly will always be remembered.

Astros go down 2-3 in that series if it wasn't for Chaz and Mancini. They saved Ryan Pressly's ass.

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I don't get Stros info as much as I used to but got a couple notes 

  • Everyone expects JV to come back on a 1 +1 deal (or straight one year with a wink and nod). He pitched well in the 2H, and honestly worth it for the innings 
  • Stros and Pirates have talked Mitch Keller for Christian Walker swap. Honestly, this makes too much sense IMO, Keller is definitely someone I could see the Astros sprinkling some fairy dust on
  • Zac Gallen is the main "Upper tier" arm target but kicked the tires on King, Cease and still kicking them with Suarez but that is unlikely
  • Christian Vazquez is an option at backup C if Caratini signs elsewhere
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The radio guys the other day were talking about Paredes being traded instead of Walker because we could actually get something for Paredes. But they said it was because the lineup just can't fit all of these guys and it just doesn't work. I'm curious if they even watched any of the games last season and if they are aware we had 28 guys hit the IR. Assuming everyone is healthy at the same time (lulz) Isaac, Correa, Yordan, and 'Tuve can all rotate at the DH to make it work.... and they'll have to do this for like 5 minutes until someone inevitably gets injured again. 

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They need to see how Paredes comes back from his injury I think and not count on anything until they do.  It was not your average hamstring injury from what I have read.

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2 hours ago, RGBIII said:

I don't get Stros info as much as I used to but got a couple notes 

  • Everyone expects JV to come back on a 1 +1 deal (or straight one year with a wink and nod). He pitched well in the 2H, and honestly worth it for the innings 
  • Stros and Pirates have talked Mitch Keller for Christian Walker swap. Honestly, this makes too much sense IMO, Keller is definitely someone I could see the Astros sprinkling some fairy dust on
  • Zac Gallen is the main "Upper tier" arm target but kicked the tires on King, Cease and still kicking them with Suarez but that is unlikely
  • Christian Vazquez is an option at backup C if Caratini signs elsewhere

Keller is owed ~$55M/3yrs, but projects to be worth quite a bit more than that.  Walker is owed $40M/2yrs and would only probably get ~$25M/2yrs if he were a free agent.  Houston would have to add quite a bit to that trade to make it work.  But it looks like Houston might be about to acquire Mike Burrows for Jacob Melton and Anderson Brito so not sure how that will change their plans.  Verlander and Burrows gives them a full rotation and would leave them enough money to add a backup C and save some powder for the trade deadline.

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Per Chandler and Ken Rosenthal, we're deep in talks for a 3-way trade with Rays and Pirates:

Stros get Mike Burrows from Pirates

Pirates get Brandon Lowe and Jake Mangum from Rays

Rays get Melton and Brito from Stros

Burrows went 2-4 with a 3.94 ERA in 96 IP as rookie last year. Would have 6 years of team control.

 

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Burrows has better stuff than Keller. He's a nice #3, his peripherals in the minors and his rookie season look pretty good. For some the reason the Rays love our MILB players a lot.

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19 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Per Chandler and Ken Rosenthal, we're deep in talks for a 3-way trade with Rays and Pirates:

Stros get Mike Burrows from Pirates

Pirates get Brandon Lowe and Jake Mangum from Rays

Rays get Melton and Brito from Stros

Burrows went 2-4 with a 3.94 ERA in 96 IP as rookie last year. Would have 6 years of team control.

 

Brido would put up those numbers this year, give em jose fleury 

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I like selling high on Brito after his AFL performance and I’ve never been a believer in Melton.  
 

Even if Verlander is coming back, I think we need to add another starter besides Burrows.  

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Verlander is going to spend significant time on the IL at some point and/or run out of steam by the end of the season.  He needs to be viewed as a 6th starter.

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