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7-1. Were gaining. BS
Not that it would have made a lick of difference in this game, but from what I could tell Odor swung at Ball 4 three times in the 9th.
Keep Gallo, Maz, Elvis (unless we can get a boat load for him) and yes even Roogie. Deal or DFA the rest.Not exactly clear on who the heck we'd keep. Not Perez. We've given him too many chances.
I don't see getting much for the rest especially if we keep Darvish. Lccroy and Hamels have lost value and won't rake much.Keep Gallo, Maz, Elvis (unless we can get a boat load for him) and yes even Roogie. Deal or DFA the rest.
Take a flamethrower to the roster.
Would like for Beltre to stay and make history with us but with this lineup opposing pitchers will most likely not give him much and won't mind walking him to get to the next out.
Beltre should be with a contender last year or so of career to get another shot at a ring.
All that miserable crap displayed today and nobody is expressing their concerns. Surprising. I think we will be sellers unless something beyond a miracle occurs. Now what we have to sell other than Darvish is not clear.
JD promised we are all in when he extended Beltre's contract those two years. Sure there is an element of frustration or regret when this year happened. We are far, far from being in contention. Beltre did not want any part of rebuilding. Shame.Keep Gallo, Maz, Elvis (unless we can get a boat load for him) and yes even Roogie. Deal or DFA the rest.
Take a flamethrower to the roster.
Would like for Beltre to stay and make history with us but with this lineup opposing pitchers will most likely not give him much and won't mind walking him to get to the next out.
Beltre should be with a contender last year or so of career to get another shot at a ring.
My concern is not getting any value for Cashner and others like Rua. We won't sell prospects so we have little to divy besides Darvish. If I'm missing something speak up.People aren't saying much because we already know what this team is and what they're up against. The inevitability of the team being sellers has been accepted and we know Lucroy is the starting point. I wouldn't be surprised to see Gomez, maybe cashner, and a few others shortly right behind.
Choo has a terrible contract he is staying. Elvis is the only one that is performing at contract value, he is also staying. Trading Darvish should be considered because the Astros are young and not going anywhere, unless we receive re-assurances from the Darvish camp about wanting to re-up. Darvish should be a trade destination for any contender except Houston. I don't think we'd ever be able to live it down if Houston acquired Darvish, won the World Series, extended him, and used Darvish to entice ohtani to join them. What a nightmare scenario.
That is what I've been leading up to. Thanks DGA rather bleak read from Sherrington:
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My concern is not getting any value for Cashner and others like Rua. We won't sell prospects so we have little to divy besides Darvish. If I'm missing something speak up.
No problem. I was with you on this. Hard to see how JD rights this ship regardless how this season ends.That is what I've been leading up to. Thanks DG
People aren't saying much because we already know what this team is and what they're up against. The inevitability of the team being sellers has been accepted and we know Lucroy is the starting point. I wouldn't be surprised to see Gomez, maybe cashner, and a few others shortly right behind.
Choo has a terrible contract he is staying. Elvis is the only one that is performing at contract value, he is also staying. Trading Darvish should be considered because the Astros are young and not going anywhere, unless we receive re-assurances from the Darvish camp about wanting to re-up. Darvish should be a trade destination for any contender except Houston. I don't think we'd ever be able to live it down if Houston acquired Darvish, won the World Series, extended him, and used Darvish to entice ohtani to join them. What a nightmare scenario.
Bush could bring something back.
Darvish is a 1B-2A starter, if you can get him to agree to something reasonable and get Otani then you do it but if it takes 25-30 AAV, to retain him, you have to trade him. This team has way to many holes and it starts w pitching. I don't care how well the SP has performed thus far, they are no where near a SP staff that would get you anywhere in the postseason. The offense is just as bad. This is just a bad baseball team. Gonna be a total rebuild
No Sir....Mike Young was on a team going no where and looking for players to build a team with. Mike played a pretty good second base and there wasn't much in the system to move him out at that time. He came around and certainly earned his way. Those days the Rangers were the Marlins of today, players got more of a look cause the team didn't see themselves as contenders is what I'm saying. Dave Hostedler (misspelled) came on the scene and lit the world on fire with what...12 HR's in a month or so. He got an extended look cause he took advantage of the situation but petered out... eventually was off the team and later out of baseball. Local hero Chris Davis was given an extended look cause he produced early, and later moved cause he wasn't showing the consistency here in Texas. Those situations were not the same as the guys vying for left field on a team that considered themselves contenders going in to the season. Thus the remark, apples to oranges.I have no issue with differing opinions. I am just asking you questions that arise naturally to me when hearing your opinion.
Michael Young was a rookie when he did that so I am comparing apples to apples. Young was 24 at the time and so is Profar now.
You want to say being a proven veteran is different from a young inexperienced player now when it suits your argument. That is what I have been saying all along. You cannot treat young players like veterans. Now you agree with that, but that is what I have been using as a basis all along. You are trying to have it both ways.