Cromagnum said:
I'm gonna laugh everytime Juan Puto gets drilled by a fastball next year.
Hopefully Rendon and Strasburg leave and his team fades into obscurity.
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Hopefully Rendon and Strasburg leave and his team fades into obscurity.
Cole's post game interview where he immediately declares he's not part of the organization anymore is a little disappointing. Maybe he was frustrated with not getting in but thought it was a bad look personally. Thanks for the 2 years but he gone for sure.
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Cole's post game interview where he immediately declares he's not part of the organization anymore is a little disappointing. Maybe he was frustrated with not getting in but thought it was a bad look personally. Thanks for the 2 years but he gone for sure.
Yeah that was pretty disappointing. I think the decent think to do is not wear your agents cap with all the speculation of you cashing in as a free agent. I've never listened to a post game interview from him before, but this made him come off as a bit of a stuck up dick.
Adios dude. We can use our payroll $ more efficiently.
It's an interesting thing, I think I heard Mike Golic describe it from the athlete's perspective that they often see the fans as "cheering for the laundry" in that we would root for the guys in the other dugout if they switched uniforms, and for individuals, clearly that happens often.98Ag99Grad said:
Cole's post game interview where he immediately declares he's not part of the organization anymore is a little disappointing. Maybe he was frustrated with not getting in but thought it was a bad look personally. Thanks for the 2 years but he gone for sure.
Add in contract issues and whatnot, and I get the attitude, but busting it out during the postgame press conference makes you look like a guy that, apart from your obvious talent, isn't someone that you want to be around or root for. Some guys will never have to buy a meal in Houston ever again (think Charlie Morton), and had we won and Cole went on to take a gazillion dollars from the Mets or whoever next year, he could have been that guy with the right approach, but I guess that's not him. It's pretty raw emotion at that point though, I'll cut him some slack.
Had grand plans of wearing this in the parade tomorrow, but oh well. It was a fun build anyways. Enjoy the L2V Robot Chef. We'll be at Batanga around lunchtime if anyone wants to come around and say hello.
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Also, anyone else hope he gets shipped to some terrible craphole and wastes his career there? Send his ass back to Pittsburgh or Cincinnati.
Are you talking about Cole? He's a free agent and will probably go to a SoCal team or the Yankees.Milwaukees Best Light said:
Also, anyone else hope he gets shipped to some terrible craphole and wastes his career there? Send his ass back to Pittsburgh or Cincinnati.
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Has Hinch been fired yet?
Freaking brutal. 1/2 blame on him but the other half on the THIRD 2 RUN HOME OUTING of the series & 11 LOB. That's just absolutely abysmal
If I was Luhnow I'd trade Correa this offseason for prospects and sign Rendon since he's from Houston and grew up an Astros fan.
Obviously this will cost more money but Brantley leaves after 2020 and Rendon would be a great long-term fit at #3 spot in lineup.
Obviously this will cost more money but Brantley leaves after 2020 and Rendon would be a great long-term fit at #3 spot in lineup.
The Astros didn't win the WS because clutch hitting didnt happen. Every phase was good enough to win but when it you dont translate that full value of your quality into runs you're gonna lose ballgames to someone that does. Astros were the best team this year. Just barely didnt have the luck or performance in high leverage situations to get all 11 postseason wins
He's a free agent and should do what he thinks is best for him and his family. If that means marketing yourself as soon as you are allowed, go for it. I love the guys that stick with a team for their entire careers, but just like in the real world, the loyalty is one way.
That being said, I hope Crane finds some balls and pays the man.
That being said, I hope Crane finds some balls and pays the man.
Yes, its a dick move to act like that immediately after losing game 7, as he certainly wouldn't say those things if they had won. I see this more as gamesmanship to get the largest contract from the Astros. He's saying all the right things to signal he is leaving and if the Astros want him they can't come in at 70% of his market rate.
At the end of they day they are paid entertainers. This is his contract negotiation that he's been working towards his whole career, I can totally understand taking your agents advice to play hardball. Maybe once he's worth a $100 million in three years, he'll see that gaining 27 million a year vs 30 million won't change his standard of living and that being on a world series contender team versus is worth more to him personally.
Guy could just love southern California and Texas just aint his speed. Nothing wrong with that, he makes enough to afford a two bedroom apartment out there.
At the end of they day they are paid entertainers. This is his contract negotiation that he's been working towards his whole career, I can totally understand taking your agents advice to play hardball. Maybe once he's worth a $100 million in three years, he'll see that gaining 27 million a year vs 30 million won't change his standard of living and that being on a world series contender team versus is worth more to him personally.
Guy could just love southern California and Texas just aint his speed. Nothing wrong with that, he makes enough to afford a two bedroom apartment out there.
that Harris pitch was actually pretty good, dude just hit it.
foot to the right and everyone is happy...thems the breaks.
foot to the right and everyone is happy...thems the breaks.
As Far as Cole is concerned he should have phrased his answers in a more PC way.
He should have thanked the staff for making him the pitcher he is today, excited to see what the future brings...blah blah blah....the Astros will be back...yadda yadda yadda
He should have thanked the staff for making him the pitcher he is today, excited to see what the future brings...blah blah blah....the Astros will be back...yadda yadda yadda
Just read that Kendrick hadn't hit a cutter for a HR all year. And over last ten seasons he's only hit four homeruns off cutters. He's not great on those pitches, but swung his bat hard there and amazingly it stayed fair. And the Astros have had a couple of warning track shots in Game 6 & 7 that fell just short.GoAgs92 said:
that Harris pitch was actually pretty good, dude just hit it.
foot to the right and everyone is happy...thems the breaks.
Sometimes it just doesn't go your way.
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If I was Luhnow I'd trade Correa this offseason for prospects and sign Rendon since he's from Houston and grew up an Astros fan.
Obviously this will cost more money but Brantley leaves after 2020 and Rendon would be a great long-term fit at #3 spot in lineup.
I could definitely get behind this. Did I see that Rendon turned down a 7yr/$210M deal though from the Nats?
Yeah, which would be too much for the Stros unless they get a hometown discount. And he'd avoid 8.95% income tax in DC.98Ag99Grad said:Gator03 said:
If I was Luhnow I'd trade Correa this offseason for prospects and sign Rendon since he's from Houston and grew up an Astros fan.
Obviously this will cost more money but Brantley leaves after 2020 and Rendon would be a great long-term fit at #3 spot in lineup.
I could definitely get behind this. Did I see that Rendon turned down a 7yr/$210M deal though from the Nats?
Think that only applies to half his income I believe. That's how it is in NBA at least (games played in that state).
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Think that only applies to half his income I believe. That's how it is in NBA at least (games played in that state).
Correct. Athletes have to pay taxes based on where they play their game. There's certainly some savings to playing in a non income tax state but it's not as great as people think.
Plus property taxes are high here, which sort of offsets no state income tax. I bet the income tax thing has much less value than people think.
They don't give a flying **** about state taxes. At least the ones that are pulling in that kind of money. Maybe a minimum contract guy that hasn't made a ton over his career would, but not at $30MM/year.
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its not exactly an 8.95% discount but it's a discount.Gator03 said:Yeah, which would be too much for the Stros unless they get a hometown discount. And he'd avoid 8.95% income tax in DC.98Ag99Grad said:Gator03 said:
If I was Luhnow I'd trade Correa this offseason for prospects and sign Rendon since he's from Houston and grew up an Astros fan.
Obviously this will cost more money but Brantley leaves after 2020 and Rendon would be a great long-term fit at #3 spot in lineup.
I could definitely get behind this. Did I see that Rendon turned down a 7yr/$210M deal though from the Nats?
One thing that sucks/has to be a pain for pro athletes is that they're taxed where they earn their money, so they end up having to file state taxes in every state they play in (which comes out to like 20 different state tax returns).
He'll be in an Angels uniform next year, and we'll be facing him.Gator03 said:Are you talking about Cole? He's a free agent and will probably go to a SoCal team or the Yankees.Milwaukees Best Light said:
Also, anyone else hope he gets shipped to some terrible craphole and wastes his career there? Send his ass back to Pittsburgh or Cincinnati.
If he isn't a permanent resident or maintain a residence in DC for 183 days in the year, he does not have to pay taxes to DC. Unless they changed that within the last year.
Lack of hitting lost the series.David_Puddy said:Ferris Wheel Allstar said:
Has Hinch been fired yet?
Freaking brutal. 1/2 blame on him but the other half on the THIRD 2 RUN HOME OUTING of the series & 11 LOB. That's just absolutely abysmal
We scored 11 total runs at home. Left at least 30 on base You can't win when you lose the ability to hit and score runs - and we seemed to rely almost exclusively on home runs to score instead of playing good small ball.
terrible sequencing bit the Astros at every turn
It does. My tax burden went up moving back to Texas from AZ because of the disparity in income tax there versus property tax here. But a few thousand.MAS444 said:
Plus property taxes are high here, which sort of offsets no state income tax. I bet the income tax thing has much less value than people think.
Would it at that level though?schmellba99 said:It does. My tax burden went up moving back to Texas from AZ because of the disparity in income tax there versus property tax here. But a few thousand.MAS444 said:
Plus property taxes are high here, which sort of offsets no state income tax. I bet the income tax thing has much less value than people think.
4% of $30M income per year = $1.2M
2% of $5M house in Memorial or RO = $100k
You'd have to really go nuts on the house to get close to the income tax burden.
With the way they position fielders now I think you're going to see more and more of HR only in MLB.
Pic link doesn't workI Am A Critic said:
Public traded Sandbox money?
https://m.imgur.com/gallery/u0LEIlP
"A little?" I'm not even an Astros fan, but that was a total dewsh move. I hope he never sniffs the postseason again.98Ag99Grad said:
Cole's post game interview where he immediately declares he's not part of the organization anymore is a little disappointing.
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