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I like it

$25 million left to spend

https://reviewingthebrew.com/2018/10/30/milwaukee-brewers-re-sign-wade-miley/

Not a great write up on Miley

As a reliever or 5th starter tryout?

Charlie Morton 2.0??

well in fairness the author makes part of his conclusion that teams will be paying him $10+ mil per year in a multi year deal. So at $4.5mil maybe it's an ok deal.

I bet that means Dallas is a no go

Mr.Bond said:

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I bet that means Dallas is a no go

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probably correct unless Miley becomes a lefty out of the pen.

MAROON said:

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well in fairness the author makes part of his conclusion that teams will be paying him $10+ mil per year in a multi year deal. So at $4.5mil maybe it's an ok deal.

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The author also isn't that up to date on analytics. Just basically threw a few aggregated stats out there and said he's going to regress to his career average without investigating the reasons for his performance last season or looking at the reasons for his career stats (pitching style changes, etc.).

That being said, no one should expect a sub-3 ERA out of him in Houston. Would be a decent 4th/5th starter or long reliever, but doesn't necessarily knock my socks off. Not a lot of risk for 4.5m, but injuries would be a concern of mine.

1.23 ERA in 14 post season games

Good to get another lefty on the staff. That's less than what we were paying Sipp.

14 innings, not games, and they were all in 2018...but a great ERA.

Ah ok. Misread where i saw that then

This does very little for me. Hopefully he's nothing more than a back up plan if your young guys don't work out of when there is an injury.

I think it's a good move.Not the best pitcher over his career, but pitched well in a short season. Low risk.

You aren't the only one

shano0603 said:

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I think it's a good move.Not the best pitcher over his career, but pitched well in a short season. Low risk.

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Low risk assuming we not looking for him to be more just depth.

He did well getting avoiding getting hit hard last year.

Looking at where he threw last year, he didn't use the top of the zone much. In the past we've improved pitchers by getting them to use it more. I don't know if that works well with is game, but there may be areas we can show him to improve.

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MAROON said:

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well in fairness the author makes part of his conclusion that teams will be paying him $10+ mil per year in a multi year deal. So at $4.5mil maybe it's an ok deal.

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The author also isn't that up to date on analytics. Just basically threw a few aggregated stats out there and said he's going to regress to his career average without investigating the reasons for his performance last season or looking at the reasons for his career stats (pitching style changes, etc.).

That being said, no one should expect a sub-3 ERA out of him in Houston. Would be a decent 4th/5th starter or long reliever, but doesn't necessarily knock my socks off. Not a lot of risk for 4.5m, but injuries would be a concern of mine.

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Miley featured a cutter last season and it helped him immensely. I think it's a good signing. He has starter and reliever bonuses built into his contract so I don't think his role is defined yet.

I also don't think it means Keuchel is out. We are short on LHP so it's something to give us some leverage

https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/pitcher-spotlight-wade-mileys-ridiculous-season/

Y'all see that the new ballpark in Arlington is going to be all turf?!

All stadiums have shadows to deal with. Retractable roof stadiums have to deal with it more. But it's being done by other clubs, so I think this decision stems from wanting this to be more of a multi-use facility.

They claim their priorities were player safety and playability. If so, grass seems like the best choice. They're just trying to soften the blow to fans.

Arizona is switching to this same turf this season, so we'll see how that goes.

irish pete ag06 said:

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Mr.Bond said:

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Y'all see that the new ballpark in Arlington is going to be all turf?!

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I think a better name for that new ballpark would be "event center"

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As a Rangers fan you are correct.

This move was 100% about hosting events and zero about baseball.

Texas Monthly's "National Podcast of Texas" has Nolan and Reid Ryan on. Lots of good stuff in there, including a bit about a cow milking contest between Nolan and Willie Stargell.

Also found it interesting that Reid Ryan thinks there should/could be a MLB franchise in San Antonio or Austin. As an Austinite, I would probably attend games if the stadium was somewhere between Austin and San Marcos along I-35 or the 130 toll road, but I wouldn't make the trip down to San Antonio. Loyalties would always lie in Houston, and it would be great to get to more than one or two Astros games each season.

AggieDem said:

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Texas Monthly's "National Podcast of Texas" has Nolan and Reid Ryan on. Lots of good stuff in there, including a bit about a cow milking contest between Nolan and Willie Stargell.

Also found it interesting that Reid Ryan thinks there should/could be a MLB franchise in San Antonio or Austin. As an Austinite, I would probably attend games if the stadium was somewhere between Austin and San Marcos along I-35 or the 130 toll road, but I wouldn't make the trip down to San Antonio. Loyalties would always lie in Houston, and it would be great to get to more than one or two Astros games each season.

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I'm happy that Round Rock is now an Astros affiliate (I live in NW Austin).

North central Austin here. I'm glad Round Rock has turned back over to the Astros, too. I just couldn't get interested in the Express when they were on the pipeline to Arlington.