0 chance he gets in trouble for that comment. Much worse has been said before and nothing happens. Worst thing that will happen is the next time Angel is calling a game and Springer is up to bat he doesn't get a call to go his way.

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Lol

Can George get in trouble for that?

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He can just say he said "Forging clock shuckers."

He's also K-ing at a high rate. So his ratio of walks to strike outs isn't improving. What he is doing at an elite level is hitting the ball hard AF.

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I have the feeling this will be a frequently recurring gif. I just hope it's not used to insult fellow Astros fans...got to keep the infighting reasonably civil.

dlance said:

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George: ****ing corksoaker!
Angel: What did you say!?!?
George: Did I ****ing stutter?

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I wasn't able to watch live, and I am watching on mute while reading along with the thread.

I legit lol'd hard enough at this to wake up my wife. She didn't think it was near as funny as I did.

mathguy86 said:

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Harry Dunne said:

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All of you saying White is a problem offensively are reverting to the eyeballing days & not looking at the numbers.

Yes he's fat and offensive to look at and is a below average defensive 1b, in so small part because of his huge gut... but he is solid offensively and he's on par with Gattis as the best DH we have had.

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Bull***** Seriously.

Right now White is slashing .257/.395/.314. In 35 ABs he has 9 hits and 13 Ks. He's scored 1 run and driven in a grand total of 0. Let that sink in. He's a DH whose only job is to hit and he can't get on base and can't drive in the guys in front of him who are getting in. And don't tell me RBI isn't a real stat because it depends on guys in front of you being on base. He hits behind everyone from Springer to Reddick and all of those guys are on base.

Nelson Cruz (Who Lunhow passed on) is at .315/.439/.556 with 3HR, 10 runs and 13 RBI.

Yes we make fun of White being fat. But you know what? He deserves it. His extra weight is not being carried well. His bat looks slow and his feet defensively are like lead bricks. He's out of shape and it's hurting him and by extension the team. If I'm Lunhow and Hinch I'm infuriated with his lack of professionalism in the off season and even worse his lack of ability to drop the weight in spring training.

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As mathguy, you should know that the problem with forming opinions based on small samples is that they can change overnight. One day he's batting .212. Two games later he has reached safely 7 PAs in a row and is hitting .297 with a .435 OBP.

Sure RBIs are a "real stat", but they are a stat based on opportunities, and he's only had 11 ABs with RISP. He has obviously not done well so far, but if you're going to throw stones after 11 ABs then let's go ahead and also start promoting him to break DiMaggio's (and Eusebio's!) hit streak. And of course I'd love to have Nelson Cruz but the main statistic you are forgetting is salary:

Cruz: $14M
White: $582K

We have an .868 OPS at DH, 5th in the AL. We can make a move later if necessary,

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If you could back in time and do the Tucker for Realmuto trade knowing everything you know now, would you?

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Why would anyone? Based on this season we have a much better hitting catcher in the line up everyday that's cheap and didn't cost a prospect.

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Harry Dunne said:

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If you could back in time and do the Tucker for Realmuto trade knowing everything you know now, would you?

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Hell yes. I like Chirinos, but Realmuto is better and cheap this year and the next.

It might be a few years before we know if it would have been a good trade for us and I hope that 3 years from now Tucker is an All-Star while Realmuto is in the twilight of his days as a productive catcher...but my personal opinion is that Tucker will probably be a productive major leaguer but not someone we are ever devastated to have traded (like a Kenny Lofton or Bobby Abreu)

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How has that changed? Chirinos has been clearly better than Realmuto this year. Right now Realmuto is an average hitter. He'd be one of the worst in our line up.

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You guys are smart baseball fans and especially those of you so into advanced analytics, you've got to stop making judgments based on 60 or 70 ABs! Chirinos has had a slightly better start to the season, but based on their ages and careers, it would be shocking if Realmuto was not the significantly better catcher over the next couple of years.

Chirinos is almost 35 and has been a platoon guy his whole career. Last year he played in a career-high 113 games. He's a .223 career hitter (1202 PAs - enough to show something) against RHP. Realmuto just turned 28 and is one of the best offensive catchers in baseball and very good defensively. He has been called the best baserunning catcher EVER.

I like Chirinos and think he was a great pickup, but let's be real.