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Bregxit said:

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DrZ said:

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This is the equivalent of steroid era managers getting suspended when the players fail drug test. Crane made a deal with MLB. Don't suspend the players, who the report said were responsible, and I will fire these guys. Players already know about it. Told to keep quiet or they will get suspended too.

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I have a feeling after 2021 only Altuve, Bregman and Gurriel will be left from the core players.

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yes, it feels like everything depends on Springer.

if he leaves...the flood gates open wide

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Since the fall of 2018, the Astros' front office has also lost assistant GM and longtime amateur scouting director Mike Elias (who went to the Orioles), director of research and development Mike Fast (Braves), special assistants Sig Mejdal (Orioles) and Oz Ocampo (Pirates) and manager of international scouting Eve Rosenbaum (Orioles).

So, who is even left in the department? Pete Putila is the lone assistant GM remaining, making him the highest-ranking member of baseball operations aside from Crane. If Crane hires Luhnow's replacement internally, the 30-year-old Putila is the most likely candidate. He's viewed as a potential future GM, as demonstrated by the fact that the Giants and Pirates interviewed him for their vacancies earlier this offseason.

However, Putila specializes on the player development side rather than in the day-to-day major league operation, where he hasn't had much exposure. His role has been akin to a farm director, though when promoted in September he also gained oversight of the sports medicine and performance department.
Among those left in the front office, special assistant Kevin Goldstein worked closest with Luhnow on roster construction. The 50-year-old former Baseball Prospectus writer, who was not punished by MLB or named in Monday's report for his 2017 email to scouts regarding sign-stealing, has been with the team since 2012 and has been a special assistant with a focus on player personnel dating to 2017. Bill Firkus is the team's senior director of baseball strategy, a subset of the department in charge of 40-man roster management, contract negotiations, the salary arbitration process and more. He was promoted to this role on only Sept. 30, so this offseason has been his first exposure to his current duties, including dealings with agents and rival executives. His path has been unorthodox; he previously led the team's sports medicine department.

Ehsan Bokhari holds the title of senior director of player evaluation, a new position that put him in charge of the Astros' player evaluation processes in each of the amateur, professional and international arenas. That means he, along with director of player evaluation Charles Cook and domestic scouting supervisor Kris Gross, will be tasked with maneuvering a draft without the team's regular first- and second-round selections in 2020 and 2021, barring more department changes before June.

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03_Aggie said:

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My concern is the ripple effect of lunhow and hinch as it relates to the players. If they don't agree with cranes move I could see some with no intention of resigning and playing for an owner that didn't back those guys.

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I have zero proof, but I feel MLB backed Crane into a corner to where he had to in order to keep the title or to keep players from being punished. I'm sure the players are angry, but I imagine Crane will have a meeting with them and tell them everything.

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the last of the bohemians said:

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So let's please not sign Springer to more than 4 years.
He plays too hard to not eventually have a significant injury as he ages.
Although I wish every player played the game like him

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dshedd41 said:

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Question I have for the group, should i just give away my copy of Astroball? Anyone want it?>

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Ag_07 said:

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Live look at Alex Cora

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W said:

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I wonder if Reid Ryan considers his dismissal after the season a blessing now

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W said:

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time for Crane jr. to earn his paycheck

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