Don't blame Carlos. Yes he had a bad series. But he had lots and lots of company.
The Astros are lucky to have Dusty, and the Rockets were luck the have D'antoni. Maybe neither will ever win a championship, but they are definitely both some of the best at what they do.03_Aggie said:Nino Brown said:AggiEE said:Farmer1906 said:
Welcome back, Dusty.Houston #Astros owner Jim Crane plans to sit down with Dusty Baker in the next few days to iron out a one- or 2-year contract.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) November 3, 2021
****
Would be totally fine with it honestly. He deserves another shot and it would be a shame if he doesn't get a ring. Outside of Game 5 (which we won, but arguably hurt us for G6), his managing of this team was absolutely great. Had we won the World Series he would have been my "MVP".
He toys a lot in the regular season, which I'm ok with as long as we make it to the playoffs
You guys are nuts if you think Dusty doesn't deserve another two years after walking into the fire.
This team, with healthy pitching and a few additions, is still a playoff and World Series contender. With or without Carlos Correa, we're about to have a ****tone of money come off the books.
I love Carlos, but I truly believe his true colors and future showed up right before your eyes last night.
For some reason Dusty just gives me D Antoni vibes. Will be competitive, make runs, but can't ever win it all.
well if Carlos is willing to iron out a one or two year contract like Dusty is about two then it'd be a piece of cake.redline248 said:
If Dusty "deserves" to stay then the fans "deserve" Carlos being signed.
Strom is the best, but he's not the only good pitching coach out there. he's also not the only guy that can identify pitchers with high upside. He's got proteges like that guy we saw ad nauseam in the commercial all year… and there are surely proven guys who would love to work with Dusty and with this pitching staff.Bobcat-Ag said:
I like the idea of a reclamation project, but who is going to drive that project? That sounds a lot like what Strom has done over his career. Can we count on that happening with whomever replaces him?
Strom has played a huge part in the team success over the years and his loss will be felt. I hope that we feel the same respect for the new guy.
maca1028 said:Correa on his message to the fans: “To the fans, I want to say thank you for your support. My time here was amazing. … I got here as a boy and turned into a man.”
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) November 3, 2021
finally, a common sense postHarry Dunne said:
I'm not a fan of Dusty as a tactician, but he's not the reason we lost the World Series. But the fact is he got us there and I don't think we were the best team in the American League, so he exceeded expectations.
We lost the World Series because we got nearly nothing out of our starting pitching and our bats went cold. we do need more starting pitching, but that's a Click issue. It's easy to point the blame at the hitting coach, but that same hitting coach oversaw leading the league in runs scored. Our approach in the World Series was not good, but you also have to give credit to the Braves pitching. Last night there were a lot of pitches in the heart of the zone that we just didn't capitalize on. That's not on the hitting coach.
mehredline248 said:
If Dusty "deserves" to stay then the fans "deserve" Carlos being signed.
Get some sleep homie.baseballaficionado said:baseballaficionado said:
Teddy Perkins cost us the games, with his stupid voodoo finger ***** Every post brought in evil and turned dark for us. Kinda of kidding, but not really.
Edit -- Had to be his girl or a hex, to keep posting that evil crap.
Voodoo fingers... GONE! Jesus laughing at this blasphemy. Thanks, Teddy.
Hold on..... That was so great, I'll post that evil ****, again.
Anyone know if his wife was at the game or at home packing last night?Frok said:maca1028 said:Correa on his message to the fans: “To the fans, I want to say thank you for your support. My time here was amazing. … I got here as a boy and turned into a man.”
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) November 3, 2021
That doesn't sound promising.
Is not costing us a WS enough to merit a contract extension? I have said it multiple times, he did a good job in the postseason. He was dealt a **** hand with his starters going out and sucking. The only major issue I have with anything was throwing Urquidy in game 5 so he wasn't the starter in 6. With the bats going quiet, it likely didn't matter. As a "hater" of Dusty, though I very much like him on the personal side, I can give credit where credit is due.Harry Dunne said:
I'm not a fan of Dusty as a tactician, but he's not the reason we lost the World Series. But the fact is he got us there and I don't think we were the best team in the American League, so he exceeded expectations.
We lost the World Series because we got nearly nothing out of our starting pitching and our bats went cold. we do need more starting pitching, but that's a Click issue. It's easy to point the blame at the hitting coach, but that same hitting coach oversaw leading the league in runs scored. Our approach in the World Series was not good, but you also have to give credit to the Braves pitching. Last night there were a lot of pitches in the heart of the zone that we just didn't capitalize on. That's not on the hitting coach.
The message before that was he wanted to retire an Astro. The difference is we offered him about 150 M short of what he is going to get on the open market. He's a smart guy and knows it's extremely unlikely to bridge that gap.n_touch said:Anyone know if his wife was at the game or at home packing last night?Frok said:maca1028 said:Correa on his message to the fans: “To the fans, I want to say thank you for your support. My time here was amazing. … I got here as a boy and turned into a man.”
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) November 3, 2021
That doesn't sound promising.
Its the same message all year. Remember he wanted to win the WS series this year so he could leave the fans with more or something along those lines.
I think we all pretty much know he's gone and that quote also sounds like he considers himself gone.Frok said:maca1028 said:Correa on his message to the fans: “To the fans, I want to say thank you for your support. My time here was amazing. … I got here as a boy and turned into a man.”
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) November 3, 2021
That doesn't sound promising.
maca1028 said:Correa on his message to the fans: “To the fans, I want to say thank you for your support. My time here was amazing. … I got here as a boy and turned into a man.”
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) November 3, 2021
Ag12thman said:I think we all pretty much know he's gone and that quote also sounds like he considers himself gone.Frok said:maca1028 said:Correa on his message to the fans: “To the fans, I want to say thank you for your support. My time here was amazing. … I got here as a boy and turned into a man.”
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) November 3, 2021
That doesn't sound promising.
Just because it frees it up doesn't mean Crane is going to let Click spend it all. I am not calling Crane cheap, but if the tax threshold is lowered and Crane/Click wants to keep some flexibility moving forward then maybe we only spend $30-40 M. It would be disappointing, but I don't think it is an unrealistic possibility.Bobby Jimbo said:
Between Greinke, Verlander, and (probably) Correa, that will free up nearly $80 million. Anyone else excited to see what James Click can do with that?
You would hope that Crane knows that you have to invest money to make money. The Astros (and Crane) have made a lot of money with the recent success of the organization with the late playoff runs. I'm not necessarily saying that need to overpay Correa (which I think would be a bad long term solution), but I'd like to see him be willing to pay for some pieces - specifically a SP, lefty BP help, and a legit centerfielder.Farmer1906 said:Just because it frees it up doesn't mean Crane is going to let Click spend it all. I am not calling Crane cheap, but if the tax threshold is lowered and Crane/Click wants to keep some flexibility moving forward then maybe we only spend $30-40 M. It would be disappointing, but I don't think it is an unrealistic possibility.Bobby Jimbo said:
Between Greinke, Verlander, and (probably) Correa, that will free up nearly $80 million. Anyone else excited to see what James Click can do with that?
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/10/carlos-correa-discusses-free-agency.htmlQuote:
The two sides had talks about an extension last spring, with the Astros reportedly floating offers of six years/$120MM and five years/$125MM. Even at the time, however, Correa had a dim view of how serious the Astros were, saying "there were not really any negotiations," and that the Astros "made it clear to me they don't believe in long contracts, they don't believe in big contracts."
Houston owner Jim Crane said that he feels his team still has "a chance" to retain Correa, and that the Astros will "definitely be in the mix" with the shortstop's other suitors. The Astros haven't signed a contract longer than five years during Crane's tenure, and while the owner indicated that "things can change" on that front, Correa seems to have his eye on a much longer commitment.
"A lot of people don't believe in 10-year contracts and in long-term deals and all that. But when you look at most of the 10-year contracts they've been giving out, the long-term deals, they're players that are 31, 30, 32," the shortstop noted. "I'm going to be 27 on my first year. I'm young, I'm healthy, and I perform. So we'll see what happens."
While it remains to be seen just how high the bidding will get, Correa stressed that "I want to win. Money's great and everything, but I don't want to be miserable in the clubhouse, losing every day."
Excellent post.bullard21k said:
Espada is going to walk if we don't offer him the job
Let's not forget in a short season if they didn't extend the playoffs dusty took a World Series caliber team and nearly missed the playoffs.
Threw a fit about straw and refused to play lineups to the point of just clearly being stubborn
No strom around to reign in some of his ridiculous pitching decisions.
He did well for most the playoffs but he still manages rosters like it's 1997. There a ton of managers that could get this loaded roster to the WS
Crane is still going to play the PC Card on this and it's going to backfire
You have a heavy analytical front office and GM, a roster built on analytics, scouting based off that yet a head coach who runs his club like he is still with the reds in the NL. Espada meets all the criteria you want and how you have assembled your roster…use him as such
I think calling those guys 3 to 5 guys is selling them extremely short. I would bet a lot of money that at least one of the three ends up becoming a staff acerak1693 said:
I don't think any of our pitchers can be counted on to take over the #1 spot. LMJ is too injury prone and the other guys are your #3 - #5 guys. We're going to need that #1 guy. I'd like to go after Robbie Ray or Stroman. We already have one lefty in Framber but should we try for another in Robbie Ray?