MaxPower said:

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When you consider defense, he is almost certainly a downgrade. Young catchers need development and his bat isn't enough of an upgrade to take on that project. I'm hoping Lee is a trade piece. No clue what we do with catcher long term but surely we can pick up a veteran through trade or free agency who simply sucks less.

1B should theoretically be easier to upgrade. Mancini is an obvious candidate but I'd be looking at Christian Walker. The stats don't look great but advanced metrics say he's ready to explode. Top 10 in barrels per plate appearance in all of MLB. Unlike Mancini, he's also an elite defensive 1B and under club control 2 more years.

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The diamondbacks Christian Walker? He is 31 and is batting .191. Not sure how many guys in the big leagues figure it out at 31

So what would we have to give up for Cal Raleigh?

Dude loves MMP

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Astros starters for the Marlins series:
 
Friday: RHP Luis Garcia
Saturday: LHP Framber Valdez
Sunday: RHP Justin Verlander

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) June 9, 2022

Skipping Javier

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The Astros are starting Luis Garcia, Framber Valdez and Justin Verlander against the Marlins, meaning Verlander will throw on four days of rest. Believe that will be just the second time this season.

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) June 9, 2022

4 days rest after throwing 110 pitches.

Maybe I'm missing something simple, but what is the logic behind making that change? Is Odorizzi on the way back way sooner than expected or something?

Also Hunter Brown could be coming soon.

José Urquidy has a 5.04 ERA. Opponents have an .894 OPS and .322 batting average against him. Hunter Brown is outperforming Triple-A and Jake Odorizzi’s return is coming.

“We need to see a little bit more from him, obviously,” Josh Miller said. - https://t.co/HTyL2rbrbH

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) June 9, 2022

Who is Josh Miller? The new pitching coach?

redline248 said:

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Who is Josh Miller? The new pitching coach?

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Yes he and Bill Murphey are co-pitching coaches

Oh noes looked iffy in an early June series

Angels are losing again lmao. 1-0 top of the 9th

They are prime entertainment right now. Over here counting outs like it's a no-hitter.

Beau Holder said:

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They are prime entertainment right now. Over here counting outs like it's a no-hitter.

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I kinda hope they tie it up just to lose in extras and be completely heart broken

But the mariners arent that good?

bearkatag15 said:

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Also Hunter Brown could be coming soon.

José Urquidy has a 5.04 ERA. Opponents have an .894 OPS and .322 batting average against him. Hunter Brown is outperforming Triple-A and Jake Odorizzi’s return is coming.

“We need to see a little bit more from him, obviously,” Josh Miller said. - https://t.co/HTyL2rbrbH

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) June 9, 2022

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Not taking into account which of the other Top 10 pitched tonight only one other pitcher in MLB has given up more hits than Urquidy with 76 through this start (Corbin has given up 82 heading into today). This is like the yin to the Gallo thread's yang.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB-leaders.shtml

Urquidy is also lurking just outside the Top 10 in earned runs given up this season with 31. On the bright side he wastes no time, so you're not spending anymore time than the bare minimum watching him suck as far as MLB games go.

From the linked article he's been getting over 8 runs per game in support in the last 10, so at least he's usually a good luck charm.

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.. . . Urquidy had received 8.47 runs of support in the 10 starts preceding this one. The Astros afforded him three on Wednesday, putting the onus on Urquidy to take control of the game. He refused.

Seattle struck seven hits against him and scored five runs. Four were earned, inflating Urquidy's ERA to 5.04 after 11 starts. Only six qualified starters entered Wednesday's games with an ERA over five. Opponents are now hitting .322 against him with an .894 OPS.

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Only 7 players have a batting average higher than the .322 average the league is hitting against him.

It's enough to make one long for Odorizzi.

bearkatag15 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Astros starters for the Marlins series:
 
Friday: RHP Luis Garcia
Saturday: LHP Framber Valdez
Sunday: RHP Justin Verlander

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) June 9, 2022

Skipping Javier

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The Astros are starting Luis Garcia, Framber Valdez and Justin Verlander against the Marlins, meaning Verlander will throw on four days of rest. Believe that will be just the second time this season.

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) June 9, 2022

4 days rest after throwing 110 pitches.

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Hope that's not a bad sign. Last game I went to was last year. Sat in the Crawfords, Garcia was pitching and the O's kicked our ass. Friday is our first game this year, sitting in the Crawfords, and Garcia is pitching.

Any nerds on this thread? I've been using Uzzu.tv to stream games in OKC but the service looks like it went belly up. OKC is considered a Houston market for some reason, so the games are blacked out on the MLB.tv package. I went ahead and got a VPN service and signed up for an MLB.tv trial. It seems to work pretty well on the laptop, but I can't get the games to load on the phone because it says that I'm in an area under blackout restrictions. I turned off location settings and still it won't work.

Any advice? I suppose I can just use my laptop the rest of the season, but I'd much rather use my phone and cast it on the TV.

OKCAg2002 said:

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Any nerds on this thread? I've been using Uzzu.tv to stream games in OKC but the service looks like it went belly up. OKC is considered a Houston market for some reason, so the games are blacked out on the MLB.tv package. I went ahead and got a VPN service and signed up for an MLB.tv trial. It seems to work pretty well on the laptop, but I can't get the games to load on the phone because it says that I'm in an area under blackout restrictions. I turned off location settings and still it won't work.

Any advice? I suppose I can just use my laptop the rest of the season, but I'd much rather use my phone and cast it on the TV.

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When I lived in okc, I either had to do the laptop VPN method or crush my soul and pay for DirectTV.

OKCAg2002 said:

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Any nerds on this thread? I've been using Uzzu.tv to stream games in OKC but the service looks like it went belly up. OKC is considered a Houston market for some reason, so the games are blacked out on the MLB.tv package. I went ahead and got a VPN service and signed up for an MLB.tv trial. It seems to work pretty well on the laptop, but I can't get the games to load on the phone because it says that I'm in an area under blackout restrictions. I turned off location settings and still it won't work.

Any advice? I suppose I can just use my laptop the rest of the season, but I'd much rather use my phone and cast it on the TV.

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I had luck with using VPN on my iPad with MLB.tv and leaving location turned off. I'm in the blackout area for the Nationals so I had to use that trick a few weeks ago.

I couldn't get the iPad to work last night, but I didn't think about turning off location services. I'll try that on Friday. Sounds like the phone option is a no go.

Tired of series losses to the mariners. I think that's 3 out of 4 series lost to them this year, right?

They seem to have our number.

loma_vista78 said:

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Tired of series losses to the mariners. I think that's 3 out of 4 series lost to them this year, right?

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I don't think that's correct. I'm pretty sure I heard the commentators saying it's the first series we've lost to them since 2018. Or maybe the first series we've lost to them at home since then.

at home