GigEmMortis said:

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JB!98 said:

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jg07 said:

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I'm not a Dusty fan. But the amount of *****ing and second guessing at winning 5 games in 4 days against the Yankees and then at Seattle is pretty remarkable even for Texags standards.

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I believe the team wins in spite of Dusty.

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Put me in the camp of "I miss AJ Hinch"

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how about no

Hell yeah you want Contreras. Just crazy talk here

Contreras would really fix the batting order...with his .372 on-base %

the 7-8-9 hitters would probably be:

7. Pena
8. Yuli
9. Meyers

that's a really strong bottom 3

BadAggie said:

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jg07 said:

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I'm not a Dusty fan. But the amount of *****ing and second guessing at winning 5 games in 4 days against the Yankees and then at Seattle is pretty remarkable even for Texags standards.

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Lol yes. Two straight series sweeps and armchair Texags think they can do better

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My apologies for ruffling feathers. I came to discuss Astro baseball on a forum for Astro baseball. I do not "think I can do better". However, I believe this ball club is pretty damn good and would make any half way competent manager look good. Even the best managers in baseball make mistakes.

We are pretty darn spoiled that we have to nitpick the team to pieces for entertainment because we just keep winning. Good times, indeed!

bearkatag15 said:

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Put me in the camp of not wanting Contreras knowing he won't get a single start in the post season. If he's just going to backup Maldy and pinch hit, I'm not a fan of giving up legitimate prospect for a few ABs in the playoffs. Spend that capital on Bell and/or an elite lefty reliever.

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Good enough to start 30 games for the Cubs for the postseason, including a WS title, but couldn't do it here? He's declined but he's not terrible back there.

BadAggie said:

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jg07 said:

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I'm not a Dusty fan. But the amount of *****ing and second guessing at winning 5 games in 4 days against the Yankees and then at Seattle is pretty remarkable even for Texags standards.

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Lol yes. Two straight series sweeps and armchair Texags think they can do better

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We just blew out Kansas and TexAgs thinks Fran sucks. Wow

Farmer1906 said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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Put me in the camp of not wanting Contreras knowing he won't get a single start in the post season. If he's just going to backup Maldy and pinch hit, I'm not a fan of giving up legitimate prospect for a few ABs in the playoffs. Spend that capital on Bell and/or an elite lefty reliever.

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Good enough to start 30 games for the Cubs for the postseason, including a WS title, but couldn't do it here? He's declined but he's not terrible back there.

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He also was on the same page with those guys all year, right?

I'm not saying don't do it, I just wonder the effect beyond the batting order. He's a vet, but would obviously be a backup. Would back up playing time give him enough meaningful starts with the entire staff that you'd trust him in a high leverage post season game receiving the ball?

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Farmer1906 said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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Put me in the camp of not wanting Contreras knowing he won't get a single start in the post season. If he's just going to backup Maldy and pinch hit, I'm not a fan of giving up legitimate prospect for a few ABs in the playoffs. Spend that capital on Bell and/or an elite lefty reliever.

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Good enough to start 30 games for the Cubs for the postseason, including a WS title, but couldn't do it here? He's declined but he's not terrible back there.

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Sure he can do it and would be a better offensive catcher than Maldy, but its been made extremely clear that Maldy is the only catcher starting if healthy

bearkatag15 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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Put me in the camp of not wanting Contreras knowing he won't get a single start in the post season. If he's just going to backup Maldy and pinch hit, I'm not a fan of giving up legitimate prospect for a few ABs in the playoffs. Spend that capital on Bell and/or an elite lefty reliever.

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Good enough to start 30 games for the Cubs for the postseason, including a WS title, but couldn't do it here? He's declined but he's not terrible back there.

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Sure he can do it and would be a better offensive catcher than Maldy, but its been made extremely clear that Maldy is the only catcher starting if healthy

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Extremely? Why are we interested in trading for him?

Apparently our buddy Phil Nevin got tossed last night. It was his 3rd ejection since being named interim manager. He got tossed after Ohtani hit a HR. Dude is going to have to mellow out or have an aneurism. Turn again managing a team that is 15 under .500 and 23.5 back before Aug 1 will do that to you.

My opinion only but it sure seems like there was a push from the team to make it known through the players pushing it and then through the local media that their faith in Maldy's ability behind the plate is more important than his lack of offense.

Well they can't exactly come out and say they want Contreras can they?

Machete is slashing .240/.309/.580 in 17 games in July with 7 R, 11RBI and 5 HR. Yes it's a smaller sample size of 17 games but it's also 50 ABs. It's not super small.

Will it continue? Who knows. The eye test says he is making better contact and he looks to have changed his stance a bit.

I wonder if this trend would cause Click to re-evaluate looking for a backup this season. I guess the question is how much are you willing to expend for what would be a backup catcher? I'm with Bearkat. The staff and players have openly supported Machete's work and prep before games.