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The Porkchop Express said:

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Jeremy Pena's post-season numbers extrapolated to a full 162 game season.

150 runs scored
249 hits
62 doubles
50 home runs
100 RBI
.345 BA
.367 OBP
.638 SLG
1.005 OPS

So those are my minimum expectations for him in 2022. You got this, JP!

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Goodness. Really puts into perspective just how good he was this postseason.

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He hit .391 for the LCS and WS.

It seems to me that while Cranr had the final day, Dusty's input had major sway on this.

Said he didn't want a guy who felt like he needed to play every day. Dusty was thinking about the clubhouse psyche and didn't want Contreras to be a malcontent if he was splitting with Maldy.

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Every day I’m in disbelief that the Dodgers handed Yordan Alvarez over to the Astros for spare change. That 450-foot bomb to win the World Series last night came courtesy of the Dodgers. Thank you, Los Angeles. You’re all Astros at heart.

— Roosh (@RooshWilliams) November 6, 2022

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This weakass retort. LOL. In a 60 game goofass covid season they are "WS champs"

The Dodgers are recent World Series champions, too though

— J.C. De Leon (@jcdeleon1) November 6, 2022

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It seems to me that while Cranr had the final day, Dustin's input had major sway on this.

Said he didn't want a guy who felt like he needed to play every day. Dusty was thinking about the clubhouse psyche and didn't want Contreras to be a malcontent if he was splitting with Maldy.

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Right, but Dusty's job should be to put out the best lineup and keep guys from acting out. Especially knowing how injured Maldy was. We should have been giving him tons of time off. Between splitting time at catcher & DHing he should have had plenty of ABs to stay happy. One thing to factor in, we thought Brantley still had a chance to be back. We didn't know DH would be such a huge hole.

Happy Parade Day World Champions!

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BMX Bandit said:

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Rizzo going to cost north of $20mm. pass.

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agree, we have internal options for 1B, LF, CF and C. Hell our biggest problem is figuring out what to do with absurd amount of high end starting pitching we have.

Solidify the bullpen, resign JV and lets go get another one

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ummm who are these internal options?

Brantley, Yuli, Trey M all are FA's....

Yes, Yordan can play LF, but not every game.

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Technically Trey isn't yet. His decision has been made public yet. I agree. The options would be move Chas (Meyers or Pedro in CF), JJ, move a catcher (both played 1B some), and... Not sure who else.

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those options sound terrible. Hell, it could be argued that Chas is very replaceable and shouldn't be "given" a starting role on this team.

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I agree the options are not great, but Chas should a lock as a starter. He's earned it unless you're going and getting Bryan Reynolds, but that aint happening.

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Rizzo going to cost north of $20mm. pass.

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agree, we have internal options for 1B, LF, CF and C. Hell our biggest problem is figuring out what to do with absurd amount of high end starting pitching we have.

Solidify the bullpen, resign JV and lets go get another one

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ummm who are these internal options?

Brantley, Yuli, Trey M all are FA's....

Yes, Yordan can play LF, but not every game.

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Technically Trey isn't yet. His decision has been made public yet. I agree. The options would be move Chas (Meyers or Pedro in CF), JJ, move a catcher (both played 1B some), and... Not sure who else.

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those options sound terrible. Hell, it could be argued that Chas is very replaceable and shouldn't be "given" a starting role on this team.

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OPS+ of 107 and 110 in his first two years with plus defense… at the league minimum salary. Please explain how many teams get that from their 7, 8, or 9 hitter. He hasn't been given anything.

Some of you need to face the reality that not every hitter on the team is going to be an all star

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How does this one rank for yall compared to 2017? I am not nearly as emotional, this one was more based on spite and shutting people up for me. We were clearly the best team, and proved it. 2017 was something I thought would absolutely never happen.

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I'll be the first to admit I don't follow the Astros or baseball like many of you. Aggie/College Football is my #1 team/sport and I don't see that changing. When we finally win a National Championship, I'll probably breakdown and have a good ugly cry. But I do love this team and always have. There's just something about baseball. For our first anniversary, my wife checked off a bucket list item of mine, which was going to watch the Astros in Wrigley. We lost, as we usually did in 2012, but I will never forget that game.

That said, 2017 will always be the best for me because the Astros have been my favorite professional team my whole life. I remember going to the dome with my parents and sitting in the rainbow seats to watch the Astros, and the day I went with my Cub Scout den and we got to sit about 10 rows up from the outfield wall, it felt like we were a part of the rich folks being so close. I remember being in Dirty's (RIP) and seeing that we had traded Glen Davis to the Orioles and being sad because of it. Watching the classic matchups with the Braves in the 90's with my football coaches during school is something I'll never forget. We got so close in '05 only to do what Houston sports does when it matters. So finally being able to have a championship after so long and so many years of just not quite having it will never be topped. Couple that with the city rallying around the franchise after Harvey, and it couldn't have been written any better.

For me, 2022 was about shutting the ignorant fans up, and doing so in dominant fashion. For Bregman, Yuli, Verlander, LMJ, and most of all, Altuve, to give a "**** you" to those same fans by just winning is everything this franchise and city is now. The **** they went through the past few seasons brought that team as close as they can be and rallied an entire city around them. 2017 was a WS Championship for the city. 2022 was a WS Championship for themselves.

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AustinCountyAg said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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AustinCountyAg said:

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Bag said:

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Rizzo going to cost north of $20mm. pass.

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agree, we have internal options for 1B, LF, CF and C. Hell our biggest problem is figuring out what to do with absurd amount of high end starting pitching we have.

Solidify the bullpen, resign JV and lets go get another one

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ummm who are these internal options?

Brantley, Yuli, Trey M all are FA's....

Yes, Yordan can play LF, but not every game.

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Technically Trey isn't yet. His decision has been made public yet. I agree. The options would be move Chas (Meyers or Pedro in CF), JJ, move a catcher (both played 1B some), and... Not sure who else.

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those options sound terrible. Hell, it could be argued that Chas is very replaceable and shouldn't be "given" a starting role on this team.

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OPS+ of 107 and 110 in his first two years with plus defense… at the league minimum salary. Please explain how many teams get that from their 7, 8, or 9 hitter. He hasn't been given anything.

Some of you need to face the reality that not every hitter on the team is going to be an all star

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And he's growing as a player. If he can work this offseason and the next couple of years to cut down the strikeouts, I think we'll really like what the Astros have on him.

Doyers getting rid of errbody

RELEASED: #Dodgers have released LHP Tyler Anderson, OF Joey Gallo, LHP Andrew Heaney, RHP Tommy Kahnle, LHP Clayton Kershaw, RHP Craig Kimbrel, RHP Chris Martin, OF Kevin Pillar, LHP David Price and SS Trea Turner.

— MLB Transaction Tracker (@MLBMovesTracker) November 6, 2022

Have any of you Google'd "Houston Astros" yet?

Should do it.

Great article about Alex Cintron and Aledmys Diaz saw a problem with Alvarez's hand position before game 6 and called him into the cage to make the adjustment.

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Early on Saturday, before Game 6, Cintrn scoured video from June, when lvarez hit .418 with a 1.346 OPS, and he realized that the player's hands had dropped, making it harder for him to get to the fastball. He called in Daz, whose eye he trusts on such things and who sometimes helps him communicate with other players.
"You know what?" Daz said. "You're right."
Cintrn texted Alvarez: I found something. Come to the cage.
Initially, Alvarez was unsure. He believed the problem still resided in his lower half.
"Yordan, do you trust me?" Cintrn asked.
"Yes," Alvarez said.
"Then give me five swings in the cage and see how you feel. If you don't like it, then you change it."
It didn't take five swings. Alvarez felt the change immediately. Daz and Cintrn saw it. They all knew what it meant: "Game over," said Cintrn later, dripping with an unholy brew of Bud Heavy, Michelob Ultra and Korbel. "I was so pumped," he said. "I told the front-office guys, the player of the game is going to be Yordan Alvarez."

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https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/11/06/yordan-alvarez-world-series-home-run-batting-cage-session

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Assuming a local station will stream the parade for us out-of-towners?

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Yes, ABC13 will have a live stream.

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Have any of you Google'd "Houston Astros" yet?

Should do it.

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That's pretty cool. My head went straight for cheating articles, so didn't expect that.

All I do is Nguyen said:

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Doyers getting rid of errbody

RELEASED: #Dodgers have released LHP Tyler Anderson, OF Joey Gallo, LHP Andrew Heaney, RHP Tommy Kahnle, LHP Clayton Kershaw, RHP Craig Kimbrel, RHP Chris Martin, OF Kevin Pillar, LHP David Price and SS Trea Turner.

— MLB Transaction Tracker (@MLBMovesTracker) November 6, 2022

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Trea Turner is going to cost so. much. money.

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All I do is Nguyen said:

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Doyers getting rid of errbody

RELEASED: #Dodgers have released LHP Tyler Anderson, OF Joey Gallo, LHP Andrew Heaney, RHP Tommy Kahnle, LHP Clayton Kershaw, RHP Craig Kimbrel, RHP Chris Martin, OF Kevin Pillar, LHP David Price and SS Trea Turner.

— MLB Transaction Tracker (@MLBMovesTracker) November 6, 2022

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Trea Turner is going to cost so. much. money.

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Kershaw? That's not misprint. Wow

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Beat40 said:

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All I do is Nguyen said:

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Doyers getting rid of errbody

RELEASED: #Dodgers have released LHP Tyler Anderson, OF Joey Gallo, LHP Andrew Heaney, RHP Tommy Kahnle, LHP Clayton Kershaw, RHP Craig Kimbrel, RHP Chris Martin, OF Kevin Pillar, LHP David Price and SS Trea Turner.

— MLB Transaction Tracker (@MLBMovesTracker) November 6, 2022

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Trea Turner is going to cost so. much. money.

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Kershaw? That's not misprint. Wow

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A lot of those guys aren't released, they're free agents. "released" is a term used loosely there.

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IMO Gilbert is already a better option than Chas,

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