***Official Houston Astros 2022-23 Offseason Thread***

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In reply to Farmer1906 • 12:52p, 1/26/23
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Farmer1906 said:
We have a GM

Seems like a good hire to me
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12:53p, 1/26/23
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Gig’em Aggies!
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12:55p, 1/26/23
I like this hire
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 12:56p, 1/26/23
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Farmer1906 said:
We have a GM

Crane usually always gets it right
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 12:57p, 1/26/23
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Farmer1906 said:
We have a GM



Thank God! Did NOT want Ass-munch.
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12:58p, 1/26/23
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From Atl, right? Seems like a great move if so.
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In reply to Wabs • 1:00p, 1/26/23
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Wabs said:
My Spanish is rusty so I had to look it up: Pobre de ti que no creiste = poor of you that you did not believe.
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1:00p, 1/26/23
Crane is so smart. He only presented Ausmus as a possibility so that people would moan about it and then be thrilled when he hired Brown.

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In reply to dshedd41 • 1:05p, 1/26/23
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I have a raging Astros boner.
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In reply to Teddy Perkins • 1:08p, 1/26/23
That's the literal translation.

"Shame on you for not believing" is the way I'd translate it idiomatically.

Also a significant photo because it's only the third time Christian Javier has ever smiled.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 1:11p, 1/26/23
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Farmer1906 said:
We have a GM



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In reply to Harry Dunne • 1:12p, 1/26/23
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Crane is so smart. He only presented Ausmus as a possibility so that people would moan about it and then be thrilled when he hired Brown.

My guess is Ausmus was in town for some other reason related to his connections to the organization and the media assumed that was why. Wouldn't be shocked if he has some other role here.
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In reply to dshedd41 • 1:13p, 1/26/23
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Dan Shedd said:
Are we the first team to ever have a black manager and GM at the same time?
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1:16p, 1/26/23
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In reply to MaxPower • 1:18p, 1/26/23
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Harry Dunne said:
Crane is so smart. He only presented Ausmus as a possibility so that people would moan about it and then be thrilled when he hired Brown.

My guess is Ausmus was in town for some other reason related to his connections to the organization and the media assumed that was why. Wouldn't be shocked if he has some other role here.
Poor guy was only in town to have beers with Bagwell and now he's got to read all over social media how much all of Houston would hate him being the GM.
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1:25p, 1/26/23
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Glad bagwell didn't get his wish
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 1:26p, 1/26/23
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EastCoastAgNc said:

Glad bagwell didn't get his wish
Thats a nice way to say: Ausmus finished DAL in a 2 horse race.
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 1:34p, 1/26/23
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EastCoastAgNc said:

Glad bagwell didn't get his wish
Baggy and Ausmus can be co-assistants to the general manager
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 1:35p, 1/26/23
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EastCoastAgNc said:

Glad bagwell didn't get his wish


**** we dodged a bullet here.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 1:38p, 1/26/23
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Farmer1906 said:
We have a GM



Great hire
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1:40p, 1/26/23
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is dana brown an analytics guy or an old school scout kinda guy?
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 1:42p, 1/26/23
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EastCoastAgNc said:

So tomorrow we should see announcements of 8yr team friendly deals for Javier, Framber, Tuck and Peña?
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In reply to 07ag • 1:42p, 1/26/23
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is dana brown an analytics guy or an old school scout kinda guy?
I think he's best of both worlds
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1:43p, 1/26/23
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Crane just keeps the train rolling.

Every time we question his decisions he comes through and shows he knows what's doing.
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In reply to Moe Jzyslak • 1:50p, 1/26/23
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ScapeGOAT said:
Listening to MLB Network Radio this morning, the hosts admitted that a lot of the writers will take personal feelings and how a player treats the media into account. If a player gives time for interviews after every game, they're more likely to get a vote. If a player keeps interviews short, or doesn't frequently grant interviews, it'll likely sway the voter's opinion.

I've thought they needed to do away with BBWAA being the sole source of votes. It needs to be a breakdown of players in HOF, current players, and BBWAA.

Do away with the 10 vote limit on ballots, and if a voter turns in a blank ballot more than once, their vote gets taken away and given to someone else.

I hate the no vote guys. I saw one ballot that was blank this year and the guy voted for 4 last year (Wagner one of those 4). What the hell did those players do on their numbers year over year to lose the votes?
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In reply to 3B Paul 97 • 1:52p, 1/26/23
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3B Paul 97 said:
ScapeGOAT said:
Listening to MLB Network Radio this morning, the hosts admitted that a lot of the writers will take personal feelings and how a player treats the media into account. If a player gives time for interviews after every game, they're more likely to get a vote. If a player keeps interviews short, or doesn't frequently grant interviews, it'll likely sway the voter's opinion.

I've thought they needed to do away with BBWAA being the sole source of votes. It needs to be a breakdown of players in HOF, current players, and BBWAA.

Do away with the 10 vote limit on ballots, and if a voter turns in a blank ballot more than once, their vote gets taken away and given to someone else.

I hate the no vote guys. I saw one ballot that was blank this year and the guy voted for 4 last year (Wagner one of those 4). What the hell did those players do on their numbers year over year to lose the votes?


I think it would make sense to keep yes votes permanent as long as the voter still has a ballot yearly. Clearly this is no on the field change that will impact the yes vote. Then the next year the voter can vote another 10 if he sees fit instead of dropping someone off he feels is deserving.
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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 1:54p, 1/26/23
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The Porkchop Express said:
Dan Shedd said:
Are we the first team to ever have a black manager and GM at the same time?
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 2:01p, 1/26/23
Farmer1906 said:
The Porkchop Express said:
Dan Shedd said:
Are we the first team to ever have a black manager and GM at the same time?
Unfortunately this means we have to fire them both right away to win the 2025 WS.
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2:01p, 1/26/23
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I think with salaries going absolutely nuts recently that building in the draft and international signings is going to be incredibly important more so than in the past.

Hiring a GM that excels in that kinda stuff is a great move. I think he's gonna be a good one.
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2:05p, 1/26/23
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I'll reserve judgement until I see how he handles his first trade deadline.

I'm just thrilled we arent doing Jerrah Mk 2.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 2:13p, 1/26/23
Farmer1906 said:
MLB Network will be finishing up their top 10 over the next week. SS will be released tonight. Here is where the Astros stand.

C: 2/2
1B: Abreu - 4th
2B: Altuve - 1st
SS: 1/26
3B: Bregman - 6th
LF: Alvarez - 1st
CF: McCormick - 10th
RF: Tucker - 4th

SP: 2/1
RP: Pressly - 6th

We might get shut out at SS with it being such a deep position (Lindor, Swanson, Turner, Bogaerts, Seager, Correa, Bichette, Edman, Kim, Witt, & Franco), but, obviously, we feel good about the GG, CS MVP, & WS MVP.

Limiting SP to just 10 is kind of crazy. You could make an argument for Framber at 5 or 15. It depends on what exactly you're looking at.

Zero-shot at Catcher, but we have the most stacked roster regardless of how we finish this out.

For comparisons here is where our competition stands

NYY
C: 2/2
1B: N/A
2B: Torres - 10th
SS: 1/26
3B: LeMahieu - 10th
LF: N/A
CF: N/A
RF: Judge - 1st

SP: 2/1
RP: N/A

SEA
C: 2/2
1B: N/A
2B: Wong - 9th
SS: 1/26
3B: N/A
LF: N/A
CF: Rodriguez- 3rd
RF: Hernndez - 8th

SP: 2/1
RP: Muñoz - 7th
We actually have two LFs on the list.
Alvarez at No. 1 and Brantley at No. 8.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-network-top-10-at-each-position-in-2023

Thanks for the post. I wasn't aware the Network was doing these.
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