EastCoastAgNc said:

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Hello from Las Vegas. James Click and some of his lieutenants arrived here last night after the championship parade. He is expected to speak around 5 p.m. CT today. @BNightengale reported earlier that owner Jim Crane plans to extend his contract.

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) November 8, 2022

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I like keeping the band together here, good job Crane

Mr.Bond said:

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Did I miss why Judge is predicted to go to San Fran?

cc10106 said:

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Apparently Peña wasn't an AL ROY finalist. Tough competition I guess.

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I don't understand how Kwan made it and not Pena.... I get Rutsch, cause of his position, but still, SS is a prime position too....
Its moot though, cause JRod will win it.... but still, should have earned the finalist

BCSGrubber said:

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Man Jose Abreu has been a target of mine for years.

Lineup would be sick

Tuve
Pena
Yordan
Bregs
Tucker
Abreu
Brantley
Chas/Jake/Leon
Maldy/Lee/Diaz

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Ummmm, this would be a sick lineup, you essentially have 7-8 hitters that would drive most (the best) starters out of a game by the 5th inning... then add in Chas, Vazques or Yuli (hope we can keep his bat, he showed up in the playoffs)

W said:

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Judge to the Giants and Oracle Park ?

kiss all those opposite field home runs goodbye

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HRs in general. He would be going from one of the most friendly stadiums for RH hitting HRS to the second least friendly park. Its a huge swing. Yankees stadium is 10% above average and SF is 23% below.

The strength of our team was pitching, so let's start there.

JV is the obvious biggest question, and it's debated so much I'm not sure how much more there is to discuss.

I'm assuming we will use a 5 man rotation during the majority of the season: The sure things at this point are Framler, Javier, LMJ and Brown. The fifth spot could be JV, Garcia or Urquidy. And we'll carry at least 2 of those dudes in the event of injury issues.

What about the pen?

Presley and Abreu sure look like our top 2. With Neris and Stanek being so strong this year, I'm not sure how hard we'll work to keep Montero.


From where we set today, it sure looks good that pitching will be a strength again next year regardless of what JV and Montero decide to do.

My hope is that we don't throw a bunch of dollars this way - instead spending those dollars to upgrade the bats at OF, 1B and at part time Catcher /DH.

Brown likely starts the season in Sugar Land.

Montero is going to be overpaid somewhere else based on the season he had.

Mathguy64 said:

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W said:

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Judge to the Giants and Oracle Park ?

kiss all those opposite field home runs goodbye

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HRs in general. He would be going from one of the most friendly stadiums for RH hitting HRS to the second least friendly park. Its a huge swing. Yankees stadium is 10% above average and SF is 23% below.

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he might hit less HR's in SF, but he will be getting paid more than in NY.

ScapeGOAT said:

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He grew up outside of SF

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I know it's been a talking point for a while about him being from there, but that rarely ever actually plays into their decisions. He's lived away from there now long enough that I think it's a non-factor

Mathguy64 said:

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AustinCountyAg said:

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Mathguy64 said:

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W said:

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Judge to the Giants and Oracle Park ?

kiss all those opposite field home runs goodbye

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HRs in general. He would be going from one of the most friendly stadiums for RH hitting HRS to the second least friendly park. Its a huge swing. Yankees stadium is 10% above average and SF is 23% below.

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he might hit less HR's in SF, but he will be getting paid more than in NY.

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If SF wants to overpay to watch balls die on the warning track, who am I to suggest its not smart? He should enjoy his MVP. He wont sniff another one playing there.

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so you're saying SF shouldn't sign Judge because he will hit less home runs there? Or are you saying Judge should stay in NY because he will hit more HR's there? I am not seeing your point

There are A LOT of dumbass takes from callers on 790 so I'm not surprised by that. Folks were still complaining about Dusty after playoff wins. I'm afraid all this success is spoiling some Astro fans to the point they might as well be ignorant yankee fans but whatever. Good problem to have I guess.

AustinCountyAg said:

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Mathguy64 said:

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AustinCountyAg said:

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Mathguy64 said:

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W said:

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Judge to the Giants and Oracle Park ?

kiss all those opposite field home runs goodbye

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HRs in general. He would be going from one of the most friendly stadiums for RH hitting HRS to the second least friendly park. Its a huge swing. Yankees stadium is 10% above average and SF is 23% below.

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he might hit less HR's in SF, but he will be getting paid more than in NY.

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If SF wants to overpay to watch balls die on the warning track, who am I to suggest its not smart? He should enjoy his MVP. He wont sniff another one playing there.

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so you're saying SF shouldn't sign Judge because he will hit less home runs there? Or are you saying Judge should stay in NY because he will hit more HR's there? I am not seeing your point

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If they want to overpay for him in SF go for it. If they really want to overpay him in NY, go for it.

What are thoughts on Lee establishing himself as the heir apparent to Maldy? Pena has my hopes up more so than what they should be I think.

Farmer1906 said:

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At this point, I don't see why we wouldn't do the 6 man rotation.

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I do wonder if Urquidy is part of a trade this offseason. I don't know why they would want to start Hunter Brown in Sugarland next season unless he has a horrible spring training.

That's assuming the Astros resign JV.

EastCoastAgNc said:

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AggieJ2002 said:

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I just don't see any way Hunter Brown is not handed an opportunity in a starting role next year.

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I think he needs to work with frambers mental guy. He seemed to lose focus and get rattled in big situations at times. He has the stuff to do well, just needs consistency

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I agree with you, though I think that is more of a reason to get him going at the start of the season. The more he works earlier in the year, we may have another ace that is mentally tough and ready to go come October

BMX Bandit said:

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in game decisions and criticism is fine, but anyone that complains about the lineup Dusty sets or Dusty giving someone getting an off day should result in a week long ban.

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I think the in game complaints are just as dumb. It's pretty damn obvious dusty makes decisions throughout the year simply to put people in different situations to see what he and they learn from it. The dusty, sorry, peepaw, complaints are why I quit the thread last season. Posters legitimately said things like he is either incompetent, just doesn't care, or is purposely trying to lose, those are the only options.

Farmer1906 said:

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Agreed. Not sure how anyone can say he's mentally weak. If anything I think he did very well as a rookie in big situations.

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I didn't mean to imply he was mentally weak. Just a thought of something that could help him and had obviously paid massive dividends with framber. He was good in some situations but had walk issues at times (both late in the regular season and I'm the ALCS) where it seemed like he lost focus.