This is how I imagine Chandler Rome during Yordan's Game 6 homer.



Oh well, now I have to work all night covering a championship.

htxag09 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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I know we are in need of impactful position player acquisitions, but let's look at the moves made by James Click four non pitchers so far in free agency:

Signed Robel Garcia
Signed Stephen Souza
Signed Niko Goodrum

Unless he has a sudden change of heart (or someone else is in charge), don't get your hopes up.

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He signed Castro, signed Brantley, picked up Yuli's option, extended Alvarez, traded for Vazquez/Mancini/Dubon. If we're only looking at position player moves, there hasn't been a giant need to get them.

The 3 you listed were all back-end of the roster guys, not meant to be impact players. Dusty has regularly not platooned guys correctly and not played them in their normal position. Some of these moves might have been just fine if Dusty implemented them correctly. But he didn't and Click looks like an idiot.

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Maybe it's just me but this seems silly.

I get it, Peepaw is an idiot. But the Astros aren't really a team that have back-end guys that aren't meant to be impact players. Our back end guys are guys we still want to contribute, especially considering how much rest we give our starters, and/or young guys we're trying to develop.

So what do you think using Niko correctly looks like? We may not have liked the moves made with Niko but Dusty put him in spots to see if he could contribute, he couldn't. So we moved on. Had we just let him ride the pine as a back-end guy not meant to contribute maybe we don't trade for Mancini or Vazquez and instead Niko is our backup first baseman option in the WS when Yuli goes down....

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I am glad you asked.

Niko Goodrum vs LHP
2018 - 132 PA ,116 wRC+
2019 - 107 PA, 144 wRC+
2020 - 37 PA, 182 wRC+
2021 - 108 PA, 108 wRC+

Not only is he above avg vs lefties, he might actually be good? Career BA over .300.

Niko Goodrum vs RHP
2018 - 360 PA, 96 wRC+
2019 - 365 PA. 81 wRC+
2020 - 142 PA, 32 wRC+
2021 - 217 PA, 67 wRC+

Over the previous 2 seasons before signing, he was pretty much unplayable vs RHP.

Dusty gave Niko 45 plate appearances. 37 (over 82%) were vs RHP. Why?

Fringey arm is not a description I'd use for Peña…

Farmer1906 said:

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htxag09 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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I know we are in need of impactful position player acquisitions, but let's look at the moves made by James Click four non pitchers so far in free agency:

Signed Robel Garcia
Signed Stephen Souza
Signed Niko Goodrum

Unless he has a sudden change of heart (or someone else is in charge), don't get your hopes up.

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He signed Castro, signed Brantley, picked up Yuli's option, extended Alvarez, traded for Vazquez/Mancini/Dubon. If we're only looking at position player moves, there hasn't been a giant need to get them.

The 3 you listed were all back-end of the roster guys, not meant to be impact players. Dusty has regularly not platooned guys correctly and not played them in their normal position. Some of these moves might have been just fine if Dusty implemented them correctly. But he didn't and Click looks like an idiot.

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Maybe it's just me but this seems silly.

I get it, Peepaw is an idiot. But the Astros aren't really a team that have back-end guys that aren't meant to be impact players. Our back end guys are guys we still want to contribute, especially considering how much rest we give our starters, and/or young guys we're trying to develop.

So what do you think using Niko correctly looks like? We may not have liked the moves made with Niko but Dusty put him in spots to see if he could contribute, he couldn't. So we moved on. Had we just let him ride the pine as a back-end guy not meant to contribute maybe we don't trade for Mancini or Vazquez and instead Niko is our backup first baseman option in the WS when Yuli goes down....

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I am glad you asked.

Niko Goodrum vs LHP
2018 - 132 PA ,116 wRC+
2019 - 107 PA, 144 wRC+
2020 - 37 PA, 182 wRC+
2021 - 108 PA, 108 wRC+

Not only is he above avg vs lefties, he might actually be good? Career BA over .300.

Niko Goodrum vs RHP
2018 - 360 PA, 96 wRC+
2019 - 365 PA. 81 wRC+
2020 - 142 PA, 32 wRC+
2021 - 217 PA, 67 wRC+

Over the previous 2 seasons before signing, he was pretty much unplayable vs RHP.

Dusty gave Niko 45 plate appearances. 37 (over 82%) were vs RHP. Why?

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Because every thing you just said is fan stuff

Lonestar_Ag09 said:

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Fringey arm is not a description I'd use for Peña…

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I agree. That is a little much, but Pena ranked 23rd out of SS with 100 throws. 27th if you only look at the hardest throw. He's an elite defender, no doubt, but it ain't due to his arm.

Pretty sure he played Chas against righties and Myers against lefties. Chas is much better against lefties

And all of this is why Click and Dusty are at odds and why Click is the odd man out.

By all accounts Dusty is a great guy and the players love him to death. But frankly he gets away with some really bad decisions, mainly because the team was so good they made up and covered up for his bad decisions. And Click knows it and Dusty doesn't seem to care.

Fortunately he didn't make these kinds of bad choices in the playoffs. Who knows if he was listening by then or if he knew they were bad early and just didn't care.

Kind of find it ironic that we may replace Yuli with an Asian baseball player

PETE2019 said:

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I made the mistake of opening that SI article but WTF?!? I know she wasn't around in 1919 but come on lady.

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Agree, can think of a few. Shoeless Joe Jackson and the Blacksox. Pete Rose. Roids…

https://instagr.am/p/CkycblerSwy

Don't want Bell. He finally gets in a pennant race and sucks for 75% of it.
Abreau is a great solution for the DH/1B hole.
Love JV, but anything over 2 yrs @ 35M each is a hard pass.
Yordan has very little range in LF as he seems to get bad jumps. We need a durable guy to play on the road with in LF

Just my gut feel but at this point I'd be shocked if JV is back.

If we wanted to be here on a team friendly deal then it woulda happened during our exclusive negotiating window.

The fact that he's a FA and able to listen to others tells me he's off to the highest bidder and that won't be us.

I'm all for Rizzo or Abreu. Want no part of Josh Bell and I'd much rather bring back Yuli as the full time first baseman in that case.

Just found out my parents got us one of the legacy bricks for a wedding gift.

Keep in mind Rizzo got a QO. I find it hard to believe the Astros will give up a high draft pick for a solid if unspectacular 1B that isn't a long-term solution. Abreu makes much more sense for a similar price.

Beau Holder said:

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Just found out my parents got us one of the legacy bricks for a wedding gift.

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Awesome! They should send you one for your home in addition to the stadium. Our MMP brick is in the HOF alley just before the big mural.

Did I miss the discussion about Altuve and Alvarez winning Silver Slugger awards?

Marvin said:

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Did I miss the discussion about Altuve and Alvarez winning Silver Slugger awards?

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It was only announced 40 min ago.

They slugged all season long.

Congrats, Tuve and Yordan! pic.twitter.com/oULjGimaKD

— Houston Astros (@astros) November 10, 2022

They deserved it.

Farmer1906 said:

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Marvin said:

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Did I miss the discussion about Altuve and Alvarez winning Silver Slugger awards?

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It was only announced 40 min ago.

They slugged all season long.

Congrats, Tuve and Yordan! pic.twitter.com/oULjGimaKD

— Houston Astros (@astros) November 10, 2022

They deserved it.

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But 40 minutes on the Astros thread is like dog years. I'm surprised someone hasn't already suggested trading one of them at peak value because of the award (lol).