I am glad you asked.htxag09 said:Maybe it's just me but this seems silly.Farmer1906 said: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.EastCoastAgNc said:
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.
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.
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've seen a lot of Rome defenders today on twitter among Astros fans.
Farmer1906 said:I am glad you asked.htxag09 said:Maybe it's just me but this seems silly.Farmer1906 said: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.EastCoastAgNc said:
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.
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.
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....
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?
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.Lonestar_Ag09 said:
Fringey arm is not a description I'd use for Peña…
bearkatag15 said:EastCoastAgNc said:
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.
My god you are a miserable human being
42nd percentile in max exit velo, and below 50th percentile in Barrel %. He apparently didn't qualify for the Barrel %, so I don't know the exact percentile. His 6.0 barrel % is lower than the 50th percentile mark of 7.9%. (I used Adley Rutschman for comparison, since he was on the 50th percentile).heavens11 said:
Will add he (uncle Mike) also doesn't seem to have much pop in the bat. Professional hitter for sure but not much power anymore. Note: that's just my observation watching games. I haven't looke up the stats
Did the exact same thing with Castro, and I have no doubt he'd do the exact same thing with Choi (although Choi's splits for '22 are pretty similar, albeit only 50 ABs vs LHP).Quote:
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?
MAROON said:
Pretty sure he played Chas against righties and Myers against lefties. Chas is much better against lefties
He's on the lower end of arm strength for MLB shortstops. He's got elite range, a quick release and a high IQ… but definitely does not have a cannon.Lonestar_Ag09 said:
Fringey arm is not a description I'd use for Peña…
PETE2019 said:
I made the mistake of opening that SI article but WTF?!? I know she wasn't around in 1919 but come on lady.
BMX Bandit said:
Ji-Man traded to pirates.
Pirates to acquire 1B Choi from Rays https://t.co/1m8NoV5kbT
— NBC Sports EDGE Baseball (@NBCSEdgeBB) November 10, 2022
Bam!Farmer1906 said:
Hmmmm…. That's interesting.Anthony Rizzo and Josh Bell are the obvious names thrown around on the first base free-agent market, but the Astros have inquired about Ji-Man Choi multiple times across the past few seasons. If they wanted a cheaper alternative, he would make sense - https://t.co/esxj7iTWzk
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) November 10, 2022
Beau Holder said:
Just found out my parents got us one of the legacy bricks for a wedding gift.
I think we offer a competitive contract and re-sign him. Crane loves JV. Something along the lines of 2/75 or 3/105.Ag_07 said:
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.
Marvin said:
Did I miss the discussion about Altuve and Alvarez winning Silver Slugger awards?
They slugged all season long.
— Houston Astros (@astros) November 10, 2022
Congrats, Tuve and Yordan! pic.twitter.com/oULjGimaKD
Farmer1906 said:Marvin said:
Did I miss the discussion about Altuve and Alvarez winning Silver Slugger awards?
It was only announced 40 min ago.They slugged all season long.
— Houston Astros (@astros) November 10, 2022
Congrats, Tuve and Yordan! pic.twitter.com/oULjGimaKD
They deserved it.
