Born in 91, Astros fan since I can remember..
1. Biggio
2. Wagner
3. Berkman
4. Springer
5. Altuve
6. Bagwell
7. Oswalt
8. JV
9. Yuli
10. Caminiti

I was all in for Drabek and Swindell, too. The results seriously bummed me out. Especially Drabek. I got to interview Swindell at the Astros Caravan stop at Tom's in 1993. He didn't seem to be excited to be there.

I also went to Unit's first home start (that was also Wagner's first game back after taking that line drive). The Dome was crazy that night, my friends.

Another guy I had high hopes for was Javier Ortiz after he was called up and went on a tear. I have no idea what happened after that.

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Listening to baseball is dead and they're discussing JV & deGrom.

Who do you think has a better 2023 & 2024?

Both healthy, the answer is deGrom IMO. Based on recent history, the answer is JV. I could see arguments from either, but gun to my head, I think my pick is deGrom.

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I agree and also deGrom should have an easier schedule facing the AL West (minus us of course) but the Rangers bully could blow a lot of potential wins for him too.

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Farmer1906 said:

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Who should get the money then? Just more to the owners?

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Here's a crazy idea - pass it along to the consumer? One of the reasons I tapped out of my season tickets years ago wasn't just the increasing cost of tickets, it's all the other stuff (beer, dog, parking) associated in going to the game. I love going to the ballpark and catching a game - it shouldn't have to be a "special occassion" type of cost to do so with the family.

Everyone one of these contracts that get signed . . . just think of that as an extra quarter on top of that already ridiculously priced beer.

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Prosperdick said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Listening to baseball is dead and they're discussing JV & deGrom.

Who do you think has a better 2023 & 2024?

Both healthy, the answer is deGrom IMO. Based on recent history, the answer is JV. I could see arguments from either, but gun to my head, I think my pick is deGrom.

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I agree and also deGrom should have an easier schedule facing the AL West (minus us of course) but the Rangers bully could blow a lot of potential wins for him too.

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It really depends on how the Mets handle him, they are doing work on the bull pen and currently have 6 or so starting capable pitchers (Sherzer, Verlander, Quintinnia, Carrasco, MeGill, and Peterson) They also have Luchesi but he has worn his welcome out. Rumor is the Mets are still going after the Japanese Pitcher so that would probably move Peterson or MeGill (or both) to the pen to fill the Lugo role. So it seems like the Mets are going for quality and depth to keep the rotation fresh if that is the case then I say JV.

DeGrom has been one of my favorite pitchers but looking at the Ranger's pen they will lean heavy on the rotation, and down the stretch for the Mets DeGrom got shelled in several games and pushed his ERA north of 3.00 for only the second time in his career. DeGrom had three straight years he pitched in over 200 innings (2017 to 2019), since then he has not pitched more than 92 innings in a season (granted one was plague year). Personally I hope he gets back to his old form but I fear that the trend continues as Bochy let's his starters work and that can lead to DeGrom getting worn down quickly. Hope I am wrong as two competitive teams in Texas would be exciting. That and I am a Mets and Giants fan so I want to see Boch and DeGrom succeed

perhaps the balance to the big spending teams...is the expanded playoffs.

especially those 3-game series.

a team from the AL or NL Central...or a modest spending #6 seed...can foil the plans of the big spenders.

see last year's 101-win Mets

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perhaps the balance to the big spending teams...is the expanded playoffs.

especially those 3-game series.

a team from the AL or NL Central...or a modest spending #6 seed...can foil the plans of the big spenders.

see last year's 101-win Mets

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no, apparently the Mets just didn't spend enough..... Cohen won't let that happen again.... haha!!!

Aggie football and the new name for OC make me depressed. Please cheer me up, Astros.

Born in '94 with some major recency bias

1. Bagwell
2. Altuve
3. Yordan
4. Biggio
5. LMJ
6. Springer
7. Bregman
8. Correa
9. Berkman
10. JV

Honorable Mention:
Keuchel (That Cy Young in '15 helped kick off the Golden Era)
Charlie Morton (Only 2 years, but what a peak. World Series Closer)

Farmer1906 said:

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Aggie football and the new name for OC make me depressed. Please cheer me up, Astros.

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Here's what's left of this year's free agent class pic.twitter.com/MKCYhnCc9h

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) December 9, 2022

Karma hates Yankees

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So not only did the Yankees have their own strike zone at Yankee Stadium they had their own juiced baseballs to hit.

And they still couldn't win.

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And they've added exactly 0 players to help them beat the Astros (or win one game in a series).

This could be awkward

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The Yankees could be preparing to spoil another of the Giants' free-agent pursuits. Despite having re-signed Aaron Judge to a nine year, $360 million contract, New York does not appear to be closing for business.

In an appearance on 95.7 The Game's Willard and Dibs, ESPN's Buster Olney reported that the Yankees could be working on "something big" -- possibly a deal that would bring Correa to the Bronx.

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Ag_07 said:

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This could be awkward

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The Yankees could be preparing to spoil another of the Giants' free-agent pursuits. Despite having re-signed Aaron Judge to a nine year, $360 million contract, New York does not appear to be closing for business.

In an appearance on 95.7 The Game's Willard and Dibs, ESPN's Buster Olney reported that the Yankees could be working on "something big" -- possibly a deal that would bring Correa to the Bronx.

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Not gonna lie. Don't want to have to face correa in the postseason unless it's in the WS. I hope he goes NL

Of course Correa will be a Yankee

Carlos a Yankee? Don't care, we got Pena

It'll be fun seeing our pitching staff strike out another 300M dollar player, bring in Correa

If they didn't do it last year, why would they this year? I don't think they get Rodon either. The OQ = 2 picks for teams in the tax. I think they go after a left fielder and maybe 1 more pitcher. Maybe make a trade.

Have we ever gone 5 hrs between posts on any of these threads? Season or off-season

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Have we ever gone 5 hrs between posts on any of these threads? Season or off-season

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I was thinking the same thing. I kept checking it, thinking it wasn't updating