Farmer1906 said:
Yup but it's hard to have sympathy for anyone else when we've had more injuries than anyone.
Yeah. I don't have one smidgen of sympathy.
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Yeah. I don't have one smidgen of sympathy.
yes, the numbers don't lie
for the season the Astros have 2,854 plate appearances
Abreu, Machete, and Hensley have combined for 583 plate appearances ~ approximately 21% of the Astros total
with their horrible sub .600 OPS's
a tough way for an offense to do business
for the season the Astros have 2,854 plate appearances
Abreu, Machete, and Hensley have combined for 583 plate appearances ~ approximately 21% of the Astros total
with their horrible sub .600 OPS's
a tough way for an offense to do business
Is that accurate? I don't pay enough attention to other team's injuries to know how we compare.
Watching the Cardinals and Cubs in London, the Cardinals are very not good. If we can't get right offensively against them, especially while they're dealing with jet lag, then we have bigger issues than we think.
Yankees have been hit hard too but I find it hard for anyone else to compete with ours.
Brantley & McCullers haven't seen the field yet. Obviously, McCullers won't. Chas missed a decent chunk. Altuve was out for a while. Now Yordan is out. Urquidy is going to miss about half a season. And Garcia only had a handful of starts before needing TJ.
Brantley & McCullers haven't seen the field yet. Obviously, McCullers won't. Chas missed a decent chunk. Altuve was out for a while. Now Yordan is out. Urquidy is going to miss about half a season. And Garcia only had a handful of starts before needing TJ.
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Astros signed IF Jon Singleton to a minor league contract and assigned him to Sugar Land.
— Julia Morales (@JuliaMorales) June 24, 2023
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Playoff odds right now (via FanGraphs)...
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If judge is out for a long time it'll be interesting to see what the Yankees do at the deadline
A few Yankees fans im seeing have said basically scrap this season and try to build for 2024
A few Yankees fans im seeing have said basically scrap this season and try to build for 2024
Farmer1906 said:Astros signed IF Jon Singleton to a minor league contract and assigned him to Sugar Land.
— Julia Morales (@JuliaMorales) June 24, 2023
The world had officially turned upside down. Cats and dogs living together levels of nuts.
As a Colt 45 and Astros fan since 1962 the decision to sign Singleton is one of the biggest head scratcher decisions I've seen made by the front office.
Mathguy64 said:Farmer1906 said:Astros signed IF Jon Singleton to a minor league contract and assigned him to Sugar Land.
— Julia Morales (@JuliaMorales) June 24, 2023
The world had officially turned upside down. Cats and dogs living together levels of nuts.
It reeks of desperation.
I love Texas Aggie sports, but I love Texas A&M more.
tjack16 said:
If judge is out for a long time it'll be interesting to see what the Yankees do at the deadline
A few Yankees fans im seeing have said basically scrap this season and try to build for 2024
I think that would be a mistake.
DJ is 34
Stanton is 33
Rizzo is 33
Cole is 31
Judge is 31
Rodon is 30
If there is a shot Judge and Rodon will be back then they should do what they reasonably can to give it a run because a lot of their core is aging.
Plus it'll be good learning experience for Volpe & Cabrera.
Marvin said:Mathguy64 said:Farmer1906 said:Astros signed IF Jon Singleton to a minor league contract and assigned him to Sugar Land.
— Julia Morales (@JuliaMorales) June 24, 2023
The world had officially turned upside down. Cats and dogs living together levels of nuts.
It reeks of desperation.
Why? I hope we're constantly taking a shot on guys with upside from other clubs. It's not like we're banking on him to contribute.
Farmer1906 said:Marvin said:Mathguy64 said:Farmer1906 said:Astros signed IF Jon Singleton to a minor league contract and assigned him to Sugar Land.
— Julia Morales (@JuliaMorales) June 24, 2023
The world had officially turned upside down. Cats and dogs living together levels of nuts.
It reeks of desperation.
Why? I hope we're constantly taking a shot on guys with upside from other clubs. It's not like we're banking on him to contribute.
We have zero first base depth, so it's an insurance policy you never want to invoke
Marvin said:Mathguy64 said:Farmer1906 said:Astros signed IF Jon Singleton to a minor league contract and assigned him to Sugar Land.
— Julia Morales (@JuliaMorales) June 24, 2023
The world had officially turned upside down. Cats and dogs living together levels of nuts.
It reeks of desperation.
Exactly what I told my friend who told me the news. He was terrible when called up.
We just brought up Madris. I would go back to JJ before going to Singleton. It won't be hard to find a body at the deadline.EastCoastAgNc said:Farmer1906 said:Marvin said:Mathguy64 said:Farmer1906 said:Astros signed IF Jon Singleton to a minor league contract and assigned him to Sugar Land.
— Julia Morales (@JuliaMorales) June 24, 2023
The world had officially turned upside down. Cats and dogs living together levels of nuts.
It reeks of desperation.
Why? I hope we're constantly taking a shot on guys with upside from other clubs. It's not like we're banking on him to contribute.
We have zero first base depth, so it's an insurance policy you never want to invoke
Longer term Clifford is supposed to be the answer. Only 19 and mashing in A and now High A.
Bligh Madris will make his Astros debut tonight.
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"Great job hitting a homer yesterday while we struggle to score runs Mauricio, now take a seat." Also, Chas gets benched.
Chas is one of the few guys with a hit (hustled) yesterday. He has a 162 wRC+ this month. Yes, let's not start him every day.
Dubon hasn't been Chas hot, but he's been good. 137 wRC+ over the last 13 games. And this isn't slap-hit with the perfect launch angle over the 2nd baseman Dubon. Over the same 13-game window he's got a 90.8 EV with a 14.2 LA & 12.5% Barrel%. That plays.
Dusty, please play our best players. We can't afford to keep ****ing around. We're basically slightly better than a coin flip to make the playoffs at this point (55% per FG).
Dubon hasn't been Chas hot, but he's been good. 137 wRC+ over the last 13 games. And this isn't slap-hit with the perfect launch angle over the 2nd baseman Dubon. Over the same 13-game window he's got a 90.8 EV with a 14.2 LA & 12.5% Barrel%. That plays.
Dusty, please play our best players. We can't afford to keep ****ing around. We're basically slightly better than a coin flip to make the playoffs at this point (55% per FG).
Agree. Nothing to lose.Farmer1906 said:Marvin said:Mathguy64 said:Farmer1906 said:Astros signed IF Jon Singleton to a minor league contract and assigned him to Sugar Land.
— Julia Morales (@JuliaMorales) June 24, 2023
The world had officially turned upside down. Cats and dogs living together levels of nuts.
It reeks of desperation.
Why? I hope we're constantly taking a shot on guys with upside from other clubs. It's not like we're banking on him to contribute.
"Awful when he got called up" in 32 PA. Not exactly enough to call it a day on his career. 34 HR 116 RBI in just over 600 Triple A ABs 2022-23. He's got as much or more potential than Madras, Taylor White, Matijevic etc. so why not kick the tires if it doesn't cost us anything?
Assume he went awful when called up when he was with the astros years ago?
When your best option at first base is a light-hitting utility guy making his first starts ever there, I'd say you're pretty desperate. No question.Marvin said:Mathguy64 said:Farmer1906 said:Astros signed IF Jon Singleton to a minor league contract and assigned him to Sugar Land.
— Julia Morales (@JuliaMorales) June 24, 2023
The world had officially turned upside down. Cats and dogs living together levels of nuts.
It reeks of desperation.
But I do think if he didn't have the "smoked his way out of baseball" history with our org, the reactions would more be like "oh great, why not take a flier on this guy?"
He's probably just the next Japhet Amador (remember him?) but on the 1% chance he's the next Josh Hamilton…
I'm not trying to judge him on what he did in 2014.
On neither am I just interpreted that as he was awful in 2014 when called up. This years sample size is so small to tell imo
Lol, friggin Dusty. I guess I might enjoy the sea days on this cruise so I don't have read the lineups for a while.
Oh well, time for some more free champagne.
Oh well, time for some more free champagne.
woof, that lineup looks brutal...
even without Machete
even without Machete
Dusty is an *******
Look, if we are signing and sending cash for these guys because we need some minor league depth, fine. Whatever. If we are signing Jon Singleton because the team might need him this year in Houston then we are ******. Period, end of story, fast forward to '24.
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W said:
woof, that lineup looks brutal...
even without Machete
Smells like a 6-1 loss to me... which means we might below the Doyers off the field. Who knows.
I love Texas Aggie sports, but I love Texas A&M more.
With a lineup like that there's only two possible outcomes:
We score 2 or less
We score 8+
We score 2 or less
We score 8+
redline248 said:
Lol, friggin Dusty. I guess I might enjoy the sea days on this cruise so I don't have read the lineups for a while.
Oh well, time for some more free champagne.
Which ship are you on?
Yankees trying to blow another game to the Rangers...
ETA: Yankees hold on for the win.
ETA: Yankees hold on for the win.
I love Texas Aggie sports, but I love Texas A&M more.
Yankees hold on, need to capitalize on this
A real moment for *checks notes* Bligh Madris.
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