Bielak will be available in the bullpen today but could start tomorrow. J.P. France also an option for tomorrow.
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) July 3, 2023
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EastCoastAgNc said:Urquidy will throw live bullpen tomorrow in Houston, but won’t face Brantley, who has “plateaued somewhat,” Dusty Baker said.
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) July 3, 2023
Bagwell and Crane teetering on an 0-3 from the offseason...and yea i'm still counting Abreu in the 0 column until he shows consistency for a 2-3 months.
I've been telling y'all not to count on Brantley this year.
Maldy owns Perez (11 for 23). We have gone up against a few guys like that lately.
Which only makes it more funny to think about how bad he must be against the 95% of the league he doesn't own.
Which only makes it more funny to think about how bad he must be against the 95% of the league he doesn't own.
I was just reading a draft blurb that listed the Astros farm as ranked #28. When considering potential trades does anyone think it would be in the Astros interest to acquire some more future 1st round picks? Obviously, they don't help this year, and I don't mean picks exclusively...but at some point the team will need some more, right?
In general, what do team value more...prospects or draft picks?
In general, what do team value more...prospects or draft picks?
redline248 said:
I was just reading a draft blurb that listed the Astros farm as ranked #28. When considering potential trades does anyone think it would be in the Astros interest to acquire some more future 1st round picks? Obviously, they don't help this year, and I don't mean picks exclusively...but at some point the team will need some more, right?
In general, what do team value more...prospects or draft picks?
Don't think you can trade draft picks?
Our farm has been ranked low for years…and yet we keep cranking out studs. I think those rankings suck and our guys are better at evaluating talent than some writers from Talking out of your Ass Magazine.
You can't trade most of them. I think some compensation picks can be traded. You can also acquire international bonus pool money. More typically just trade directly for the prospects you like. Theoretically they should be closer to the majors than whoever you would spend future draft picks or bonus money on.
I think we can finally stop saying "when Brantley comes back". I'd rather have Dubon in LF anyways at this point. There's no reason to assume Brantley coming back from a year long injury and being 37 that he will be better than what Dubon is doing now.
I get that, and I was unaware of the restrictions on trading picks. Houston has done a good job on the international prospect world and had 2 pretty good GMs work to keep the system viable.Harry Dunne said:
Our farm has been ranked low for years…and yet we keep cranking out studs. I think those rankings suck and our guys are better at evaluating talent than some writers from Talking out of your Ass Magazine.
I just can't help but wonder if the loss of picks eventually shows up as guys like Tucker continue to leave.
How long before we find out he tore his labrum again and is going to get it "cleaned up"?
texasaggie2015 said:EastCoastAgNc said:Urquidy will throw live bullpen tomorrow in Houston, but won’t face Brantley, who has “plateaued somewhat,” Dusty Baker said.
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) July 3, 2023
Bagwell and Crane teetering on an 0-3 from the offseason...and yea i'm still counting Abreu in the 0 column until he shows consistency for a 2-3 months.
I've been telling y'all not to count on Brantley this year.
Most of us have noticed.
I love Texas Aggie sports, but I love Texas A&M more.
He could still be a viable option vs RHP. If he plays, and I'm not going hold my breath, I think we should see if he's productive.tjack16 said:
I think we can finally stop saying "when Brantley comes back". I'd rather have Dubon in LF anyways at this point. There's no reason to assume Brantley coming back from a year long injury and being 37 that he will be better than what Dubon is doing now.
But we both know Dusty will just pencil him in the 2 hole every day.
Tiny part of me is wondering if the FO is projecting him to be worse than Jake/Julks the rest of the year (especially taking defense into account), and doesn't want to give Dusty a veteran crutch rather than a more viable alternative. I'm probably reading too much into it.
redline248 said:He could still be a viable option vs RHP. If he plays, and I'm not going hold my breath, I think we should see if he's productive.tjack16 said:
I think we can finally stop saying "when Brantley comes back". I'd rather have Dubon in LF anyways at this point. There's no reason to assume Brantley coming back from a year long injury and being 37 that he will be better than what Dubon is doing now.
But we both know Dusty will just pencil him in the 2 hole every day.
Not if he stays on the IL all year. I think it's time to scratch him off the list.
I love Texas Aggie sports, but I love Texas A&M more.
Javi in the biggest games, on the road in hostile environments is best Javi.
I'm expecting smoke today
I'm expecting smoke today
I said I wasn't holding my breath.Marvin said:redline248 said:He could still be a viable option vs RHP. If he plays, and I'm not going hold my breath, I think we should see if he's productive.tjack16 said:
I think we can finally stop saying "when Brantley comes back". I'd rather have Dubon in LF anyways at this point. There's no reason to assume Brantley coming back from a year long injury and being 37 that he will be better than what Dubon is doing now.
But we both know Dusty will just pencil him in the 2 hole every day.
Not if he stays on the IL all year. I think it's time to scratch him off the list.
W said:
checking in with Carlos...
and he's having the worst season of his career.
has played in 74 of 85 games for the Twins -- only missed 11 games.so far
dreadful .695 OPS and OPS+ of 91 in his age 28 season
leads the American League with 14 GiDP's
making $33 MM this year so that's good
Dreadful .291 OBP and .404 SLG while constantly hitting in a top 4 spot. He hit lead-off yesterday.
I'd really like to see our bats explode this afternoon with a beat down of the rangerettes.
Lead off walk for Tuve
Dubi...almost...then on 3-2, Garcia robs Dubi of extra bases!
What a dumb stadium.
That's probably as hard as Dubon can hit a ball oppo
Making hard contact on this guy. Thats a good sign
Tucker!!!!
Dubon with two near bombs. That one to right center was gone in 19 of 30 parks
Have to at least score 1 here
Awful from Bregman
Bregman has struggled this series
Need a clutch hit from Abreu in the worst way
Weak
That sucks. Thanks Bregman.
I love Texas Aggie sports, but I love Texas A&M more.
Awful
Damn Abreu. That ball was 3 feet off the plate
Lmao way to go Alex
Bregman killed that inning. Anything on the ground to the right side or fly out to the outfield scores one.
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