Dusty and the players need to start playing today as if the playoffs start today. That's essentially the situation we're in. Stop ****ing around and playing games with the lineup. The time for winning is now.

“I still feel like we’ve got a hot streak coming. When we hit that hot streak, we’ll put some separation in the division.” - Astros GM Dana Brown with us right now on @SportsTalk790.@SeanUnfiltered

— Brian LaLima (@BLima790) September 13, 2023

Astros GM Dana Brown talking about Diaz behind the plate: "I think the guys trust him. Dusty tries to mix and mitch and get the guys used to him. At the end of the day, we've got two capable guys behind the plate and we're ready to go."@SportsTalk790 @SeanUnfiltered

— Brian LaLima (@BLima790) September 13, 2023

For as much as Sean could to maintain Dana being willing to come on weekly I thought he really pressed the Maldy question. I was quite surprised.

The D said:

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Listening to 790 and the amount of maldy love from the callers is sickening. The points they are using:

1). The players love maldy
2). He calls the best game in the league
3) best defensive catcher in the league
4 Diaz is rookie
5) catchers aren't supposed to hit anyways
6) the offensive production we get with Diaz is outweighed by the game maldy calls behind the plate.

Can our fans get anymore dumb ? I heard this 4 times in a row

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Stockholm syndrome

I don't think he minds it either. But he also can't go on radio and just say his manager is wrong and the wrong guy is playing.

It is better done out of sight but as many have said on here on the radio etc, Maldy alone isn't losing us games. For whatever reason we play down to opponents. Do I think he's helping JV, no, but I also don't believe anything Diaz would do behind the plate would change anything either.

Someone above mentioned callers are idiots because they're supportive of Maldy unless that was in the 6 o'clock hour not exactly sure what they're talking about. 790 has sounded like this thread for a long time and Sean had been basically like farmer and 2015 saying sure he isn't playing well but it's more than that and sure Diaz should play but it isn't happening, move on.

Everything a manager, GM, player, etc says to the media is all PR. There may be exceptions occasionally but 99% they'll say whatever needs to be said to make the entire organization look good.

Remember when Dana said they aren't looking at starting pitching? I remember coming on here and saying that's not true and they're talking to the Mets about JV. There's a rhyme and reason behind everything they say.

Dana might defend Dusty to the media.. there's nothing to gain from putting him on blast. But I know for a fact there's been plenty of conversations behind the scenes.

No, I don't know why Dusty plays Maldy. No, Dana cannot overstep Dusty. And yes, I know Maldy sucks. I'm not defending any of it.

The way it's structured is that Dusty controls the lineups and bullpen usage during the regular season. That's what was agreed upon when he signed his contract. Unfortunately, it won't change this year until the postseason.

It is what it is.

Yeah, probably should have said if and not when. My bad

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My God the Rangerette fanboys are fckn off their rocker.

I saw a headline that Max is going for an MRI and I click over on that thread to get some info and insight only to see that all they can talk about is their theory that we're cheating.

But only on the road (too many eyes watching us at home) by hacking pitchcom and batters are getting the info in real time as it's being relayed form catcher to pitcher. And furthermore we didn't start mashing until later in the games because we have to confirm the data we're collecting. AND EVEN FURTHEMORE we didn't hit Hedges like the others because he is a position player and not using pitchcom.

People actually believe this shlt? That's institutionalized level of delusion.

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They are sad little pathetic men over there...so I guess Yordan was cheating in the minors too because he was destroying pitches at that level. I guess Bregman was cheating at LSU (OK, bad example since I hate them but seriously, does anyone believe that). I suppose Brantley was cheating with the Indians and of course Altuve has always been cheating, even when the team stunk. It's amazing.

Thank you. I don't know why that's so hard to understand.

You guys should watch last night's episode of Ahsoka. I haven't worried about the Astros once in more than 12 hours.

Ag_07 said:

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My God the Rangerette fanboys are fckn off their rocker.

I saw a headline that Max is going for an MRI and I click over on that thread to get some info and insight only to see that all they can talk about is their theory that we're cheating.

But only on the road (too many eyes watching us at home) by hacking pitchcom and batters are getting the info in real time as it's being relayed form catcher to pitcher. And furthermore we didn't start mashing until later in the games because we have to confirm the data we're collecting. AND EVEN FURTHEMORE we didn't hit Hedges like the others because he is a position player and not using pitchcom.

People actually believe this shlt? That's institutionalized level of delusion.

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Have those idiots seen our home record? Are we cheating on the road???

texasaggie2015 said:

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Jose Altuve, who’s a free agent after the 2024 season, tells me and @AdamWeinrib that he has not had any contract extension talks with the Houston Astros. https://t.co/ircWrAqtVF

— Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) September 12, 2023

I try to stay away from this thread during and after games so I'm sorry if I missed a discussion on this.

I just want to clear things up and make sure nobody takes this too seriously. The Astros rarely engage in contract discussions during the season- especially down the stretch of a division race.

Unless something insane changes out of nowhere, they'll get a deal done and Altuve will be an Astro for life. That's a priority for them.

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I wonder if you could structure a contract to be $13m or $Xm per year for "life" with the caveat that the deal is a 1 year contract with a player option for the following year that can be triggered once a performance criteria is met? When the player option is utilized, another player option is added. The performance trigger could be something like number of games played or number of at bats reached.

I wonder if the MLBPA would object to a contract such as this?

Boiling Denim said:

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Our record with Maldy at MMP is starting to look shockingly bad

24-32

Losing 6 of the last 7

Stop the count! Please dear lord

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What is our overall record with Maldy starting behind the plate versus with Diaz starting behind the plate? If Maldy has all these intangibles with his intense preparation that make our pitchers throw better games, surely it will show up in a better W-L record when he is behind the plate.

I saw this and I didn't even bring it up for the reason you stated.

That stuff doesn't happen during a season and it's no shock there is no communication right now.

Just click bait

texasaggie2015 said:

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Jose Altuve, who’s a free agent after the 2024 season, tells me and @AdamWeinrib that he has not had any contract extension talks with the Houston Astros. https://t.co/ircWrAqtVF

— Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) September 12, 2023

I try to stay away from this thread during and after games so I'm sorry if I missed a discussion on this.

I just want to clear things up and make sure nobody takes this too seriously. The Astros rarely engage in contract discussions during the season- especially down the stretch of a division race.

Unless something insane changes out of nowhere, they'll get a deal done and Altuve will be an Astro for life. That's a priority for them.

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He Gone

What do you mean?

N touch is going to trade him with Breggy before their contracts expire

AustinCountyAg said:

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He's not going to publicly blast a player.

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I don't expect him to. But I also don't expect him to say dumb, factually incorrect **** like that either. He's supposedly smarter than this, right?

Very bizarre take from AgLA06. Does he want the GM to say Maldonado can't hit or play defense?

Its like he has never heard of coach speak before.