bearkatag15 said:

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AggiEE said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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Let's examine Joey Loperfido's offensive statistics:

Based on his baseball savant page he does nothing good except run and throw.


But sure let's all lose our minds over shipping off the 25 year old that can't make contact with a baseball

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First....we did not give him a fair shot if you are going to judge his rookie year in the majors. Plenty of examples of players that take a while to get going, this isn't uncommon.

Secondly....many people aren't necessarily upset that we traded Loperfido, but that he wasn't used for a much better trade.

The value we gave up in this trade was enormous and we got back very little.

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Starting pitchers were going for a kings ransom. This trade and what we gave up does not impact our future as much as most fans want to believe.

The Padres and Orioles absolutely hurt their farm system much more with what they gave up. I was upset initially but got over it after really looking at this from a bigger picture.

I've seen Loperfido compared to Altuve, Tucker and Yordan (not on here) and being anointed the next big superstar in the league (on here). This fanbase is drunk on emotion over this. It's insanity

We literally traded away a left handed Corey Julks

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tjack16 said:

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BudFox7 said:

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Some of you fellas are incorrigible.

We have 4 starting pitchers down, and one of the best hitters in baseball.

You're mad we dealt some prospects for a guy to help bridge to the playoffs where a healthy team will have another shot at a championship.

Tucker, Verlander, Bergman, Framber, Blanco. Some of these guys will not be here in the next couple years.

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4 pitchers and a hitter down. You're right. 2 of those pitchers might be back, and the hitter is let's see it before we believe it. This team needed major help…

So the big moves they make are for a 5 starter who likely won't throw in the playoffs, and a reliever who we will trust less than Montero.

I'm not mad at who we sent away… I'm mad at the return. For that price you could have had Flaherty, who would be good enough to be your 3 starter in a playoff series

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bearkatag15 said:

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Lonestar_Ag09 said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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AggiEE said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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Let's examine Joey Loperfido's offensive statistics:

Based on his baseball savant page he does nothing good except run and throw.


But sure let's all lose our minds over shipping off the 25 year old that can't make contact with a baseball

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First....we did not give him a fair shot if you are going to judge his rookie year in the majors. Plenty of examples of players that take a while to get going, this isn't uncommon.

Secondly....many people aren't necessarily upset that we traded Loperfido, but that he wasn't used for a much better trade.

The value we gave up in this trade was enormous and we got back very little.

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Starting pitchers were going for a kings ransom. This trade and what we gave up does not impact our future as much as most fans want to believe.

The Padres and Orioles absolutely hurt their farm system much more with what they gave up. I was upset initially but got over it after really looking at this from a bigger picture.

I've seen Loperfido compared to Altuve, Tucker and Yordan (not on here) and being anointed the next big superstar in the league (on here). This fanbase is drunk on emotion over this. It's insanity

We literally traded away a left handed Corey Julks

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please quote on here who said he's a next league superstar

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Some of the highlights from last night and this morning from Baseball is Life…

"Joey will 99% be a superstar."

"I think Joey will be a yearly all-star caliber guy"

"Loperfido is close to the Alvarez mold."

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Lonestar_Ag09 said:

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I still don't consider Tucker a league superstar. So that's on par with the other part of that post, ok. But I want to see who is stupid enough to say the words he will be a league superstar.

Maybe it's one of my many muted folks, I read like 95% of posts and haven't seen that stupidity

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bearkatag15 said:

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I don’t think enough people are talking about Ryan Gusto. His last nine starts for Sugar Land:

1.33 ERA, 47.2 IP, 34 H, 10 BB, 43 K

The fastball is up to 97 MPH. Inducing a lot of whiffs with change up and getting soft contact.#Astros #Relentless pic.twitter.com/pjsEClOopY

— Astros Future (@AstrosFuture) July 31, 2024

Let's take a look at players that will actually impact the future of this team.

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Lonestar_Ag09 said:

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I still don't consider Tucker a league superstar. So that's on par with the other part of that post, ok. But I want to see who is stupid enough to say the words he will be a league superstar.

Maybe it's one of my many muted folks, I read like 95% of posts and haven't seen that stupidity

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halfastros81 said:

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This is my hope. The Astros see something in Kikuchi's game that makes them believe they can harness his full potential it wouldn't be the first time

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I don’t think enough people are talking about Ryan Gusto. His last nine starts for Sugar Land:

1.33 ERA, 47.2 IP, 34 H, 10 BB, 43 K

The fastball is up to 97 MPH. Inducing a lot of whiffs with change up and getting soft contact.#Astros #Relentless pic.twitter.com/pjsEClOopY

— Astros Future (@AstrosFuture) July 31, 2024

AggiEE said:

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halfastros81 said:

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This is my hope. The Astros see something in Kikuchi's game that makes them believe they can harness his full potential it wouldn't be the first time

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If Kikuchi can post a sub 4 ERA for the rest of the season and it actually gets us to the playoffs and sets us up better further playoffs this deal can make a lot of sense if they get the best out of his toolset (which is strong).

It's a big gamble expecting that in two months. I also hope that if we have success with him, he signs with the Astros on a fairly cheap deal for 1 or 2 seasons

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Lonestar_Ag09 said:

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See my post right above. The league doesn't care about Farmers stats when picking Super stars.

Is he a top talent, absolutely. But in 2024 in the MLB that only goes so far. If that mattered you'd never see Rodriguez on a commercial and Trout shouldn't be mentioned until he can finish a season

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