Diaz: on the no-trade list

FWIW- had a conversation with one of my people expecting some optimism. I got quite the opposite.

I wasn't ranking them in order just giving a list. I'd probably go

1. Valdez
2. Javier
3. Verlander
4. Blanco
5. McCullers
6. Urquidy
7. Garcia
8. France
9/10 Brown/ Arrighetti

gambochaman said:

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Pasquantino had zero rbis before yesterday

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He had zero extra base hits before last night.

Dana certainly has his share of blame to go around. But most of this is on Jim Crane from what I understand. He has a hard time stepping back and letting his people do what they're paid to do.

Ah gotcha. Whew......

cc10106 said:

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agproducer said:

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They said on the broadcast, that this is a tough schedule to open the season -- especially without JV. Now that Framber is down, it's even worse.

The hope was to be 10-10 after this stretch with JV out.

I'd be happy with 7-13 at this point.

The schedule softens a bit after the Braves.

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There's no excuse for this team not to be 7-7 after today.

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I agree.

Both blown Yankee games. +2
The blown save against the Jays. +1

You can also make a case for game 1 against the Royals.

agproducer said:

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They said on the broadcast, that this is a tough schedule to open the season -- especially without JV. Now that Framber is down, it's even worse.

The hope was to be 10-10 after this stretch with JV out.

I'd be happy with 7-13 at this point.

The schedule softens a bit after the Braves.

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I'm thinking we win 1/3 in both series coming up. So 6-14

Crane played ball in college so he's qualified to be a GM like Jerry.

texasaggie2015 said:

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Dana certainly has his share of blame to go around. But most of this is on Jim Crane from what I understand. He has a hard time stepping back and letting his people do what they're paid to do.

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What concerns me the most now is this: if we end up having a fire sale at the deadline (we aren't doing anything to show we will avoid it), do we really trust Dana to identify worthwhile pieces that can help us get back to contention quickly? The only thing worse than having this turd of a season would get having nothing to show for it for future years.

Sure. I'd say there were probably 4-5 "could have/should have" won games. 2 or 3 of the NY series, the loss against the Jays, the extra inning loss against the Royals. Let's say we win 2 of those 5. The Astros would be sitting at 6-7 during this bloodbath. Not great, but not the craptastic record they have produced.

texasaggie2015 said:

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Dana certainly has his share of blame to go around. But most of this is on Jim Crane from what I understand. He has a hard time stepping back and letting his people do what they're paid to do.

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Kind of hard for Dana to add to the roster if his owner doesn't let him spend. All of these hot takes assume the Astros had room to spend, but that room only existed if Crane gave the green light.

It's so hard to get an accurate read on Dana because I just don't know how much freedom and leeway he actually has. I've been told Crane has had a really hard time trusting his people since the scandal and has become quite the micromanager ever since. Example: The Click situation which was mentioned above.

When it first happened, I was okay with it because I heard they didn't work well together and it seemed good to have someone who was on the same page as Crane. I'm starting to wonder if "not getting along" was more to do with Click not wanting to be micromanaged than anything else. Pure speculation on my part based off some of the things that have been mentioned to me.

That said, it's possible Dana just ain't it. It's just a weird situation all around.

texasaggie2015 said:

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Dana certainly has his share of blame to go around. But most of this is on Jim Crane from what I understand. He has a hard time stepping back and letting his people do what they're paid to do.

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Well, it didn't seem to be an issue with Luhnow. Also, Click seemed to run things very well, but maybe him not giving into Crane, is why he wasn't given a long-term contract extension. It sucks if Dana is really just a yes man to Jim.

See above. Things changed after the whole scandal went down.

I'd still like to extend Tucker and make the core going forward Tucker, Yordan, Diaz, Pena and Altuve. That's a solid 5 to center a team around for the next 3-4 years

Let's get some semblance of momentum going to close out this series.

cc10106 said:

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Thank goodness for Ronel Blanco.

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Don't jinx my guy. I picked him up for fantasy.

I am ready to see this team set a major league record for LOB. It's going to be hilarious.

PrestigeWorldwideAg12 said:

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cc10106 said:

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Thank goodness for Ronel Blanco.

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Don't jinx my guy. I picked him up for fantasy.

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In no way is complimenting the guy that got this team to 4 wins instead of having 2 jinxing him.

Cannot even throw the ball now. WTF

Wabs said:

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tjack16 said:

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I'd still like to extend Tucker and make the core going forward Tucker, Yordan, Diaz, Pena and Altuve. That's a solid 5 to center a team around for the next 3-4 years

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If we're going to sell and start a "rebuild", I let Tucker go. He will by far bring in the best prospects. Bregman's stock is plummeting fast. JV is old and Framber is injured.

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I don't think we should rebuild. That's why I'd extend Tucker and keep your young core + Altuve. We just need some younger/healthier pieces at certain positions. I'd love to see us get an awesome CF prospect + Loperfido develop at first

texasaggie2015 said:

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FWIW- had a conversation with one of my people expecting some optimism. I got quite the opposite.

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What is this about?

silver lining - big jon has two walks today