Since we suck, thought I'd recirculate this article on possible trade fits for Framber. How much better would you feel if we made that Red Sox deal? At this point, the Orioles seem the most likely fit if it comes to that. Give me Mayo instead of Cowser (who is looking like a fixture there now anyway) to go with Norby and Povich. Mayo can man first so we can eject Abreu and gives us a backup plan at 3B if Bregman leaves. Norby takes over LF so McCormick an be the r eryday CF. Povich likely fits better as a lefty long RP but we suck everywhere so I will take what I can get.

If we are out of it then I wonder if Marte from the Reds becomes a target since he can't play in the playoffs, which means he can't help the Reds.

https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/10101758-astros-ace-framber-valdezs-top-10-landing-spots-amid-mlb-trade-rumors.amp.html

Aggie95 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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José Abreu addressed his start, saying his timing is “not there” and “I think a lot of it’s just confidence. Sometimes when you lose confidence, everything in the game gets hard. I think for me, it’s just trying to get that confidence back at the plate.”https://t.co/pior66njHM

— Matt Kawahara (@matthewkawahara) April 11, 2024

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I think he meant to say "my bat is too damn slow"

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Replace "confidence" with "youth" and he is spot on.

EastCoastAgNc said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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"Being fiscally responsible is what kicked us out of the Snell deal. He signed a 2-yr deal for $62m. That's too much for him. He's been hurt a couple of times ... he's got an option on his own. Between the 4 or 5 people who make decisions with the Astros, we don't play that game" https://t.co/xllCwTpOGo

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) April 12, 2024

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"4-5 people who actually make decisions"

So Crane, Reggie, Bagwell, and who else? That comment is pretty telling about how far this organization has strayed from what got them to where they have been.

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Dana? Espada?

Biggio, Cabell, & Cruz are advisors as well.

Farmer1906 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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"Being fiscally responsible is what kicked us out of the Snell deal. He signed a 2-yr deal for $62m. That's too much for him. He's been hurt a couple of times ... he's got an option on his own. Between the 4 or 5 people who make decisions with the Astros, we don't play that game" https://t.co/xllCwTpOGo

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) April 12, 2024

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"4-5 people who actually make decisions"

So Crane, Reggie, Bagwell, and who else? That comment is pretty telling about how far this organization has strayed from what got them to where they have been.

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Dana? Espada?

Biggio, Cabell, & Cruz are advisors as well.

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Is Dana really involved in free agency? Seems like Jim negotiated all the contracts since he got hired.

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Farmer1906 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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"Being fiscally responsible is what kicked us out of the Snell deal. He signed a 2-yr deal for $62m. That's too much for him. He's been hurt a couple of times ... he's got an option on his own. Between the 4 or 5 people who make decisions with the Astros, we don't play that game" https://t.co/xllCwTpOGo

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) April 12, 2024

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"4-5 people who actually make decisions"

So Crane, Reggie, Bagwell, and who else? That comment is pretty telling about how far this organization has strayed from what got them to where they have been.

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Dana? Espada?

Biggio, Cabell, & Cruz are advisors as well.

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Is Dana really involved in free agency? Seems like Jim negotiated all the contracts since he got hired.

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Is it possible Dana is in charge of farm system, trades and roster moves while Crane is in charge of free agency and extensions (or at least drives the argument on who and how much)? The guys on the radio this morning (Salisbury show on 790) said Brown was hired mainly for his ability to build the farm system back up

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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"Being fiscally responsible is what kicked us out of the Snell deal. He signed a 2-yr deal for $62m. That's too much for him. He's been hurt a couple of times ... he's got an option on his own. Between the 4 or 5 people who make decisions with the Astros, we don't play that game" https://t.co/xllCwTpOGo

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) April 12, 2024

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"4-5 people who actually make decisions"

So Crane, Reggie, Bagwell, and who else? That comment is pretty telling about how far this organization has strayed from what got them to where they have been.

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Dana? Espada?

Biggio, Cabell, & Cruz are advisors as well.

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Is Dana really involved in free agency? Seems like Jim negotiated all the contracts since he got hired.

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You're right. The GM has no involvement in FA yet 4-5 other guys do.

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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"Being fiscally responsible is what kicked us out of the Snell deal. He signed a 2-yr deal for $62m. That's too much for him. He's been hurt a couple of times ... he's got an option on his own. Between the 4 or 5 people who make decisions with the Astros, we don't play that game" https://t.co/xllCwTpOGo

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) April 12, 2024

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"4-5 people who actually make decisions"

So Crane, Reggie, Bagwell, and who else? That comment is pretty telling about how far this organization has strayed from what got them to where they have been.

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Dana? Espada?

Biggio, Cabell, & Cruz are advisors as well.

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Is Dana really involved in free agency? Seems like Jim negotiated all the contracts since he got hired.

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Is it possible Dana is in charge of farm system, trades and roster moves while Crane is in charge of free agency and extensions (or at least drives the argument on who and how much)? The guys on the radio this morning (Salisbury show on 790) said Brown was hired mainly for his ability to build the farm system back up

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Well then Dana has a lot of work to do, our farm is *****

Only one thing left to do. Sweep the Rangers ass and get this **** back on track.

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Farmer1906 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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"Being fiscally responsible is what kicked us out of the Snell deal. He signed a 2-yr deal for $62m. That's too much for him. He's been hurt a couple of times ... he's got an option on his own. Between the 4 or 5 people who make decisions with the Astros, we don't play that game" https://t.co/xllCwTpOGo

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) April 12, 2024

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"4-5 people who actually make decisions"

So Crane, Reggie, Bagwell, and who else? That comment is pretty telling about how far this organization has strayed from what got them to where they have been.

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Dana? Espada?

Biggio, Cabell, & Cruz are advisors as well.

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Is Dana really involved in free agency? Seems like Jim negotiated all the contracts since he got hired.

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Is it possible Dana is in charge of farm system, trades and roster moves while Crane is in charge of free agency and extensions (or at least drives the argument on who and how much)? The guys on the radio this morning (Salisbury show on 790) said Brown was hired mainly for his ability to build the farm system back up

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I suspect this is the case. However, Crane isn't helping him much because signing Hader costs us our second round draft pick and we have the lowest bonus pool of any team in baseball.

Y'all need to tune into MLB Network. Boston catcher just got tossed and Boston is out of bench players. Ninth inning tied with Baltimore,

it's already a running joke on the 610 midday show...

that Dana loves him some Dana

Farmer1906 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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"Being fiscally responsible is what kicked us out of the Snell deal. He signed a 2-yr deal for $62m. That's too much for him. He's been hurt a couple of times ... he's got an option on his own. Between the 4 or 5 people who make decisions with the Astros, we don't play that game" https://t.co/xllCwTpOGo

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) April 12, 2024

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"4-5 people who actually make decisions"

So Crane, Reggie, Bagwell, and who else? That comment is pretty telling about how far this organization has strayed from what got them to where they have been.

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Dana? Espada?

Biggio, Cabell, & Cruz are advisors as well.

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Is Dana really involved in free agency? Seems like Jim negotiated all the contracts since he got hired.

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You're right. The GM has no involvement in FA yet 4-5 other guys do.

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Is it really all that far fetched based on what has happened? JV and Hader we're Crane deals. If Snell had happened that was gonna be all him. Any extensions are all Crane. I have a feeling Graveman was Crane too. That leaves Carantini as the only other move that Dana could have been involved in. Dana gets run out in press conferences to act like he was involved.

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Astros starter Hunter Brown is the 1st pitcher in MLB history to allow 11 hits while pitching less than 1 full inning.

— Paul Casella (@Paul_CasellaMLB) April 11, 2024

Breaking records in all the wrong ways

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And there were folks saying Hunter was the next Justin Verlander. What a joke.

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16.43 ERA here on the young season. I'd take 6.50 from him by July at this point.

This has just been a terrible showing across the board.

Ok so the new plan is for us to wait for the Chronicle to print the Tombstone, call up Loperfido, and tear **** up the rest of the year

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For the series:

Astros: 34 hits, 8 runs
Royals: 32 hits, 28 runs.

Simply amazing.

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That is ****ing wild

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Yeah. Gotta hit for more power to drive in runs. It's just anemic right now. It's not like 1983 where you can hit a bunch of singles and steal bases.

Well, then let's go find the next Ricky Henderson or Vince Coleman or Willie McGee.

In all seriousness, I'm totally okay with the game evolving (or back to the future) because I like a faster and more strategic game than station to station and wait for the 3 run HR.

bearkatag15 said:

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No one in professional baseball has more homers right now than Joey Loperfido.

The @astros' No. 6 prospect launches his 6th roundtripper of the season for the @SLSpaceCowboys! pic.twitter.com/qRxwPMZNyo

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) April 12, 2024

but he can't sniff the MLB because of freaking Singleton and Abreu's baseball card

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Very few teams are bringing a guy up because of a hot start in April. The orioles did with Holliday, but he was the #1 minor leaguer. Im sure if this guy keeps a hot hand he'll be up soon, but the team has to consider a lot of things in terms of his service time, etc as well.

The Porkchop Express said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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No one in professional baseball has more homers right now than Joey Loperfido.

The @astros' No. 6 prospect launches his 6th roundtripper of the season for the @SLSpaceCowboys! pic.twitter.com/qRxwPMZNyo

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) April 12, 2024

but he can't sniff the MLB because of freaking Singleton and Abreu's baseball card

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Very few teams are bringing a guy up because of a hot start in April. The orioles did with Holliday, but he was the #1 minor leaguer. Im sure if this guy keeps a hot hand he'll be up soon, but the team has to consider a lot of things in terms of his service time, etc as well.

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Hot Spring + April...

He is similar to Dirden last year except 2 differences... Dirden immediately went cold in AAA and he played a position that the Astros didn't absolutely suck at. Loperfido is doing keeping it doing as well as playing games at 1st base

Worth bringing back Odo?

Rays Release Jake Odorizzi https://t.co/d937zdqwKH pic.twitter.com/f7dRw4HIcf

— MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) April 11, 2024

We need to calm down just a bit. Remember how Singleton has raked at AAA before. It's a big jump in the pitching quality between minors and big leagues.

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Worth bringing back Odo?

Rays Release Jake Odorizzi https://t.co/d937zdqwKH pic.twitter.com/f7dRw4HIcf

— MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) April 11, 2024

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He's made two Triple-A starts this year but they have not gone well, to put it mildly. He allowed seven earned runs in 5 1/3 innings, striking out just two opponents while walking five. Topkin relays word from Odorizzi, who says he's been dealing with a hamstring strain. He will heal up and then start throwing again before looking to sign his next deal.

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No thanks

nm - already posted

gang, this was 14 games into 2022. you know, the year they won it all and everything. I promise you there's no lack of effort or attention or whatever, the sport is just like this sometimes. https://t.co/ABp9GYBIyc

— Ben (@midzee4) April 12, 2024

Team isn't losing because Abreu stinks right now. We have much bigger issues. I don't think it's reason to bring up Loperfido yet unless they want to give up on Singleton. Loperfido still needs more time.

Fact is, Abreu can hit 8th or 9th and he's just a Maldy (or worse) replacement if he doesn't get his act together. If Abreu starts hitting like he is capable of from August and into the playoffs of last year, we're going to need him and there's nobody else better to replace that.

So he needs to get going, get regular starts. If we're approaching the trade deadline and he's hitting below the mendoza line and sporting a sub .600 OPS, while the team is still not anywhere near in playoff contention then maybe some hard decisions need to be made.

His performance so far is abysmal but I have a hard time believing he won't figure it out. What's killing us is that there's a lot of our players that are "figuring it out" along with Abreu right now.