Mathguy64 said:

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The thing about Loperfido is he can't be any worse. Other than eating the money there is no downside. By the end of the month if things haven't improved with Captain Lou, you won't have much choice.

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Yordan was mashing in Round Rock and I was hollering for him to be brought up, but it is always about the service time and money. That is the only reason Joey isn't up here, where he should be. At least when Yordan was being held down, the team was good and he was an added bonus.

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Abreu is definitely a big part of the problem

both on the field and his salary off the field

it's a double whammy

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He's a part of a 10+ person problem right now

The money issue is on Crane and he's capable of rectifying the problem if he wants

Reggie Jackson had a great career, but how did he even become involved with the team? What connection am I missing?

The Porkchop Express said:

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Baseball Is Life said:

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Reggie Jackson had a great career, but how did he even become involved with the team? What connection am I missing?

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Reggie had been with the Yankees up until 2021 and said he left because he felt like a "hood ornament" and purposely kept from any real decision-making process. He came over to advise on community efforts and charitable efforts (translation nobody but rich white people can afford to go to these games) but I have never heard what the actual connection is. Perhaps it was through Dusty, he and Reggie came up around the same time in the mid-to-late 60s.

Seeing as how OJ died today, how about a shoutout to Reggie's magnificent acting as "Reggie Jackson" in The Naked Gun?

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The Dusty connection makes sense and was something I really didn't even think of. I knew he had been advising to the Yankees, and they have been chokers (especially considering their money), so I am not sure we want any of their brass helping out with decisions?

Hal is probably still paying him, but now, to tank the Astros!

Baseball Is Life said:

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The Porkchop Express said:

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Baseball Is Life said:

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Reggie Jackson had a great career, but how did he even become involved with the team? What connection am I missing?

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Reggie had been with the Yankees up until 2021 and said he left because he felt like a "hood ornament" and purposely kept from any real decision-making process. He came over to advise on community efforts and charitable efforts (translation nobody but rich white people can afford to go to these games) but I have never heard what the actual connection is. Perhaps it was through Dusty, he and Reggie came up around the same time in the mid-to-late 60s.

Seeing as how OJ died today, how about a shoutout to Reggie's magnificent acting as "Reggie Jackson" in The Naked Gun?

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The Dusty connection makes sense and was something I really didn't even think of. I knew he had been advising to the Yankees, and they have been chokers (especially considering their money), so I am not sure we want any of their brass helping out with decisions?

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he said the Yanks weren't letting him be involved with decisions, so he bailed. The Astros have made the WS twice and come a game short the other time since he got here Having the most clutch post-season competitor in WS history as an advisor seems decent to me!

On Loperfido, it isn't about Singleton. Singleton sucks and we know that. It's about giving up on Abreu. Thy want Loperfido to get consistent ABs. Taking over Singletons role of starting twice a week and being a pinch hitter doesn't accomplish that. They have to be ready to make Abreu a bench player and they simply aren't ready to do that yet.

Farmer1906 said:

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Loperfido went 1-3 with 3 BB and 2 SO. His single was 104.5 off the bat.

Nine game stats
.265 BA
.357 OBP
.706 SLG
1.063 OPS
148 wRC+

If he continues about like this (even with the 38% K%) then I think he's up and Singleton is gone. We need to wait another 3 days to manipulate his service times for it not to count as a full year.

Edit: I don't think it'll happen in 3 days, but more like when he reaches the 80-100 PA mark.

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Loperfido went 2-6 with 2 singles and 2 SO. Exit Velo was smoking - 109.5 (single), 100.9 (groundout), 100.8 (single), and 89.1 (groundout).

Ten Game Stats
.275 BA
.354 OBP
.650 SLG
1.004 OPS
137 wRC+

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Loperfido went 2-5 with a double (102.2 EV), homerun (98.1 EV), and just 1 strikeout.

Eleven Game Stats
.289 BA
.358 OBP
.711 SLG
1.070 OPS
149 wRC+
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35.8% K%
11.3% BB%
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94.6 EV
17.0 LA
54.2 HH%
14.6 Barrel%

He's doing about as well as we could reasonably ask for.

When can we start the conversation about Martinez getting leverage situations? He has been nails this season.

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When can we start the conversation about Martinez getting leverage situations? He has been nails this season.

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When Hader, Pressly, Abreu, and Montero aren't available and there aren't a bunch of lefties coming up.

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tjack16 said:

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When can we start the conversation about Martinez getting leverage situations? He has been nails this season.

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I think there would need to be leverage situations first. Kind of like asking when Hader will get more save opportunities. I'm looking forward to having a lead in the 9th

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I think we will have a few this week. I'd be good with Martinez getting the 6th or 7th in a leverage spot.

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On Loperfido, it isn't about Singleton. Singleton sucks and we know that. It's about giving up on Abreu. Thy want Loperfido to get consistent ABs. Taking over Singletons role of starting twice a week and being a pinch hitter doesn't accomplish that. They have to be ready to make Abreu a bench player and they simply aren't ready to do that yet.

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This. We can all not agree with it, but its true.

CFTXAG10 said:

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MaxPower said:

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On Loperfido, it isn't about Singleton. Singleton sucks and we know that. It's about giving up on Abreu. Thy want Loperfido to get consistent ABs. Taking over Singletons role of starting twice a week and being a pinch hitter doesn't accomplish that. They have to be ready to make Abreu a bench player and they simply aren't ready to do that yet.

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This. We can all not agree with it, but its true.

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Agree....how long is the leash? Does he get till all star break or 2-3 more series and pull the plug?

Watching the run scoring pitches from Hunter Brown yesterday is pretty depressing. This guy is a non-viable starter without a fastball and they gave up on it almost immediately.

The offspeed junk he was throwing all looked the same and was hitting the same spot middle-middle

Drip99 said:

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CFTXAG10 said:

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MaxPower said:

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On Loperfido, it isn't about Singleton. Singleton sucks and we know that. It's about giving up on Abreu. Thy want Loperfido to get consistent ABs. Taking over Singletons role of starting twice a week and being a pinch hitter doesn't accomplish that. They have to be ready to make Abreu a bench player and they simply aren't ready to do that yet.

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This. We can all not agree with it, but its true.

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Agree....how long is the leash? Does he get till all star break or 2-3 more series and pull the plug?

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I imagine that it will be a while. I can't imagine they would bench him before August, and even then there needs to be a viable solution in place.

I can't imagine his leash is that long. My guess is end of May.

I actually think it's not even that long from what I've been told. Maybe early-mid May

At least they're dropping him down in the order.

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I actually think it's not even that long from what I've been told. Maybe early-mid May

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I don't think you can wait that long. By the end of April if Abreu is still sporting something like .08/.15/.08 with 1-2 total RBI you have to make the hard call. That's a guaranteed out in the lineup. It's like being forced to have a bad hitting pitcher hit in place of a primary power position.

He's already got a WAR of -1. The way this team is struggling to score runs and losing games you cannot dig any deeper of a hole. The old adage "you can't win a division in April but you can lose it in April" isn't an old wives tail.

It's not my money and they owe him a ton of it. I get that part. But they will risk the season if they let him do this for another month.

IMHO he's got 2 weeks to get it together. If the rest of the team recovers and starts winning you might afford to give him more time. But if the record doesn't improve during that time and he's still hitting at this level someone has to make the hard call.

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2 weeks is almost early May which is hard to believe

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2 weeks is a almost a week short of the first of May.

Ok. Snide remark aside, I really don't think they can afford that extra week. Much less a full week into May. Mid May at this rate would be catastrophic.

Mathguy64 said:

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texasaggie2015 said:

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2 weeks is almost early May which is hard to believe

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2 weeks is a almost a week short of the first of May.

Ok. Snide remark aside, I really don't think they can afford that extra week. Much less a full week into May. Mid May at this rate would be catastrophic.

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They are digging themselves so deep of a hole, I would argue that 1 more day is catastrophic. I know folks point to how tough the schedule is so start out and how it gets easier, but over the past few years, the Astros have shown consistently that they do not play well against teams they should beat.

I want to be positive, and I want to see them succeed, I'm just not finding a lot of reason to be optimistic at the moment.

The problem is he did this last year and he was injured and hid it.

Is this another injury that he won't talk about or is it just old man syndrome? Surely the team knows. And surely they won't take his word for it after him not being truthful last year.

That bat is so slow through the zone it sure looks like old man syndrome. And that's never going to improve. Add in the sketchy defense and this only ends one way.

So do they just cut someone else and have him play backup or just cut him? In August you cut him. He's already been paid most of the salary. Just eat the rest and all of next year. Not cutting him in May means you waste a roster spot on the 26 and 40 man for the season.

Maybe they get creative and lie and put him on the 60 day IL for some unknown reason like anal fissures. That solves a myriad of issues. He gets paid but both roster spots open up.

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