***** 2024 Houston Astros Season Thread ***** [Staff Warning]

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redline248 said:

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Am I the only one surprised we don't do matchup based bullpen decisions moreso than by default this guy gets the 8th, 9th, etc?
It feels like the team has reverted a little bit into old school thinking.


Reverted? It's had an old school mentality for a few years now
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Makes sense that you consider selling high on Jake. I wouldn't just give him away to the Phillies though. Could you get Klassen and his upside? I think Caba is too much to ask for unless you expand the trade a bit.
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MaxPower said:



Makes sense that you consider selling high on Jake. I wouldn't just give him away to the Phillies though. Could you get Klassen and his upside? I think Caba is too much to ask for unless you expand the trade a bit.

Anyone checked on farmer?
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It makes a lot of sense. If they were to go that route, they would want someone closer to big league ready. I'm not sure if Philly has anything like that in the system- but the Astros would want pitching or corner infield.
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texasaggie2015 said:

It makes a lot of sense. If they were to go that route, they would want someone closer to big league ready. I'm not sure if Philly has anything like that in the system- but the Astros would want pitching or corner infield.

Would it be a fairly equal comp to them picking up Brandon Marsh from the angels?
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It all depends on how the organization views them. Personally, I would have a higher value on Jake. Much better defensively and comparable bat. Marsh is a lefty though.
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EastCoastAgNc said:

MaxPower said:



Makes sense that you consider selling high on Jake. I wouldn't just give him away to the Phillies though. Could you get Klassen and his upside? I think Caba is too much to ask for unless you expand the trade a bit.

Anyone checked on farmer?



I have been very pro trading for pitching help. If Meyers gets it done because he's valued so highly then it just proves the team (and a select few) were right about him.

Unloading Meyers for prospects is not a good idea is we want to compete this season. I assume that isn't what they were getting at since they brought up Javier & Urquidy.
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texasaggie2015 said:

It all depends on how the organization views them. Personally, I would have a higher value on Jake. Much better defensively and comparable bat. Marsh is a lefty though.


At the time Marsh's bat was not good. He's excelled in Philly.

I'm not sure Jake has the mental makeup for Philly.
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Kansas City needs an OF bat and Jake Meyers is a local guy
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This was the guy Chandler Rome mentioned the other day
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texasaggie2015 said:

Kansas City needs an OF bat and Jake Meyers is a local guy


I'll take Lugo or Singer off their hands
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CFTXAG10 said:

texasaggie2015 said:

Kansas City needs an OF bat and Jake Meyers is a local guy


I'll take Lugo or Singer off their hands
I think Lugo is a bit of a fluke and trending in the wrong direction, but he makes some sense.
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Current odds for World Series, Pennant, Division, and Make The Playoffs.

Astros are still in a decent spot.
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Marlins, White Sox, Blue Jays and Mets are the teams that I've been told the Astros have been in contact with over the last couple weeks. There could be more, but those are the teams that have been mentioned to me.
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The Phillies are also looking to win so not sure who you could get to help this year. Same thing for KC. Maybe you could move Meyers and Pressly for Kerkering and a prospect. Kerkering seems like an upgrade right now and is cheaper going forward.
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texasaggie2015 said:

Marlins, White Sox, Blue Jays and Mets are the teams that I've been told the Astros have been in contact with over the last couple weeks. There could be more, but those are the teams that have been mentioned to me.


Luzardo - struggling but lots of control and stuff
Crochet - breakout season. Not gunna be cheap.
Gausman - buy low old guy with a fat contract and plenty of back of the baseball card. Can you get him cheap and fix him? Lots of risk.
Severino - rental

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Farmer1906 said:

texasaggie2015 said:

Marlins, White Sox, Blue Jays and Mets are the teams that I've been told the Astros have been in contact with over the last couple weeks. There could be more, but those are the teams that have been mentioned to me.


Luzardo - struggling but lots of control and stuff
Crochet - breakout season. Not gunna be cheap.
Gausman - buy low old guy with a fat contract and plenty of back of the baseball card. Can you get him cheap and fix him? Lots of risk.
Severino - rental


You're onto something here
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Ug, you're scaring me bro
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Farmer1906 said:

texasaggie2015 said:

Marlins, White Sox, Blue Jays and Mets are the teams that I've been told the Astros have been in contact with over the last couple weeks. There could be more, but those are the teams that have been mentioned to me.


Luzardo - struggling but lots of control and stuff
Crochet - breakout season. Not gunna be cheap.
Gausman - buy low old guy with a fat contract and plenty of back of the baseball card. Can you get him cheap and fix him? Lots of risk.
Severino - rental


I don't have any confidence that our current coaches could fix a squeaky door hinge.
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Keep in mind right now they're doing their due diligence and approaching things from every angle to see what their options are (buying, selling, etc). They'll know more about the direction they want to go in a couple weeks.
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Farmer1906 said:

texasaggie2015 said:

Marlins, White Sox, Blue Jays and Mets are the teams that I've been told the Astros have been in contact with over the last couple weeks. There could be more, but those are the teams that have been mentioned to me.


Luzardo - struggling but lots of control and stuff
Crochet - breakout season. Not gunna be cheap.
Gausman - buy low old guy with a fat contract and plenty of back of the baseball card. Can you get him cheap and fix him? Lots of risk.
Severino - rental


I'd speculate Crochet requires at least Melton, Baez, Arrighetti and another pitcher. I personally am not a Melton fan and Crochet is a clear upgrade over Arrighetti. Baez has a huge upside but also has K concerns so depends on scouts opinions.

I'm still not sure that would be enough for the Sox. They prolly also want Matthews, who is the one guy I'm most hesitant to trade. Maybe Joey has appeal to them as a guy more big league ready.
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texasaggie2015 said:

Keep in mind right now they're doing their due diligence and approaching things from every angle to see what their options are (buying, selling, etc). They'll know more about the direction they want to go in a couple weeks.
The splitty is getting too much spin on it and its not bottoming out like it used to. The velo on the 4 seam is a tick don and getting hit hard. He's actually performing better than his expected #s show. The floor on him would be super low. He's still owed 46 M across '25 and '26.
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Yeah, I was surprised to hear his name pop up too.
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Any truth to our front office looking at Bauer? I've seen some talk about it on the line. Sorry if already discussed.
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PrestigeWorldwideAg12 said:

Any truth to our front office looking at Bauer? I've seen some talk about it on the line. Sorry if already discussed.
There was some discussion a few pages back. It's not happening.
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This guy for a few months of Mancini forgetting how to hit was a high price to pay
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Dude has really turned it around. Hope he keeps it up
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EastCoastAgNc said:


This guy for a few months of Mancini forgetting how to hit was a high price to pay


Until he actually succeeds in the MLB we can't say it was a high price. We can say though that without Mancini we may not win that WS.
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Unless he wins a WS with Baltimore it was worth it.
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The Mancini defensive play in game 5 was massive.
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Buster Olney's Twitter has been hacked and it's wild..
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bearkatag15 said:



Dude has really turned it around. Hope he keeps it up
Amazing how all it took was moving him out of the 4 spot (.197/.544 Avg/OPS for season) and letting him bat 2nd (.265/.753), 5th (.438/1.626), or 6th (.400/1.371). We need him to keep hitting like this. Which means Espada will move him back to the 4.
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tjack16 said:

Buster Olney's Twitter has been hacked and it's wild..
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That's fairly tame considering what "he" was posting earlier.
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This one got me before I saw all the tweets
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