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

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Not bizarre

Teams giving us a higher price tag because they don't want to be complicit in boosting our roster. They're scared of us.
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What about a bat like Mark Canha, righty LF/1B, could platoon with Big Jon, probably not very expensive as he's a rental.
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linkdude said:

What about a bat like Mark Canha, righty LF/1B, could platoon with Big Jon, probably not very expensive as he's a rental.
I think I have mentioned him before, but I love this as a nice cheap option.
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He certainly makes a lot of sense.
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texasaggie2015 said:

Word is the Rays insisted that Hunter Brown be included in any Paredes package. We just weren't going to do that.
I'd do it. But they probably need to throw in Springs, Pepiot, or McClanahan.
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I wouldn't be surprised to see Fedde or Flaherty get announced later today. We aren't going to sit and pray on JV and Luis. That and a bargain bin bat is what I'd expect.
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The front office needs to make significant moves but I'm preparing myself for extreme disappointment. The prices seem way too high, and we just don't have the assets.
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Just keep in mind the thinking all along was that the Astros were wanting to make an addition but probably not a big fish.
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EastCoastAgNc said:

The front office needs to make significant moves but I'm preparing myself for extreme disappointment. The prices seem way too high, and we just don't have the assets.


When push comes to shove they will figure something out. From what I understand the pitching is much more of a priority, as it should be.
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IF Tucker and JV return then don't need big splashy deals and a Cahna would make sense

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BadAggie said:

IF Tucker and JV return then don't need big splashy deals and a Cahna would make sense


I don't think Tucker's coming back this year. There was an angle of the walkoff celebration where you could see him and he was walking around like an old man, still favoring one side.
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There's still over 24 hours until the deadline. That's a long time.
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Farmer1906 said:

linkdude said:

What about a bat like Mark Canha, righty LF/1B, could platoon with Big Jon, probably not very expensive as he's a rental.
I think I have mentioned him before, but I love this as a nice cheap option.
Is there something I'm missing with him? His BA is 0.231, OPS is 0.689, roughly 25% strikeout rate. Is that really better than Jon? He's at 0.232 BA with 0.670 OPS, 25-30% strikeout. It doesn't seem like an upgrade.
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Are you looking at his splits? He rakes against lefties.. .857 OPS.
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I hadn't
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Trouble in New York?
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Are they looking options for platooning Jon?

Because they've had opportunities to make that happen and haven't.
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EastCoastAgNc said:

The front office needs to make significant moves but I'm preparing myself for extreme disappointment. The prices seem way too high, and we just don't have the assets.
The only thing worse than not making any moves would be getting desperate and making a bad move that doesn't improve the team, just for the sake of "doing something".
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This is why I feel like they need a bat with power...Seattle is gonna do something else on offense and we need to stay even
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They also have until tomorrow evening to make a move. There's plenty of time.
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yes, it's the double whammy for the Astros

lack of trade capital + tight payroll

the Abreu, Montero, and LMj contracts hurt...

and they're still going to hurt for another year
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Anyone have two decent tickets they are trying to sell for tomorrow or Wednesday night?
Bringing the youngest for his birthday and he wants "the good seats" instead of his usual buddy club tickets.

Figured I'd check here before stubhubbing it.
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It's fun to blame Dana but the reality is our farm isn't good. Maybe it is better than others think but if the teams we are dealing with agree with that statement it's irrelevant. If at least one of JV, LMC and Garcia aren't back by end of August we are ****ed anyway.
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MaxPower said:

It's fun to blame Dana but the reality is our farm isn't good. Maybe it is better than others think but if the teams we are dealing with agree with that statement it's irrelevant. If at least one of JV, LMC and Garcia aren't back by end of August we are ****ed anyway.
That is what I was saying the other day. We have a bunch of guys that are JAGs for prospects that we would all be okay with giving up in return for somebody of value. But the other teams feel the same way. If they are going to give up a player with actual value, they want more than JAG prospects in return. If we are going to get something of value in a seller's market, we are going to have to give up guys we value and would rather not give up...like Brown, Loperfido, Mathews, etc.

Given who we may be getting back later in the season and how we have played so far without them, I would rather see us make no deal than give away valuable pieces of the future for a 4/5 SP, mediocre RP, or platoon player at 1B.
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spadilly said:

Anyone have two decent tickets they are trying to sell for tomorrow or Wednesday night?
Bringing the youngest for his birthday and he wants "the good seats" instead of his usual buddy club tickets.

Figured I'd check here before stubhubbing it.
Check TickPick as well. I have had good luck grabbing tickets on there for less than StubHub
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n_touch said:

spadilly said:

Anyone have two decent tickets they are trying to sell for tomorrow or Wednesday night?
Bringing the youngest for his birthday and he wants "the good seats" instead of his usual buddy club tickets.

Figured I'd check here before stubhubbing it.
Check TickPick as well. I have had good luck grabbing tickets on there for less than StubHub

The Facebook buy and sell group is also good. Just verify the sellers. Especially if they just pm you.
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speaking of JV...

another task for Dana is to break the Astros' reliance on old guys -- the over 35 group.

for the next 5 years...Altuve should be the only "old guy" on the roster
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EastCoastAgNc said:


This is why I feel like they need a bat with power...Seattle is gonna do something else on offense and we need to stay even
Pitching. This team needs pitching more than a bat. Like, it's 80/20 pitching versus a bat in my eyes. A bat is nice, but pitching is the hands down largest and most important need for this team.

I'm not saying don't get one if the price is right, but if it prevents you from getting pitching, it's a bad move in my opinion.
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texasaggie2015 said:

Word is the Rays insisted that Hunter Brown be included in any Paredes package. We just weren't going to do that.
This is why you can't just tell the Astros to do something. There are two sides to the equation and the other side has to be reasonable.
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spadilly said:

Anyone have two decent tickets they are trying to sell for tomorrow or Wednesday night?
Bringing the youngest for his birthday and he wants "the good seats" instead of his usual buddy club tickets.

Figured I'd check here before stubhubbing it.


Gametime has quite a few available for Wednesday that are reasonable. Their prices will drop off the closer you get to the start of the game.
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