***** Official Houston Astros 2024-2025 Offseason Thread *****

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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 6:08p, 3/6/25
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RH bullpen help later in the year?
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 6:12p, 3/6/25
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Another RBI for Cam...108EV straight at the 3rd baseman


That sound.
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Brendan Rodgers gets a 108 EV double to score Chas (who walked) off Edwin Diaz
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Rodgers gets an RBI double off Edwin Diaz, followed up by an RBI from Melton
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 6:19p, 3/6/25
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Break up the spring stros
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Hader pitching
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Haders fastball is only 93...I know he's ramping up, but that seems low
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Cam Smith made an error
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Defensive savant Juan Soto
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 6:49p, 3/6/25
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Soto's like, yeah, they don't pay me to catch.
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I will say…. This Cam Smith kid is something else
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 7:08p, 3/6/25
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EastCoastAgNc said:

Defensive savant Juan Soto


Nice hustle from Big Jon
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In reply to AggiEE • 8:01p, 3/6/25
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EastCoastAgNc said:

That's the kind of hitter we were desperately missing
Brantley was that guy?
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Quit screwing around and do the inevitable,,,,,put Cam Smith in RF, NOW
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In reply to Ag4life80 • 8:40p, 3/6/25
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Ag4life80 said:
Quit screwing around and do the inevitable,,,,,put Cam Smith in RF, NOWI
if you can trade Arenado and put Cam in right, all of a sudden, I really like this lineup regardless of CF
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In other, Aggie-related news, Tyler Naquin is attempting the reverse-Ankiel

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In reply to Johnsy3 • 8:46p, 3/6/25
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He's attempting the Jason Lane
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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 8:52p, 3/6/25
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D'oh! Can't believe I forgot about him. I just looked it up and didn't realize it progressed past Sugar Land. He actually made it to the bigs and had a .87 ERA in 10.1 IP with San Diego in 2014
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Has anyone at the ML level gone from a field player to pitcher full time?

I know Tim Wakefield made the change in the minors.
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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 9:19p, 3/6/25
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Chris Sampson did the same thing too if I recall
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In reply to SpaceCityAg05 • 10:20p, 3/6/25
SpaceCityAg05 said:
Implied in all of this Meyers discussion is that you have to talk about players objectively (in a vacuum) and in terms of fit.

While everyone wants to have prime Griffey roaming CF, that is not an option most of the time. Meyers has a good enough glove that despite the poor offensive production, he has value and is certainly fine for a 9-hole hitter.

Part of the frustration comes in when you try to squeeze in multiple Meyers-type players into the same lineup. That hurts a lineup. Just line Jeremy Pena - he has great value...as long as he is not hitting outside of the bottom third of the order. Pena hitting 6th is vomit-worthy.

A platoon with Jake has always seemed like an obvious, cost-conscious solution, but for whatever reason, we have not been able and/or willing to find a LH partner for him.
Except Meyers IS batting in the 9th spot, but he doesn't get talked about objectively.

I think part of the problem is Astros fans have truly forgotten the dark years. It's been close to 10 years now of top 10 offense, that the expectation is for every guy to come up and hit .270 with 20 bombs when that's absolutely above average for the entire league. So, a guy like Jake doesn't come close to that and Astros fans are ready to name him the worst player in the league when he's far, far from that.

Jake's role isn't a 500 AB guy, but he takes the brunt from this forum when he's actually being used where he's supposed to be aside from not platooning because the front office doesn't want to do anything to make that a reality.

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In reply to Bag • 10:24p, 3/6/25
Bag said:
Ag4life80 said:
Quit screwing around and do the inevitable,,,,,put Cam Smith in RF, NOWI
if you can trade Arenado and put Cam in right, all of a sudden, I really like this lineup regardless of CF
And then in 1 or 2 months when Cam is hitting .215, the board is ready for him to go down to AAA to figure it out.

Not saying that would happen, but it's the most likely scenario. The kid has 32 ABs in AA. He's seeing spring training pitching.
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In reply to Beat40 • 10:27p, 3/6/25
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Beat40 said:
Bag said:
Ag4life80 said:
Quit screwing around and do the inevitable,,,,,put Cam Smith in RF, NOWI
if you can trade Arenado and put Cam in right, all of a sudden, I really like this lineup regardless of CF
And then in 1 or 2 months when Cam is hitting .215, the board is ready for him to go down to AAA to figure it out.

Not saying that would happen, but it's the most likely scenario. The kid has 32 ABs in AA. He's seeing spring training pitching.
How are Chas and Jake doing against that same pitching if they are so easy to hit?
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In reply to Beat40 • 10:27p, 3/6/25
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Bag said:
Ag4life80 said:
Quit screwing around and do the inevitable,,,,,put Cam Smith in RF, NOWI
if you can trade Arenado and put Cam in right, all of a sudden, I really like this lineup regardless of CF
And then in 1 or 2 months when Cam is hitting .215, the board is ready for him to go down to AAA to figure it out.

Not saying that would happen, but it's the most likely scenario. The kid has 32 ABs in AA. He's seeing spring training pitching.


True talent can mash tho.

Chas and Meyers are seeing the same spring break pitching
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In reply to AggiEE • 10:30p, 3/6/25
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Singleton ate that other kid.
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In reply to txags92 • 10:38p, 3/6/25
txags92 said:
Beat40 said:
Bag said:
Ag4life80 said:
Quit screwing around and do the inevitable,,,,,put Cam Smith in RF, NOWI
if you can trade Arenado and put Cam in right, all of a sudden, I really like this lineup regardless of CF
And then in 1 or 2 months when Cam is hitting .215, the board is ready for him to go down to AAA to figure it out.

Not saying that would happen, but it's the most likely scenario. The kid has 32 ABs in AA. He's seeing spring training pitching.
How are Chas and Jake doing against that same pitching if they are so easy to hit?
I can play that game too - Yanier is batting .188 against the same pitching. Altuve is batting .182 against the same pitching. Yordan is batting .083 against the same pitching.

I'm excited about Cam Smith just like the rest of you guys, but man, this board was ready to send Bregman back down when he's was like 0-60 (or whatever it was) to start and he had 236 ABs at AA and 78 ABs at AAA prior to joining the Astros.
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