That's the concern. Since Stearns has been POBO, you don't hear near as much about or from Cohen as before, but he made some subtly snarky remarks towards the fans, so it is curious what the dynamic is there. My personal feeling is Valdez would get eaten alive in NY. If you suck, you get hammered. Lindor, Soto, Nimmo, Alonso...all have been mercilessly booed.

Also, I know this is an Astros thread, but I have nowhere else to go discuss baseball things. Hopefully you guys don't mind me interjecting.

Texas 8&4 said:

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That's the concern. Since Stearns has been POBO, you don't hear near as much about or from Cohen as before, but he made some subtly snarky remarks towards the fans, so it is curious what the dynamic is there. My personal feeling is Valdez would get eaten alive in NY. If you suck, you get hammered. Lindor, Soto, Nimmo, Alonso...all have been mercilessly booed.

Also, I know this is an Astros thread, but I have nowhere else to go discuss baseball things. Hopefully you guys don't mind me interjecting.

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Yeah, I agree. I think he would be the next Matt Harvey in queens.

EastCoastAgNc said:

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The Astros cleared two spots on their 40-man roster, outrighting Taylor Trammell and Logan VanWey to Triple-A Sugar Land.

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) December 5, 2025

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That's such a nice way of saying "you got cut"

normal way of life for the 25/6th man on the roster types

I obviously don't speak for everyone but nah we don't mind.

As long as you're not here to start shlt or ruffle any feathers you're more than welcome to join and interject.

Yeah it's Astro fans but we discuss all things MLB especially during slow times like this.

Welcome my friend

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