Marvin said:

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linkdude said:

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Maybe Vazquez to the Dodgers if they don't find a different solution to their liking?

The Los Angeles Dodgers, who seemed set at the trade deadline, now in the catchers’ market with Will Smith out for another month and perhaps will explore the starting pitching market too with Shohei Ohtani scratched again from his next start with no return date set.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 19, 2026

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Take Diaz instead.

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Yes, please!

Marvin said:

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linkdude said:

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Maybe Vazquez to the Dodgers if they don't find a different solution to their liking?

The Los Angeles Dodgers, who seemed set at the trade deadline, now in the catchers’ market with Will Smith out for another month and perhaps will explore the starting pitching market too with Shohei Ohtani scratched again from his next start with no return date set.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 19, 2026

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Take Diaz instead.

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The sad thing is, Diaz would turn into a stud and WS hero for them like all of the scrap heap pickups they trade for…****, Edmon, Rojas to name a few.

superaggie73 said:

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Marvin said:

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linkdude said:

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Maybe Vazquez to the Dodgers if they don't find a different solution to their liking?

The Los Angeles Dodgers, who seemed set at the trade deadline, now in the catchers’ market with Will Smith out for another month and perhaps will explore the starting pitching market too with Shohei Ohtani scratched again from his next start with no return date set.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 19, 2026

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Take Diaz instead.

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The sad thing is, Diaz would turn into a stud and WS hero for them like all of the scrap heap pickups they trade for…****, Edmon, Rojas to name a few.

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Diaz and Tucker is the ultimate IDGAF duo in laid back LA

CharleyKerfeld said:

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superaggie73 said:

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Marvin said:

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linkdude said:

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Maybe Vazquez to the Dodgers if they don't find a different solution to their liking?

The Los Angeles Dodgers, who seemed set at the trade deadline, now in the catchers’ market with Will Smith out for another month and perhaps will explore the starting pitching market too with Shohei Ohtani scratched again from his next start with no return date set.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 19, 2026

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Take Diaz instead.

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The sad thing is, Diaz would turn into a stud and WS hero for them like all of the scrap heap pickups they trade for…****, Edmon, Rojas to name a few.

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Diaz and Tucker is the ultimate IDGAF duo in laid back LA

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Throw in Rendon for the ultimate three musketeers of lazy

Marvin said:

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linkdude said:

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Maybe Vazquez to the Dodgers if they don't find a different solution to their liking?

The Los Angeles Dodgers, who seemed set at the trade deadline, now in the catchers’ market with Will Smith out for another month and perhaps will explore the starting pitching market too with Shohei Ohtani scratched again from his next start with no return date set.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 19, 2026

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Take Diaz instead.

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I agree - at least Vasquez plays likes he gives a damn.

We're still only 4 games out of the division

SeanDaAg2005 said:

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We're still only 4 games out of the division

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Is that a good or bad thing?

The Rangers play White Sox next so wouldn't be shocking if they dropped another 2 out of 3. Winning this division with a sub .500 record isn't out of the realm of possibility.

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Marvin said:

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linkdude said:

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Maybe Vazquez to the Dodgers if they don't find a different solution to their liking?

The Los Angeles Dodgers, who seemed set at the trade deadline, now in the catchers’ market with Will Smith out for another month and perhaps will explore the starting pitching market too with Shohei Ohtani scratched again from his next start with no return date set.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 19, 2026

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Take Diaz instead.

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I agree - at least Vasquez plays likes he gives a damn.

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yeah, I'm not really implying I'd rather trade CV, I just don't think the Dodgers would trade for Yainer

linkdude said:

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BCEDAg said:

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Marvin said:

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linkdude said:

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Maybe Vazquez to the Dodgers if they don't find a different solution to their liking?

The Los Angeles Dodgers, who seemed set at the trade deadline, now in the catchers’ market with Will Smith out for another month and perhaps will explore the starting pitching market too with Shohei Ohtani scratched again from his next start with no return date set.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 19, 2026

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Take Diaz instead.

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I agree - at least Vasquez plays likes he gives a damn.

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yeah, I'm not really implying I'd rather trade CV, I just don't think the Dodgers would trade for Yainer

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I don't know. Do they have a 19yo Cuban nobody has ever heard of that they recently signed?

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We're still only 4 games out of the division

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Is that a good or bad thing?

The Rangers play White Sox next so wouldn't be shocking if they dropped another 2 out of 3. Winning this division with a sub .500 record isn't out of the realm of possibility.

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Even if we make the playoffs via a wildcard or win the weakest division I just don't see how the current roster can make a run at advancing. Then we're stuck in purgatory by not doing the smart thing of being sellers and acquiring good prospects for the future in a rebuild.

100%. Making the playoffs is a silly goal when you are clearly incapable of making noise. We have no pitching and the back half of the lineup is awful. Moves for a mediocre LF and back end starter don't change that trajectory. Do something you haven't done in 3 years….be smart and prey on the desperation of others.

I'll keep saying this

Sell this off. Team is dead in the water

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I'll keep saying this

Sell this off. Team is dead in the water

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Everyone can see it but Crane

I already suffer as a Cowboys fan, I really don't need another egotistical a** of an owner driving my team into irrelevance

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We're still only 4 games out of the division

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We would need to sweep the mariners and the rangers in order to have a shot at that IMO. And even then it's a longshot given how crappy this team is

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I already suffer as a Cowboys fan, I really don't need another egotistical a** of an owner driving my team into irrelevance

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Same.

King being sent to sugar land.

I actually think he will be back and productive in about a month. He's really good minus the last 1.5 weeks

Can we send Yainer, too?

Asking for some friends.

I'm Suprised we haven't traded Yanier already. Plenty of teams get enamored with catchers with some pop

I'd be interested to know from 2015 if he has any insight from his sources regarding whether they are even planning for a possible sell scenario. I really hope they are because switching at the last minute is a recipe to get bad prospects back

Also keep in mind, as close as teams are bunched up, the Astros hold very few series wins for tiebreakers.

Same here as far as a longtime suffering Cowboys fan.

Ironically Boston played us at a horrible time for them, if they keep winning. Toronto we have at home after the trade deadline, but dropping the B'more series 5-1 is pretty laughable.

SeanDaAg2005 said:

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We're still only 4 games out of the division

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And 7 games under 500…IT IS OVER!

Don't let the fact that we play in a historically bad division cloud your judgement about where we are in the life cycle of the dynasty. We need to be looking to the future down the road and making decisions for 2028 and beyond right now.

Sums it up.

I'm just gonna keep posting MiLB thanks

James Hicks strikes out 7 over 6.0 strong innings for his 3rd quality start of the season! pic.twitter.com/AdoQKY3PDD

— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) July 20, 2026

BURN IT ALL DOWN NOW!!!

Wow, Astros sent Bryan King down after the game

SeanDaAg2005 said:

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We're still only 4 games out of the division

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Yes, the AL and the Western Division are trash and its currently a sellers market therefore the Astros should take advantage of the opportunity they have to catapult beyond the rest of the garbage in the AL for multiple future years instead of chasing a single, insignificant Division title, or worse, a wildcard birth which they will be nearly guaranteed to get swept in.

checking in with Altuve...

with his double and late HR today, he kept his hot July going. Up to 27 x-base hits for the season.

OPS by month:

Mar/Apr --> .742
May -----> .626
June ----> .639
July -----> .845

8 of his 12 HR's have come at Daikin. Home OPS is .807 vs. road OPS .624

I know I am beating a drum here, but he was back in the leadoff spot today after beibg abysmal the first two games of the series.

He is close to .800 OPS on the season in the leadoff spot, WAY above his number in any other slot in tye order.

He needs to be out leadoff hitter at this point. Hit Peña third whenever he doesn't have cramps.

lol for real? He hasn't been good lately but still

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lol for real? He hasn't been good lately but still

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Chandler tweeted it, I assume that's the move for Blanco

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Wow, Astros sent Bryan King down after the game

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Joe was going to keep putting him in until he stopped giving up HRs (5 HRs in the last 5 IP in the last two series, 3 of the games in backbreaking high leverage situations). It ensured Joe could not immediately put the ball back in King's hand while clearing space for Blanco.

Sugarland swiftly tried to send King back up to no avail. .

GOAT Report: With 2 more hits today, Jose ALtuve is up to 2,458 for his career, one behind Pirates' great Lloyd Waner for 115th all-time. In the past 5 days, he has passed Jimmy Rollins, Torii Hunter, and Jim Rice.

Rollins (2,455 career hits) was as good as it got from 2001-2007, including his absolutely insane MVP season of 2007 where he had 88 extra-base hits in the from of 30 HR, 20 triples, and 38 doubles while also driving in 94 runs, stealing 41 bases, and scoring 139 runs. He tailed off after an injury in 2010 saw him miss half the season, but still won a WS with the Phils in 2008.

Hunter is a 21st century always a bridesmaid, never a bride candidate. He played 19 years, racked up 2,452 hits, 498 doubles, and 353 home runs but never led the league in a single category. Similarly, his teams made the playoffs in 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 13, and 14, but he never played in a single World Series game. Oddly, his career high for hits, 184, came when he was 37 and playing for Detroit Rock City.

Rice is simply one of the greatest offensive players of the 70s and 80s and one who I really regret never seeing play live of the time when I started loving baseball. He played for the BoSox from 1974-1989; ironically, I saw my first AL game at Arlington vs. Boston in 1990, the year after he retired. His 1978 season remains one to measure against the greatest of any era as he led the league in plate appearances, at-bats, hits (213), triples (15), homers (46), RBI (139), slugging (.600), and OPS (.970). He led the AL In homers three times and RBI twice. Rather like our guy Berkman, he retired a bit young. In 1986 he hit .324 with 20 HR, 110 RBI, and 200 hits at age 33.1989 was his last season at age 36.

Jose also had his 469th double and 267th home run today. He tied El Caballjo himself, Carlos Lee, for 92nd on the doubles list. He tied George Hendrick and Mike Napoli on the HR list for 225th. He's one home run behind a couple of infield legends - Brooks Robinson and Joe Morgan, who both needed 20+ seasons to get there. Actually, Altuve's #s are remarkably similar to Morgan's totals in several spots. more on that tomorrow.