Cromagnum said:

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The Dodgers and their **** for brains fanbase have completely ****ed this sport.

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Can't believe Zane is a dodgers fan.

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Will they play bingo, too?

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I'd like to think Altuve has a bounce-back season in him and just rushed back this year because there was the opportunity to make the playoffs.

His salary drops to $13 m for 2028 and 2029 which is great. And I am probably one of the top 5 posters for banging the Altuve drum, but if this is what he's going to be for ages 37-39, they've got to have a talk about more days off going 50-50 with Yordan at DH.

Big Bucks said:

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I noticed it yesterday when that ground ball got through to his left that he would have stopped and made the play at first a few years ago.

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I should note that there are a lot of worse players defensively (Yordan for example), but teams limit the amount of time they see field. Circumstances dictate that we trot him out there to accumulate those numbers.

Nick Allen has 3 DRS (tied for No. 12) at 2b in 22 games and 89 innings at the position. Brice has 1 DRS (tied for No. 21) at 2b over 22 games and 109 innings. Paredes amusingly also has 1 DRS at 2b (also tied for No. 21) in 3 games and 25 innings.

Jose is No. 148 out of 148 with -11 DRS in 83 games and 686.1 innings. No. 147 Bryson Scott has -8 DRS, so Altuve is crushing the field (he's also last by a wide margin in ART at 2b).

https://www.fieldingbible.com/drs-leaderboard/players?position=4

Jose may be our worst regular TBH. He looks like he's just washed unfortunately

MaxPower said:

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Jose may be our worst regular TBH. He looks like he's just washed unfortunately

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I'm hoping that he finds the magic in October like he always does. Yuli 2022 comes to mind

it's one of those things no one wants to talk about...

but Yordan's inability to be an everyday defensive player in left field or at first base...

hurts the last quarter of Altuve's career badly

Altuve missed time with an oblique injury and came back in an unheard of amount of time. I'm not convinced that he's 100% healthy.

For me, nothing would top off a great weekend like a sweep of the rangerettes.

Booma94 said:

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Altuve missed time with an oblique injury and came back in an unheard of amount of time. I'm not convinced that he's 100% healthy.

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I think it's like Walker last year. He rushed back. When Altuve got hurt, the team was really struggling and he likely thought he could help. Hopefully, Tuve has a strong finish.

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it's one of those things no one wants to talk about...

but Yordan's inability to be an everyday defensive player in left field or at first base...

hurts the last quarter of Altuve's career badly

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The biggest lineup problem we have on this team offensively is that the two guys most consider untradeable both should be playing at DH. I personally think putting Altuve at DH and Yordan at LF minimizes the impact better by taking one bad bat out of the OF, but the organization just doesn't seem willing to do that. Right now though, Altuve's hitting isn't justifying his poor defense at 2B. He needs more days off to get his hitting right.

mwm said:

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For me, nothing would top off a great weekend like a sweep of the rangerettes.

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A nice sweep and a bingo Square! The elusive one that got away from us last week could be ours today

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it's one of those things no one wants to talk about...

but Yordan's inability to be an everyday defensive player in left field or at first base...

hurts the last quarter of Altuve's career badly

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No doubt. Altuve mainly DH'ing would have a positive bWAR instead of negative.

Booma94 said:

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Altuve missed time with an oblique injury and came back in an unheard of amount of time. I'm not convinced that he's 100% healthy.

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True but he's also at an age where he is just going to have aches and pains a lot. I put a lot of it on Joe because he should be resting at least once a week.

texasaggie2015 said:

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Confirmed by @BNightengale that the Twins-Astros traded was nixed last minute. (@MarinoMLB broke the news)

“They were on the verge of a deal with the Minnesota Twins for left-handed hitting outfielder Trevor Larnach in exchange for reliever Bryan Abreu this past week, but it…

— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) August 2, 2026

Lines up with what I was told.

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Jim "Jerry" Crane is a ****in moron. abreu is a ticking time bomb for TJ

Shoring up the pitching with a proven starter would be great but also expensive. Getting a good bat that's also a + outfielder is more doable imo even if it's just a 2 mo + rental. If you want to make the playoffs and have a shot at going deep you either need to add run scoring potential or reduce runs allowed potential. If you can do both with a rental outfielder without breaking the bank and giving up too much why wouldn't you?

Was he a rental? That would have been a good get in a position of need. I think Abreu has it figured out since he started throwing a cutter and I think they overworked King this year so he may be gassed.

Chef Elko said:

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Was he a rental? That would have been a good get in a position of need. I think Abreu has it figured out since he started throwing a cutter and I think they overworked King this year so he may be gassed.

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No, under control next year

I'll say this about Larnach. He's not a + OF. He's not neutral. He's bad. His OAA is in the 10th percentile and that's with a well above average arm. He's slow and just doesn't play the field well.

I haven't seen the play but he was in LF in Seattle last night and Arrozarena tagged from 2B to 3B on a fly to LF and ultimately scored the winning run on a ground ball to 1B.

He's also got massive L/R splits and should never play against LHP. We have a boatload of those players already. Trammell, Wade, Loperfido, Cole, Spencer (to be fair he should not play at all).

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W said:

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it's one of those things no one wants to talk about...

but Yordan's inability to be an everyday defensive player in left field or at first base...

hurts the last quarter of Altuve's career badly

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The biggest lineup problem we have on this team offensively is that the two guys most consider untradeable both should be playing at DH. I personally think putting Altuve at DH and Yordan at LF minimizes the impact better by taking one bad bat out of the OF, but the organization just doesn't seem willing to do that. Right now though, Altuve's hitting isn't justifying his poor defense at 2B. He needs more days off to get his hitting right.

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Strangely enough I think they have this calculus right. Yordan is No. 218 out of 221 LFs this season in the Fielding Bible's DRS at -5 in just 18 games and 138 innings. That extrapolates out to around -30 DRS if he'd been manning LF full time up to this point. Current last place has -7 DRS.

https://www.fieldingbible.com/drs-leaderboard/players?position=7

Baseball Reference has him with a 5.6 oWAR and a -1.4 dWAR.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alvaryo01.shtml

The 18 games he's played LF drop his bWAR from 5.6 to 5.1.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2026-batting-leaders.shtml

Add in the injury risk and I'm fine having Altuve at 2b over Yordan in LF in the battle of bad fielding choices.

Regardless the team is a lot of fun right now. Let's get the sweep.

One other thing on Altuve, he's almost as bad at 2B this year as he was at LF last year. If Arraez is the best bat you can get then moving Jose back to LF has merit. You do late game replacements defensively when need be. He hasn't hit well enough to merit everyday playing time anyway.

Why not us

Soon pic.twitter.com/akvVlg8LWY

— Bob Knows Ball (@bobknowsball69) August 2, 2026

I've advocated that Jose needs less rest.

Seems like he plays better when he's in the lineup daily. Never really seems to get in the groove when he's in and out of the lineup being handled with kid gloves.

Also Joe does him no favors hitting him 4th and 5th.

Dana opens his weekly interview running down the list of people in the war room for trades... And immediately mentions Bagwell. Get that fossil out of there

Ok that stings

Oh ffs

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Speaking on Sunday morning from the Astros' trade deadline war room at Daikin Park, general manager Dana Brown reiterated the team does not want to part with anyone on its major-league roster while expressing confidence in a farm system many outside publications have labeled as one of baseball's worst.

"We do have the (prospect) capital," Brown told the team's pregame radio show. "We do not want to pull from our major-league team. We have a good core. We got a good group going right now and the team is playing very well. Everyone is settling into their role. We'd like to keep it like that and not pull from our major-league team."

The Athletic reported on Saturday that Houston has told at least two teams it had no intention of trading from its major-league roster and would pursue deals centered around prospects. Before the season, The Athletic's Keith Law ranked the Astros' farm system 28th out of 30 teams.

On Sunday, Brown did acknowledge that there could be "someone on your 40-man (roster) that's not in the major leagues going out the door." Though Brown did not specify who, logical candidates could include pitchers Miguel Ullola and Alimber Santa as well as outfielders Zach Cole and Joey Loperfido.

Houston's focus remains on upgrading its lineup, but is also involved in the starting pitching market, according to multiple sources granted anonymity for their candor to discuss ongoing negotiations.

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Mr.Bond said:

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at this point I hope we dont buy anything other than an expiring salary dump OF bat for a throwaway prospect. Were unlikely to compete for a world series but all you have to do is get to October.... see 2019 and 2021 WS Champs

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You forgot 2023.

who knows, you too may end up playing against the worst team ever to appear in a WS

Freddy Peralta to the rays

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Freddy Peralta to the rays

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Return is Aidan Smith, Emilie Pitre and Gill Hill

I wasn't specifically referring to Larnach. Varsho would likely be a rental.

I have no reason to believe the Jays are remotely interested in moving Varsho tho.

The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring right-hander Freddy Peralta in a trade with the New York Mets, sources tell ESPN. Rays get their starter, who joins Drew Rasmussen, Shane McClanahan and Nick Martinez in one of the American League's best rotation. First on news was @WillSammon.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 2, 2026

Ok - there's some nice defense from Jose!

That meme tickled my funny bone.

clean 1st for Lambert