I swear to god if we trade a top 5 prospect.....

The Brewers and Rays being on that list, as two of the biggest hurdles for the Dodgers 3-peating this year, will just give them a reason to claim all is well.

There no way, right? There just to ****ing way right???

The Dodgers and Pirates are currently discussing a potential framework for a trade involving Superstar pitcher Paul Skenes, sources tell me.

The trade deadline is tomorrow, but there is optimism a deal could get done before then. pic.twitter.com/U2kjdTd4Q7

— Jed Fontaínè (@JedFontaine) August 2, 2026

All I do is Nguyen said:

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The Astros are among teams to inquire about Marlins slugger Kyle Stowers, and they are engaged in ongoing discussions with Miami. Stowers, an All-Star with big power, just might be the extra lefty bat Houston needs.

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) August 2, 2026

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He's often wrong, so I won't believe it until it happens, but I hope it's true and they can pull it off. He gets used as a pawn by Boras during free agency, and it wouldn't surprise me if teams leak things like this to him to put pressure on other teams.

BREAKING: The Los Angeles Angels and Philadelphia Phillies are in Advanced Discussions on a trade that would send All-Star outfielder Mike Trout to his home town team, sources tell me.

Trout is going home. pic.twitter.com/mChSLC2st2

— Jed Fontaínè (@JedFontaine) August 2, 2026

Something I've been hoping happens for a while.

All I do is Nguyen said:

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There no way, right? There just to ****ing way right???

The Dodgers and Pirates are currently discussing a potential framework for a trade involving Superstar pitcher Paul Skenes, sources tell me.

The trade deadline is tomorrow, but there is optimism a deal could get done before then. pic.twitter.com/U2kjdTd4Q7

— Jed Fontaínè (@JedFontaine) August 2, 2026

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He's also tweeted that trout is getting traded to Philly. It's clearly a troll account

Are those troll jobs?

As for Stowers, I hope he's coming in as an OF. If just for 1B, he's basically a LH Walker.

EastCoastAgNc said:

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All I do is Nguyen said:

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The Astros are among teams to inquire about Marlins slugger Kyle Stowers, and they are engaged in ongoing discussions with Miami. Stowers, an All-Star with big power, just might be the extra lefty bat Houston needs.

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) August 2, 2026

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He's often wrong, so I won't believe it until it happens, but I hope it's true and they can pull it off. He gets used as a pawn by Boras during free agency, and it wouldn't surprise me if teams leak things like this to him to put pressure on other teams.

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Also, unless he can pitch, Jim will probably say no

By the way I don't trust that source. I would just love to see a Trout to Philadelphia trade

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Are those troll jobs?

As for Stowers, I hope he's coming in as an OF. If just for 1B, he's basically a LH Walker.

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How do you figure, he's a left handed Walker? Because he can play 1B?

What a week. Now let's see Stowers.

EastCoastAgNc said:

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All I do is Nguyen said:

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The Astros are among teams to inquire about Marlins slugger Kyle Stowers, and they are engaged in ongoing discussions with Miami. Stowers, an All-Star with big power, just might be the extra lefty bat Houston needs.

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) August 2, 2026

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He's often wrong, so I won't believe it until it happens, but I hope it's true and they can pull it off. He gets used as a pawn by Boras during free agency, and it wouldn't surprise me if teams leak things like this to him to put pressure on other teams.

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You don't think we're talking to the Marlins about Stowers?

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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All I do is Nguyen said:

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The Astros are among teams to inquire about Marlins slugger Kyle Stowers, and they are engaged in ongoing discussions with Miami. Stowers, an All-Star with big power, just might be the extra lefty bat Houston needs.

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) August 2, 2026

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He's often wrong, so I won't believe it until it happens, but I hope it's true and they can pull it off. He gets used as a pawn by Boras during free agency, and it wouldn't surprise me if teams leak things like this to him to put pressure on other teams.

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You don't think we're talking to the Marlins about Stowers?

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I don't doubt we asked, I doubt it's still ongoing, I don't see how we have enough to pull that off and get the pitching Jim desperately wants. Also earlier today he said we were after Luis Garcia Jr which would have made zero sense. We don't need more infielders

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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All I do is Nguyen said:

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The Astros are among teams to inquire about Marlins slugger Kyle Stowers, and they are engaged in ongoing discussions with Miami. Stowers, an All-Star with big power, just might be the extra lefty bat Houston needs.

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) August 2, 2026

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He's often wrong, so I won't believe it until it happens, but I hope it's true and they can pull it off. He gets used as a pawn by Boras during free agency, and it wouldn't surprise me if teams leak things like this to him to put pressure on other teams.

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You don't think we're talking to the Marlins about Stowers?

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I don't doubt we asked, I doubt it's still ongoing, I don't see how we have enough to pull that off and get the pitching Jim desperately wants. Also earlier today he said we were after Luis Garcia Jr which would have made zero sense. We don't need more infielders

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Look how little Garcia cost. Why wouldn't we ask if that caliber of player is available?

Farmer1906 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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All I do is Nguyen said:

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The Astros are among teams to inquire about Marlins slugger Kyle Stowers, and they are engaged in ongoing discussions with Miami. Stowers, an All-Star with big power, just might be the extra lefty bat Houston needs.

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) August 2, 2026

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He's often wrong, so I won't believe it until it happens, but I hope it's true and they can pull it off. He gets used as a pawn by Boras during free agency, and it wouldn't surprise me if teams leak things like this to him to put pressure on other teams.

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You don't think we're talking to the Marlins about Stowers?

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I don't doubt we asked, I doubt it's still ongoing, I don't see how we have enough to pull that off and get the pitching Jim desperately wants. Also earlier today he said we were after Luis Garcia Jr which would have made zero sense. We don't need more infielders

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Look how little Garcia cost. Why wouldn't we ask if that caliber of player is available?

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It was a 4 for 1 trade involving 2 major league players. Did they all suck?

Farmer1906 said:

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Marvin said:

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Are those troll jobs?

As for Stowers, I hope he's coming in as an OF. If just for 1B, he's basically a LH Walker.

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How do you figure, he's a left handed Walker? Because he can play 1B?

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Well, he's listed as a 1B, and his stats are similar to Walker's this year. Stowers is .237/.465/.787 with 16HR and 48RBI (ETA: and 120 OPS+). Walker is .238/.460/.744 with 22HR, 64RBI, and 115 OPS+ with 75 more at-bats.

Are those not similar, or were you referencing something else?

Looks like Stowers has not played much 1B until this year, so that's good. Makes more sense to me, lol.

I've updated the Bingo Card picks sheet with everyone who picked the 6-game win streak. A lot of my favorite posters being rewarded today.

After double checking some math, there's also a new leader in the clubhouse.
TJACK16 is the first poster to 6 squares.
Extra props to CFTXAG10 and DekkerLentz for picking both the 6+ win streak and the 6+ loss streak.

Everyone who got a square today
Ag_07
RED AG 98
tjack16
bodaciousbood14
Marvin
JYDog90
CFTXAG10
linkdude
Dr. Doctor
texasaggie2015
Mr. Bond
DekkerLentz
LonestarAg09
JohnnyTexAg1995
07ag
MTX13
scrimp

Interesting that George Springer played the outfield today. Just the second time all season he's done that

— Adam Spolane (@AdamSpolane) August 2, 2026

... Also, vindication on the 6 win square, FINALLY!

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Interesting that George Springer played the outfield today. Just the second time all season he's done that

— Adam Spolane (@AdamSpolane) August 2, 2026

... Also, vindication on the 6 win square, FINALLY!

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He has 10-5 rights, correct?

GOAT REPORT
With two hits today, Jose Altuve is up to 2,468 for his career. He passed Roger Connor for 110th and is now tied with Frank Thomas for 109th. Thomas has more than 1,000 extra plate appearances on Jose.

I never got to see Connor play, in part because he was born before the Civil War. He got his career going in 1880.
He led the league in WAR without knowing it three times and hit .371 in 1885. I'm sure those stats are extremely accurate. My favorite stat of his is that in 1894 he had 25 triples, but somehow that didn't lead the league. He made the Hall of Fame in 1976 via the Veteran's Committee. They asked him if he had a speech prepared, but it turns out he had died 45 years previously.

The Big Hurt is synonymous with two things: Having the exact same birth date as Jeff Bagwell and pretending like he's friends with Doug Flutie to get you to buy testosterone treatments. The former fullback from Auburn was crushing the ball from Jump Street hitting .330 at age 22 in 1990 in a 60-game call-up that saw him put up a .983 OPS.

His OPS totals over the next seven years were: 1.006, .975, 1.033, 1.217, 1.061, 1.085, 1.067. He won back-to-back MVPs in 1993 and 1994, and overall finished in the top 10 of the MVP voting NINE times, including in 2006 with the A's when he was 38 years old. He finished with 521 homers, a .301 batting average, and a .555 slugging %. He never played in the World Series and only made the ALCS one time, when his A's were swept by Detroit in 2006 and he went a god-awful 0 for 13.

Playoffs and Yordan leading in HR are only squares left I can get so like rangers… I wont hold first place very long

I would love to see Stowers traded to the good guys, but I can't help but think the Stros just might make a deal with the Blue Jays for Gausman, Varsho/ Springer. Wouldn't be surprised if it happened.

He's a crazy thought... The Astros are one game back from getting a first round playoff bye

this is awesome

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He's a crazy thought... The Astros are one game back from getting a first round playoff bye

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If you would've told me that after April would've laughed at you

Trying not to get sucked back in, but this is a very nice run.

The solution here is to tune out, cancel your subscriptions, etc

Costas and his boyfriends completely sucking off the dodgers right now on nbc. It's not the dodgers that are wrong, it's the rest of the teams fault

Don't get too attached, but it'd be cool if he's still in the system in 24 hours.

Bryce Mayer looked every bit like the Astros top pitching prospect Saturday night.

Six scoreless innings, 19 swings and misses, and complete command of four pitches.

Read the full breakdown from Frisco ⬇️ #Astroshttps://t.co/Al45lrJn0x

— Astros Future (@AstrosFuture) August 2, 2026

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Costas and his boyfriends completely sucking off the dodgers right now on nbc. It's not the dodgers that are wrong, it's the rest of the teams fault

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That's going to be a hefty fine from the FCC.

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GOAT REPORT
With two hits today, Jose Altuve is up to 2,468 for his career. He passed Roger Connor for 110th and is now tied with Frank Thomas for 109th. Thomas has more than 1,000 extra plate appearances on Jose.

I never got to see Connor play, in part because he was born before the Civil War. He got his career going in 1880.
He led the league in WAR without knowing it three times and hit .371 in 1885. I'm sure those stats are extremely accurate. My favorite stat of his is that in 1894 he had 25 triples, but somehow that didn't lead the league. He made the Hall of Fame in 1976 via the Veteran's Committee. They asked him if he had a speech prepared, but it turns out he had died 45 years previously.

The Big Hurt is synonymous with two things: Having the exact same birth date as Jeff Bagwell and pretending like he's friends with Doug Flutie to get you to buy testosterone treatments. The former fullback from Auburn was crushing the ball from Jump Street hitting .330 at age 22 in 1990 in a 60-game call-up that saw him put up a .983 OPS.

His OPS totals over the next seven years were: 1.006, .975, 1.033, 1.217, 1.061, 1.085, 1.067. He won back-to-back MVPs in 1993 and 1994, and overall finished in the top 10 of the MVP voting NINE times, including in 2006 with the A's when he was 38 years old. He finished with 521 homers, a .301 batting average, and a .555 slugging %. He never played in the World Series and only made the ALCS one time, when his A's were swept by Detroit in 2006 and he went a god-awful 0 for 13.

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On the radio broadcast, they also mentioned that he is 2 hits behind Bobby Abreu for 4th in all time hits among Venezuelan born players.

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Looks like Stowers has not played much 1B until this year, so that's good. Makes more sense to me, lol.

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Yeah he's played more OF this year than 1B. He's been an OFer for the majority of his career.

Ones a young controlled player who should stay good / get even better. The other is older on a big money deal who's in decline.

Stowers is an extreme splits players. His bat vs RHP is elite. Walker is equal from both sides.

I do see their slash lines are similar.

AL West Standings on June 19th

Seattle 39-38
Vegas 38-38
Texas 36-39
Houston 36-41
LA 30-47

SINCE THEN

Houston 22-14
Texas 19-18
Seattle 16-20
LA 13-22
Vegas 7-29