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Watch out world the Astros have claimed Nori Aoki off waivers Offseason: handled 
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:Aoki is the best! Don't talk mean about my beautiful Aoki! Also: 2016 Aoki .283/.349/.388 2016 Astros LF .227/.283/.366 2016 Astros CF .210/.270/.355 2016 Astros DH .218/.299/.378 BRING ON MR AOKI
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Nov 5, 2016 21:59
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mentholmoose posted:I hope the Phils sign Greg Holland, Carlos Gomez, Luis Valbuena, and a couple starting pitchers. Andrew Cashner, maybe? No Valbuena is coming back to play first base  (He's most likely gone) e: I could maybe see him coming back by virtue of the fact that he's the only good left handed hitter on the team currently Intruder fucked around with this message at 23:10 on Nov 5, 2016 |
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Nov 5, 2016 23:04
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Carlosologist posted:Who's on everyone's free agent wishlist? I don't think the Yankees will sign anyone of note, but there's a nonzero chance they sign EE to fill out DH and one of Chapman/Jansen to close. Any other moves will probably be trades or something Definitely hoping the prioritize hitting. Maybe Wieters, Encarnacion, maybe Fowler Hoping they don't break the bank for Desmond Lourdes Gurriel 
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Nov 6, 2016 02:26
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My current ideal is the Astros sign Fowler and Encarnacion and bring back Valbuena I'm sure they will do zero of these things
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Nov 7, 2016 07:17
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I'd like Fowler back and I'd even pro-rate him $17m a year for when he actually plays and isn't hurt so $11ish a year sounds about right
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Nov 7, 2016 18:12
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Anyone doing the FA guessing game this year? I'm itching to be just, like, completely and totally wrong about everything again
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Nov 8, 2016 00:27
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I can't see Altuve winning, as cool as that would be
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Nov 8, 2016 00:52
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Altuve MVP please Not going to happen I know
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Nov 8, 2016 06:53
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Popete posted:Best shape of his life has already started. It's officially the off season. It almost seems like it'd be more effort for him to keep it on than to lose it
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Nov 8, 2016 22:07
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The Astros didn't extend QOs to any of their free agents (Rasmus, Valbuena, Castro, Fister)
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Nov 8, 2016 23:52
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Realtalk I would have accepted this for an Astros championship
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Nov 9, 2016 08:26
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Altuve gets another silver slugger award  His thirdYou could've made a legit case for Cano probably
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Nov 11, 2016 01:26
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Hand Knit posted:Lourdes Gurriel, Jr., is a Blue Jay. Cool, I guess. Damnit Now the Astros are stuck with the lovely Gurriel for no reason e: Just 7/22 for Lourdes? WTF Luhnow you couldn't beat that? Intruder fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Nov 11, 2016 |
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Nov 11, 2016 19:43
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Inspector_666 posted:I thought the consensus was that Yulieski was actually the better player, but his age limited his ceiling. My understanding was that Yulieski was more the known quantity but with his age he is probably on the downslope already, while Lourdes has a much higher ceiling that he's yet to reach so he's more of a risk Also the chatter was that the Astros signed Yuli in part to attract Lourdes to the team
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Nov 11, 2016 20:01
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The Berzerker posted:Jays are also apparently interested in Josh Reddick once Bautista turns down their QO. He was on my wishlist... I like him and a few more lefties would do them good. I read the Astros are interested in Reddick as well. It makes sense since there are like one or two lefties on the team and one switch hitter. Same reason they're interested in Beltran (ugh), McCann (ugh) and apparently Brett Gardner? I assume Preston Tucker will get another shot so he and Tony Kemp would be the only lefties with Marwin Gonzalez the only switch hitter. Unless I'm forgetting someone Or they could bring Valbuena back to play 1B Intruder fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Nov 11, 2016 |
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Nov 11, 2016 20:08
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If only they had given Edwin the 3/33 instead? 
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Nov 11, 2016 22:22
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Popete posted:I had a dream last night that I ran into Bryce Harper and we discussed hitting mechanics. I had a dream where I gave Carlos Correa my coke and he said hey kid and threw me his fedora After that, the American people elected Trump so I must have eaten something weird before going to bed
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Nov 12, 2016 20:23
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Paul Zuvella posted:If the Yankees can get anything remotely of value for him, then I'll be super happy. I'd imagine he waves his NTC pretty easily. The guy wants to play, and with Bird and Sanchez on the team, McCann is going to catch every 4 games and DH maybe. Apparently the Astros are hot for him, which at first I was pretty eh on but then I remembered how well the catchers/DH/1B hit this year and come on down McCann!
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Nov 14, 2016 18:15
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All I want for hot stove season-mas is a LF, DH or 1B who can OPS over 700 So yeah I'd take a catcher OPSing 750
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Nov 15, 2016 06:42
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Spoeank posted:Hunter you're such a goddamned weirdo I wouldn't doubt it was a wand There is nothing weird or wrong about Hunter Pence cosplaying to go see Fantastic Beasts
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Nov 15, 2016 19:02
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Jon Hamm's big dumb smug face makes me mad every time I see it
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Nov 15, 2016 20:48
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Astros going cheap again, what a shock I'm sure Morton and his career 4.1 FIP and 1.44 WHIP is just what this team needs to put it over the top e: quote:This Fangraphs article identified Morton in April 2016 as having the best curveball spin rate in baseball. Curveball spin rate was an important factor in picking up Collin McHugh. The article in question: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-phillies-are-curveballing-their-way-into-the-future/ And yes, the same factor that brought in the wildly successful Collin McHugh, perfect Intruder fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Nov 16, 2016 |
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Nov 16, 2016 18:10
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tadashi posted:This feels like it was yesterday but it was actually forever ago. The one thing I can see for Morton is that he has such a high ground ball rate and the Astros infield is filled with good defenders who shift a lot, way more than any other team IIRC Of course that doesn't always work, last year in the playoffs the Royals were more than happy to hit into the holes in the shift
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Nov 16, 2016 21:13
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Gonz posted:So it turns out that one of the Tampa Bay voters went to fewer than 10 baseball games this entire season. I have this magic box that lets me watch baseball without attending the game tadashi posted:This, but the AP guy from Tampa voted Tanaka over Verlander in spite of less wins for Tanaka (but a better Win%) which just seems like a gently caress Justin Verlander vote. The MLB.com writer voted for Sanchez with his final vote, rather than Happ, because ~ERA~ even though Happ pitched 30 less innings than Verlander. I feel like this is in part AL East solidarity except wait wtf since when is division solidarity a thing
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Nov 17, 2016 19:15
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The Astros are actually doing something? I can't believe it Altuve Not super high on getting Reddick but it's probably going to be their biggest splash of the offseason Intruder fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Nov 18, 2016 |
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Nov 18, 2016 01:06
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Reddick/Marisnick/Springer is going to be one hell of a defensive outfield Or maybe Aoki/Reddick/Springer e: Looking at his RHP/LHP splits, ouch. Guess he'll be a platoon guy Intruder fucked around with this message at 01:27 on Nov 18, 2016 |
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Nov 18, 2016 01:22
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I defied my wife tonight By eating a half pound of sugar free gummi bears she told me absolutely not to eat more than three or four a day of Kill me
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Nov 18, 2016 10:03
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Inspector_666 posted:...why? They taste good It actually wasn't that bad, I posted thinking the worst was yet to come but I was good after that
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Nov 18, 2016 18:23
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Astros have outrighted Jon Singleton Their blackmail on him backfired
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Nov 20, 2016 02:14
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Inspector_666 posted:I had a ton of couches between 18-24, although looking back, we probably shouldn't have been sitting on any of them for hygienic reasons. I have young children so my couches never seem to last long What is it with kids and jumping on couches when there's a trampoline?
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Nov 21, 2016 17:33
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IcePhoenix posted:My avatar is Teddy! It seems someone can't tell black men apart!
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Nov 21, 2016 21:46
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It was just a dumb joke but for realsies RBs aren't allowed to have single digit numbers IIRC
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Nov 21, 2016 22:03
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Prospect hugging is the dumbest thing, but made infinitely moreso when the trade your team made had a tangible impact on winning the championship I say this as someone who prospect hugs like loving crazy I remember how massive the return in the Hunter Pence traded appeared, and not a single one of those guys is any good
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Nov 21, 2016 23:30
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Also "We could still have won without Chapman" isn't a very good counter to "We did win with Chapman." The series was as close as it could be and went into extras in game freaking 7, and if you want to blame Chapman for it going into extras fine, but he probably would have pitched better if Maddon hadn't decided to use him for 4 outs in game 6 for some crazy reason
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Nov 21, 2016 23:33
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GoatSeeGuy posted:The entire Cubs infield is under long term control with Happ breathing down their necks. Even if the Cubs hadn't won the series (still feels weird to type that) it's not like it's a flawed thought process. If you have holes in the roster that's what prospects are for, one way or another and if the decision was Schwarber or 19 year old A Ball guy you're generally going to give up the asset that hasn't shown the ability to play in the majors. By all accounts Cashman wasn't so much as negotiating but giving his price list and there wasn't anything else of that caliber for sale. From the sounds of it the Cubs had known for 4-5 days already that Rondon was hurting so something needed to be done. I can understand second guessing the trade at the time (which to his credit he did). I can understand second guessing the trade if you lose the WS. I can understand second guessing it if the Cubs win through utter blowout and clearly don't need Chapman. But we're talking a razor thin series where the Cubs were on the verge of elimination and Chapman played a huge role in staving that off. The Cubs won the WS and Chapman contributed a lot to it. Saying "Well someone else could probably have done the same thing" is just so mind boggling to me
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Nov 22, 2016 00:10
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I would sell the Astros entire farm for nothing but rentals and watch the team go back into the basement for a decade if it meant a single WS win and also that Donald Trump had lost
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Nov 22, 2016 00:27
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TheChaosPath posted:I will never understand how anyone could prefer their team winning one incredibly specific configuration of 11-12 games over many years of watching them win 80s to 90s of games, but I actually like baseball so Someone please tell me what flags do
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Nov 22, 2016 06:43
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A World Series win is a World Series win, but Torres could be anything! He could even help you win a World Series!
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I know the Cubs reached the very pinnacle of the sport, but have you considered that Torres might be really good in 2019 or 2020?
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