You guys impress the shit out of me because frankly I want to tar and feather Mr. Crane and take him out to the King Ranch to dry. Hope to be proven wrong yet again.
Watched some video of Wesneski and he immediately reminded me of Phil Maton. His breaking ball looks a lot like Phil’s.
Dana saying he will be given every chance to start.
For me, it all depends on what Brown does the remainder of the offseason. If he can trade Pressly for help in either the outfield or first base (Cedric Mullins or Ryan Mountcastle in Baltimore or Starling Marte with the Mets, as examples) and sign one of Bregman, Christian Walker, Pete Alonso, Anthony Santander or Teoscar Hernandez, the Astros will still be really good. Fail to sign one of the big free agent hitters remaining, and I’ll feel differently.
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Right now that makes sense. They have Framber (for now), Brown, Blanco and Arrighetti. Who knows how Garcia will look in Spring Training, and you can’t count on anything from McCullers.
Imagine you had a reservation at Turner’s Cut
But instead you decided to
- Go to Texas Roadhouse 3 times
- Go to Applebee’s 5 times
- Go to a new unknown restaurant, when it opens next year, 6 times.
Looks like he gives up quite a few HR.
2023. 89.1 innings 20 dingers.
It got a little better in 2024.
I don’t claim to have any connections. I’m not getting any exclusive information
But…
My buddy is a scout for the Marlins. He’s a Cubs fan. He thinks this was a mutually beneficial trade. There’s both “immediate needs filled for the Astros” and “an a-list prospect that the Astro organization lacks at the moment”.
Just passing this along.
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I do not lament the trade. Tucker had many opportunities to extend, and he appeared to not be interested. He was not going to sign with Houston and was going to walk away like Springer, Correa, and the ever-cursed Cole. I applaud the trade and hope the guys coming back will help the winning continue. I am glad he did not go to NYY.
I am not going to miss Tucker. As I have said, his public persona seemed to me to be aloof and disinterested. I probably am wrong about him, but I did not feel as strongly about keeping him him as I did about the above-mentioned ex-pats.
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I hope they/we can find a good RF, Tucker was pretty damn good out there
This is where I come down as well. I never bonded with Tucker for whatever reason.
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Ditto. Fantastic ballplayer, absolutely a loss on the field, just not a guy I got emotionally attached to.
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There were times that Tucker didn’t look as if he was giving his all out on the field. That always bothered me. I have no doubt that Crane and Brown tried to extend his contract. Money and greed are the reasons that he was traded. I did not like seeing him leave as he was a very good player but at least we didn’t have to see him walk for nothing like Springer, Cole, Keuchel and Correa. I hope we don’t have to add Bregman to that list.
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Letting the others walk was a luxury they could afford.
No longer.
Even if none of these guys pan out it was the right thing to do.
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Springer and Cole wanted to walk.
Correa was a management decision.
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Seems to me that Correa was offered $160mm over 5 years. It was Correa’s decision to leave.
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What’s the status of Javier?
Regardless of whose decision it was to let Springer, Correa and Cole play out their final year a walk away, the Astros could somewhat afford to let them go for draft pick compensation at that time. We no longer have the talent in the system to allow that to happen. That is the biggest reason why this move had to be made with Tucker It’s the same reason why it needs to be done with Valdez if they determine they can’t sign him.
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I think it’s mostly Tucker’s reserved personality. He’s just not a rah-rah kind of guy or a guy who is comfortable being out front. Frankly, we probably would have thought the same of Jeff Bagwell had the times been the same. That’s just my opinion, of course.
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I agree with that. He doesn’t do “hustle face” on the field and isn’t outspoken, but it doesn’t mean he doesn’t give it his all. I think it does have something to do with why some of us don’t feel as connected to him, but it’s not really a knock on him.
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While not a rah rah on the field kind of guy, I think Bagwell was still a leader and set examples on how to play the game with respect.
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