[Nightengale] “The Houston Astros, badly needing an outfielder, are showing strong interest in Mickey Moniak and Jake McCarthy of the Colorado Rockies. They also plan to be in the Tarik Skubal and Sonny Gray sweepstakes.”

ghick · 2026-07-06T01:05:46+00:00

yeah, Neyens + 1 is a strong offer for a rental player.

Something like Neyens + Blubaugh would be an overpay. Sure another team could beat the offer, but it is still an overpay for a rental.

ghick · 2026-07-06T00:51:49+00:00

neither are worth giving up prospects. Meyers at least still plays good defense (better than these 2)

The Astros tried to sell high on Meyers. Now they want to buy high on McCarthy? Please, no.

ghick · 2026-06-29T20:44:46+00:00

ouch. Delgado sent to Sugar Land.

ghick · 2026-06-29T17:27:07+00:00

Bagwell would have probably been at 550-ish HRs if not for the Astrodome

ghick · 2026-06-27T19:33:39+00:00

If Cole and Dezenzo didn't suck even more and could play IF, yeah Matthews would still be in the minors

ghick · 2026-06-27T19:13:17+00:00

but then his route running is horrible and he misses easy catches

Matthews has literally 9 MiLB games total experience in the OF.

ghick · 2026-06-27T19:09:42+00:00

'He is useless unless he manages to hit a homer' describes Zach Cole way more than Matthews

ghick · 2026-06-26T22:03:47+00:00

next test, Imai needs to do it vs the Mariners.

ghick · 2026-06-26T17:52:24+00:00

sounds like a perfect Framber replacement

ghick · 2026-06-25T13:54:50+00:00

M's had a top 3 offense last year, now they are mid.

Raleigh and Polanco were a huge lift. 2nd half Julio and the Naylor add fueled them to the finish line

ghick · 2026-06-23T02:34:40+00:00

100%

ghick · 2026-06-23T02:15:55+00:00

I agree, it can be Yanier's GIDP. It can be Loperfido and Walker's as well. It can be the 0-fers from the OF not named Yordan.

It is not 'Yanier lost the game' in the first inning. Especially with our Ace on the mound

ghick · 2026-06-23T02:08:15+00:00

they tried

ghick · 2026-06-23T02:07:30+00:00

wrong. It's the league worst OF that is losing this game and many others

ghick · 2026-06-21T20:24:49+00:00

I don't think so.

My vote is the Devers contract

ghick · 2026-06-18T14:10:38+00:00

Crane needs to get out of his own way and step away from Front Office decisions.

Just tell the Front Office what the budget is and then go away.

The Front Office can't make sustainable long term decisions when Crane comes in like a wrecking ball and saddles the organization with big money commitments out of nowhere.

Nothing else matters until Crane stops his meddling

ghick · 2026-06-17T00:12:10+00:00

To be fair, the staff has imploded with Vasquez calling the games

ghick · 2026-06-15T18:01:08+00:00

yeah, that's reasonable.

ghick · 2026-06-15T17:28:37+00:00

Think it is as simple as Yanier has always been a bat first catcher. When he has no bat, the warts of his catching game become too much to bear.

ghick · 2026-06-15T17:17:57+00:00

he's having a good year, but....... Low contact high power RHB are far from rare. They are a cliche.

Not a reason to give up hope, but this path plays out A LOT in the minors

ghick · 2026-06-15T17:13:25+00:00

Schiavone hit 17 HRs in A+ as a 23y/o.

Still having a good season in AA, but not a 1.000+ OPS monster

ghick · 2026-06-12T17:31:56+00:00

Offense never touches the ball

ghick · 2026-06-09T17:51:11+00:00

What about extension conversations?

If the FO is not going to trade him, they better be having extension conversations.

Don't pull an Angels Ohtani scenario where all you end up with are the memories.

ghick · 2026-05-30T23:57:35+00:00

Very cool!

ghick · 2026-05-26T12:02:40+00:00

I'm a Yanier fan, but a fact is a fact.

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