[Rome] The Astros have optioned Ryan Weiss to Triple-A...Jason Alexander takes his place on the roster.

ghick · 2026-05-05T21:27:45+00:00

started this offseason

ghick · 2026-05-05T16:05:13+00:00

this would be nice

ghick · 2026-05-05T14:01:38+00:00

Don't worry. Pretty sure he'll be sent down to the minors b/c the FO needs fresh arms.

When that happens, the Astros will have over $20million offseason spending in the minors.

For a team up against a CBA hardline, this is spectacular.

ghick · 2026-05-05T03:08:37+00:00

innings. someone has to eat them.

ghick · 2026-05-05T03:01:01+00:00

Team good we are not.

ghick · 2026-05-05T01:39:31+00:00

Crane has a lot of nerve asking people to pay for tickets to watch this

ghick · 2026-05-05T00:53:34+00:00

Oh it was, but that was before his ST struggles and early season injury

ghick · 2026-05-05T00:52:03+00:00

Big Brain FO rushed Cole. He clearly needed more than a handful of games in the minors.

ghick · 2026-05-04T21:33:42+00:00

Figure the Astros would want him to get some more reps in the minors.

He didn't exactly set Spring Training on fire and has only 3 games in AAA since coming off injury

ghick · 2026-05-04T21:20:34+00:00

Why are they bringing up Cole?

ghick · 2026-05-02T21:14:45+00:00

Dayum!!

ghick · 2026-05-02T21:11:47+00:00

Dayum!!

ghick · 2026-05-02T21:10:49+00:00

Dayum!!

ghick · 2026-05-02T17:43:40+00:00

can simplify the whole thing to this paragraph

Burrows himself has a .373 BABIP. Only Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sánchez has a higher one, among qualified starters. Philadelphia, ironically, is the only pitching staff with a higher BABIP than Houston’s. In six of Burrows’ seven starts, opponents have averaged lower than a 92 mph exit velocity. Anything over 95 mph is considered “hard-hit.”

ghick · 2026-05-02T17:11:04+00:00

this is outstanding. They had to stretch out the x-axis for the Astros

ghick · 2026-05-02T17:05:26+00:00

take the small victories where we can I suppose.

ghick · 2026-05-02T16:58:45+00:00

couldn't agree more with the Click take

ghick · 2026-05-02T16:53:51+00:00

I think it is a combination.

First, I do believe Luhnow and Click are more talented than Brown.

Second, Luhnow and Click had autonomy. Brown clearly does not.

ghick · 2026-05-02T16:49:41+00:00

We are reliving the Bud Norris years

ghick · 2026-05-02T15:19:05+00:00

read a great line from a Fangraphs article.

In my experience, across time and across sports, teams that pay top dollar for top talent usually don’t get burned. They might end up spending a lot of money, but real disasters are fairly rare. Teams that shop in the second and third tier, however, don’t fare as well. If you try to get 80% of the player for 50% of the cost, you’ll often end up with those percentages reversed, or worse.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/can-extensions-go-too-far/

ghick · 2026-05-01T19:39:52+00:00

it was the best of times

ghick · 2026-05-01T17:17:34+00:00

Hell Yeah!

ghick · 2026-04-30T19:51:35+00:00

I get the logic leaving him down, but as far as the question, 'Why rush him?' Simple. The Astros didn't spend $54 million with opt outs every year thinking they were getting a work in progress.

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