Which bats are coming back? Not Yordan or Jake

redline248 said:

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Which bats are coming back? Not Yordan or Jake

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Rodgers?

Meanwhile my boy Joey Loperfido is slaughtering the ball in his 22-game callup to the red-hot Blue Jays. .375 with a .967 OPS, all gone for 2 months of hot Asian gifs in '24.

Drunken Overseas Bettor said:

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Meanwhile my boy Joey Loperfido is slaughtering the ball in his 22-game callup to the red-hot Blue Jays. .375 with a .967 OPS, all gone for 2 months of hot Asian gifs in '24.

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Must be something to do with the Toronto hitting coaches or something…

Noooooo

/TexAgs posters

#Astros last 40 days
⚾Offense (MLB Rank)
.257 BA (5th)
.319 OBP (10)
144 runs (T-15)
.408 SLG (16)
⚾️- the point I keep making on #TheATeam - plenty of baserunners (singles & walks!), but so little slug, thus so few runs
🧢Pitching
4.27 ERA (16)
1.27 WHIP (16)
.254 BAA (21)… pic.twitter.com/FueALg6gVY

— Adam Wexler (@AdamJWexler) August 4, 2025

EastCoastAgNc said:

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#Astros last 40 days
⚾Offense (MLB Rank)
.257 BA (5th)
.319 OBP (10)
144 runs (T-15)
.408 SLG (16)
⚾️- the point I keep making on #TheATeam - plenty of baserunners (singles & walks!), but so little slug, thus so few runs
🧢Pitching
4.27 ERA (16)
1.27 WHIP (16)
.254 BAA (21)… pic.twitter.com/FueALg6gVY

— Adam Wexler (@AdamJWexler) August 4, 2025

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Two words that we are terrible at…situational hitting. We don't bunt strategically, we don't steal bases enough, we don't hit behind runners, we don't hit sac flies. We swing for the fences and pound the ball into the ground right at the shortstop when we have runners on base. We get plenty of hits and have plenty of baserunners, but we have an absolutely braindead set of hitters when it comes to what to do with runners on base ahead of them.

jetch17 said:

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Some rando dad on my flight to Pitt says his son is an orthopedic who works with the team says "Yordan will be back this season"… to which I said 'the medical team licks' (which garnered a look)

So, out for year likely

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Did you ask the Dad what Caribbean medical school his son and the rest of the medical staff attended?

txags92 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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#Astros last 40 days
⚾Offense (MLB Rank)
.257 BA (5th)
.319 OBP (10)
144 runs (T-15)
.408 SLG (16)
⚾️- the point I keep making on #TheATeam - plenty of baserunners (singles & walks!), but so little slug, thus so few runs
🧢Pitching
4.27 ERA (16)
1.27 WHIP (16)
.254 BAA (21)… pic.twitter.com/FueALg6gVY

— Adam Wexler (@AdamJWexler) August 4, 2025

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Two words that we are terrible at…situational hitting. We don't bunt strategically, we don't steal bases enough, we don't hit behind runners, we don't hit sac flies. We swing for the fences and pound the ball into the ground right at the shortstop when we have runners on base. We get plenty of hits and have plenty of baserunners, but we have an absolutely braindead set of hitters when it comes to what to do with runners on base ahead of them.

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Also, the pitching has fallen off a cliff. Good pitching made up for a lot of the offensive issues up to this point.

The conversations between the Astros and Twins for Correa go all the way back to February, from what I was told. As with most trades, they don't happen overnight but take months to figure out.

As we got close to the deadline, I can confirm Christian Walker was being discussed…

— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) August 4, 2025

Christian Walker has played in 50 games since the start of June and is slashing .269/.332/.435 in 214 PA's.

I'm glad Dana shut that down quickly. https://t.co/mvyAGwEbEi

— Jeremy Branham (@JeremyBranham) August 4, 2025

Wasn't able to keep up with everything over the weekend but I liked what I saw from the new guys.

CC looks pretty locked in at the plate and seems like he can handle 3B just fine. Sanchez is rough around the edges but had some pretty good ABs and doesn't get cheated on swings.

I'll also say watching Bregman make defensive gem after defensive gem all series was frustrating as hell. Makes you realize what opponents have been feeling for the past however many years he was doing that in the orange and white. Dude is a gamer any way you slice it.

EastCoastAgNc said:

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The conversations between the Astros and Twins for Correa go all the way back to February, from what I was told. As with most trades, they don't happen overnight but take months to figure out.

As we got close to the deadline, I can confirm Christian Walker was being discussed…

— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) August 4, 2025

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Im assuming this was in place of Minnesota having to eat 33 million of CC1s contract

Can someone explain why I saw Hummel play yesterday and Melton is with Sugar Land?

Strategy said:

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Can someone explain why I saw Hummel play yesterday and Melton is with Sugar Land?

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Assuming they want Melton playing every day and the extra OF with the MLB team is only going to get a few spot starts here and there.

txags92 said:

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Strategy said:

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Can someone explain why I saw Hummel play yesterday and Melton is with Sugar Land?

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Assuming they want Melton playing every day and the extra OF with the MLB team is only going to get a few spot starts here and there.

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Yep

texasaggie2015 said:

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txags92 said:

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Strategy said:

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Can someone explain why I saw Hummel play yesterday and Melton is with Sugar Land?

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Assuming they want Melton playing every day and the extra OF with the MLB team is only going to get a few spot starts here and there.

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Yep

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Melton has options. Hummel doesn't. And Hummel is a switch hitter.

I suspect it's a little of this and a little of that.

EastCoastAgNc said:

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txags92 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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#Astros last 40 days
⚾Offense (MLB Rank)
.257 BA (5th)
.319 OBP (10)
144 runs (T-15)
.408 SLG (16)
⚾️- the point I keep making on #TheATeam - plenty of baserunners (singles & walks!), but so little slug, thus so few runs
🧢Pitching
4.27 ERA (16)
1.27 WHIP (16)
.254 BAA (21)… pic.twitter.com/FueALg6gVY

— Adam Wexler (@AdamJWexler) August 4, 2025

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Two words that we are terrible at…situational hitting. We don't bunt strategically, we don't steal bases enough, we don't hit behind runners, we don't hit sac flies. We swing for the fences and pound the ball into the ground right at the shortstop when we have runners on base. We get plenty of hits and have plenty of baserunners, but we have an absolutely braindead set of hitters when it comes to what to do with runners on base ahead of them.

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Also, the pitching has fallen off a cliff. Good pitching made up for a lot of the offensive issues up to this point.

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I wanted an arm badly - some on here strongly disagreed and I understand because there was a big need for bats as well.

Spencer should be fine once he gets ramped back up - that's a plus.

I have no faith in Luis Garcia. He's extremely out of shape. The organization is managing their expectations here as well. Edit to add: I know before the injury the team had planned on transitioning him into a high leverage bullpen arm. They think his stuff could be elite out of the bullpen. I'm not sure if that's still the plan, but I believe it is.

Javier could turn out just fine but will need time to get ramped back up. He looked bad his last rehab start but I'm not too concerned yet. It's just going to take time - the concern isn't "if" but "when" as far as him contributing.

LMJ is LMJ. I personally think his days as a legitimate contributor are behind him.

I think you'll take anything you can get from JP France.

I think the prayer here is that by mid-to-late-August you can have a rotation with Valdez, Brown, Arrighetti, Javier, and Walter with Gordon and Alexander as depth pieces.

the Astros position player group for 2026 looks very strong

Correa, Pena, Paredes, Walker

Sanchez, Jake, Cam, Altuve, Yordan

Urias, Dubon, and Yainer

all under contract

texasaggie2015 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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txags92 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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#Astros last 40 days
⚾Offense (MLB Rank)
.257 BA (5th)
.319 OBP (10)
144 runs (T-15)
.408 SLG (16)
⚾️- the point I keep making on #TheATeam - plenty of baserunners (singles & walks!), but so little slug, thus so few runs
🧢Pitching
4.27 ERA (16)
1.27 WHIP (16)
.254 BAA (21)… pic.twitter.com/FueALg6gVY

— Adam Wexler (@AdamJWexler) August 4, 2025

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Two words that we are terrible at…situational hitting. We don't bunt strategically, we don't steal bases enough, we don't hit behind runners, we don't hit sac flies. We swing for the fences and pound the ball into the ground right at the shortstop when we have runners on base. We get plenty of hits and have plenty of baserunners, but we have an absolutely braindead set of hitters when it comes to what to do with runners on base ahead of them.

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Also, the pitching has fallen off a cliff. Good pitching made up for a lot of the offensive issues up to this point.

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I wanted an arm badly - some on here strongly disagreed and I understand because there was a big need for bats as well.

Spencer should be fine once he gets ramped back up - that's a plus.

I have no faith in Luis Garcia. He's extremely out of shape. The organization is managing their expectations here as well. Edit to add: I know before the injury the team had planned on transitioning him into a high leverage bullpen arm. They think his stuff could be elite out of the bullpen. I'm not sure if that's still the plan, but I believe it is.

Javier could turn out just fine but will need time to get ramped back up. He looked bad his last rehab start but I'm not too concerned yet. It's just going to take time - the concern isn't "if" but "when" as far as him contributing.

LMJ is LMJ. I personally think his days as a legitimate contributor are behind him.

I think you'll take anything you can get from JP France.

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That response was a glass half empty.

SpaceCityAg05 said:

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I think the prayer here is that by mid-to-late-August you can have a rotation with Valdez, Brown, Arrighetti, Javier, and Walter with Gordon and Alexander as depth pieces.

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Have we heard anything about Walker lately?

Strategy said:

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Can someone explain why I saw Hummel play yesterday and Melton is with Sugar Land?

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There's just one reason for it:

Alexander vs a pitcher we wanted tonight

Sandy Alcantara starting for the Marlins tonight

he's been bad this year, but great in his last 2 starts

neutral splits OPS-wise

texasaggie2015 said:

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LMJ is LMJ. I personally think his days as a legitimate contributor are behind him.

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I'm sure someone posted it here and I missed it, but on Twitter someone had put that LMJ had pitched 88 innings for the Astros between Correa's last game with the team in 2021 and playing again on Friday.

They expect him to start throwing off a mound early next week

On the bullpen side, have you heard any chatter considering a Ullola callup ala Josh James in 2018?

I haven't.

I know for him the big issue is he still walks a ton of guys but his stuff is flat out disgusting. His fastball is similar to Javier's - but probably better.

If he can cut down on walks he's going to be very good. Some guys are able to do that, some aren't. But the potential is high enough to where they did not want to move him last week.

They project him as a high end starter.

I'm hopeful on Arighetti and Javier. Garcia I'm not counting on anything for 2025. Just hoping he's fine in 2026

To me France is the 5 starter who you hope can be decent sometimes

The silver lining with the Arrighetti injury is once he gets ramped back up he should have plenty left in the tank down the stretch.

tjack16 said:

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I'm hopeful on Arighetti and Javier. Garcia I'm not counting on anything for 2025. Just hoping he's fine in 2026

To me France is the 5 starter who you hope can be decent sometimes

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After seeing the stat where France was topping out at 91/92 on his fastball in his rehab starts, I really have doubts that he will be able to contribute in a meaningful way unless he is absolutely pinpointing the edges ala Dallas Keuchel 2015

GigEmMortis said:

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tjack16 said:

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I'm hopeful on Arighetti and Javier. Garcia I'm not counting on anything for 2025. Just hoping he's fine in 2026

To me France is the 5 starter who you hope can be decent sometimes

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After seeing the stat where France was topping out at 91/92 on his fastball in his rehab starts, I really have doubts that he will be able to contribute in a meaningful way unless he is absolutely pinpointing the edges ala Dallas Keuchel 2015

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They aren't going to empty the tank after coming off a serious injury. They're ramping up.

GigEmMortis said:

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tjack16 said:

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I'm hopeful on Arighetti and Javier. Garcia I'm not counting on anything for 2025. Just hoping he's fine in 2026

To me France is the 5 starter who you hope can be decent sometimes

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After seeing the stat where France was topping out at 91/92 on his fastball in his rehab starts, I really have doubts that he will be able to contribute in a meaningful way unless he is absolutely pinpointing the edges ala Dallas Keuchel 2015

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So he's throwing about the same speed as previous?

See you on City Connect Monday!

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— Houston Astros (@astros) August 4, 2025