i see that the Fartlington bros already chach'd up their official season thread with bad juju

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Sources: Brendan Rodgers’ MLB salary would be $2 million.

He has at bat incentives for $50K each at 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450 plate appearances.

Plus some other incentives & opt outs on May 1 and June 1 if he’s not on 26-man roster. https://t.co/irYMewRWId pic.twitter.com/5j2iAVhbQw

— Ari Alexander (@AriA1exander) March 26, 2025

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This leads me to believe that the choice between Short and Rodgers was largely financial. We had to determine if Rodgers was going to be worth the $2-3M he's going to cost.

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i see that the Fartlington bros already chach'd up their official season thread with bad juju

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They can't even TexAgs properly

Surprise Surprise

Thanks for the ballots guys. I am now down the wormhole of Marvel announcing the cast for Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars and can no longer function but I will tally them all up by tomorrow first pitch

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Johnsy3 said:

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Just in case Joe Espada wanted to check Twitter for lineup and defensive positioning advice, here's what we all came up with ⬇️🤷🏻‍♂️

Easily wins 95 games and gets back to ALCS, right? pic.twitter.com/9X6vw9JB2m

— Astros Josh (@AstrosJosh) March 25, 2025

We'll see how much Dezenzo and Smith play, but this looks nice. Dubie plays 2-3x per week and Rodgers makes an appearance every week or so?

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assuming they are not bringing up the young bucks to sit...


did Dezenzo play LF this spring?

One thing that jumps out is that we have only one lefty in the lineup

In reply to Mr.Bond $300MM DH teehee

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Surprise Surprise

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Did Breggy actually play 2B and 3B during the spring? I know Devers was injured a while so I assumed Bregman was playing third at that time.

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Mr. Awesome Time said:

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When was the last time the AL was this wide open? Can't count Houston out with the pitching we have.

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According to ESPN that's one of the reasons we were counted out

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no longer have quite the pitching depth that they once did.

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Hmm. Okay, 4-letter network. Sure sounds like a lot of this on their part:

In reply to Bag I actually admire the front office for not getting too concerned with lefties and righties and just putting the best hitters they could on the roster. Dusty would hate it, but why carry a lefty just to have a lefty if you've got a righty that hits righties better than the lefty?

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I actually admire the front office for not getting too concerned with lefties and righties and just putting the best hitters they could on the roster. Dusty would hate it, but why carry a lefty just to have a lefty if you've got a righty that hits righties better than the lefty?

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I dont care, I just dont remember a houston team that had that level of ratio

In reply to Bag '98 Astros were very heavy on righties with the Killer Bs and Alou.

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iBrad said:

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'98 Astros were very heavy on righties with the Killer Bs and Alou.

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Was Everett the only LHH? And he was a switch hitter too.

In reply to superaggie73 Bill Spiers

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jetch17 said:

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i see that the Fartlington bros already chach'd up their official season thread with bad juju

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To be totally fair, prior to the 2022 season there was much consternation over who was gonna start our season thread so I said **** it and created that seasons thread. We won the WS that year.

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Mr.Bond said:

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Surprise Surprise

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Oooooooh Devers is NOT going to be happy about that

Season is finally here - let's go!

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The Original Houston 1836 said:

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I'll throw $50 in as well to make it a bit more worthwhile for the board to follow.


My picks:

• Ranger fans continue to be insufferable and have no sense of humor while also being terrified of girls.(FREE SPACE)
• Yordan makes the All-Star team
• Pena 17+ HR
• Lance McCullers starts an MLB game in 2025
• Lance McCullers gets an MLB win in 2025
• Alex Bregman 25+ HR
• Sacramento A's (stadium capacity 14,014) outdraw 2024 Oakland A's at home (11,386 average)
• Mike Trout plays 99 games or fewer
• A's win 75+ games
• Aaron Judge hits 55+ HR
• Aggie baseball team does nothing of the sort
• 85-89 win total
• Pena 20+ SB
• Jake Meyers goes crazy and hits .230 or better (min 250 AB)
• Aggie baseball team loses series at Disch-Falk in late April

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texasaggie2015 said:

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Bill Spiers

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I have his jersey.

In reply to Marvin One of my all time favorites. Just an absolute ball player.

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texasaggie2015 said:

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Bill Spiers

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I forgot about Spiers…an Astros great

I remember as a kid watching Spiers barehand a slow roller and go seemingly fully horizontal to throw the guy out at first. That one play put him on my all time favorites list.

The most interesting Spiers fact was that he was a punter at Clemson and served as their special teams coach until recently.

MLB Opening Day is upon us pic.twitter.com/dldXn0d1U4

— Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin_) March 26, 2025

In reply to AgSportsFan89 Yep. Punter

In reply to TyHolden I love that movie

In an upset, he is not! The Wilder Blue is singing it. https://t.co/W6wSevE6jp

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) March 27, 2025

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I love that movie

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This will always be my favorite clip from Bob from these movies. RIP to a legend

My picks:

Rangers fans insufferable... (Free space)

Astros have winning streak of 8+ (in season)

Yordan hits .300 or better

Yordan makes the All-Star team

Altuve makes the All-Star team

Altuve .300+ AVG

Framber makes the All-Star team

Hader makes the All-Star team

Hader strikes out 100+ batters

Dodgers win 108+ games

Mike Trout plays 100 games or more

Astros end May in 1st place

Astros end June in 1st place

Bryan Abreu 30+ Holds

Yordan 90+ RBI

Mickey Moniak lands with the Rockies pic.twitter.com/2F2tKhrwmk

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) March 27, 2025

We could have done that

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redline248 said:

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I love that movie

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This will always be my favorite clip from Bob from these movies. RIP to a legend

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It would be a perfect clip except the rangerettes won 6-1.

In reply to The Original Houston 1836

• Ranger fans continue to be insufferable and have no sense of humor while also being terrified of girls.(FREE SPACE)
• 90-94 win total
• Astros win AL West
• Yordan 35+ HR
• Altuve scores 90+ runs
• Altuve .300+ AVG
• Diaz 25+ HR
• Diaz grounds into 19 or fewer double plays
• Jake Meyers goes crazy and hits .230 or better (min 250 AB)
• Framber 15+ wins
• Hader 35+ saves
• Rangers make the playoffs
• Dodgers win twice as many games as White Sox
• Mike Trout plays 99 games or fewer
• Aggie baseball team loses series at Disch-Falk in late April (Hoping to just get a W, be thrilled to get this one wrong)

In reply to The Original Houston 1836 I'm so excited for baseball to start. I need the distraction more than ever right now, and I'm really looking forward to watching these guys go out and prove a lot of people wrong this year!

Missed out on the bingo last year, but I am in this time!

Ranger fans continue to be insufferable and have no sense of humor while also being terrified of girls.(FREE SPACE)

Astros win Opening Day

Astros win AL West

Yordan makes the All-Star team

Paredes 25+ HR

Hunter 14+ wins

Araghetti 12+ wins

Rangers miss the playoffs (again)

Sacramento A's (stadium capacity 14,014) outdraw 2024 Oakland A's at home (11,386 average)

Mike Trout plays 100 games or more

Lance McCullers starts an MLB game in 2025

Lance McCullers gets an MLB win in 2025

Rafael Montero's ERA is lower than 4.50

Yordan 90+ RBI