Bonfired said:

---

Like some others, I mostly lurked…threw in a bit here and there, but not much to say that hasn't already been said.

Just to reinforce the point about losing too many games to bad teams, we're going to miss the playoffs after going 8-1 against the Dodgers, Phillies and Cubs.

Espada to me would make a decent "good cop" bench coach, but this group needed a "bad cop" at times and there wasn't one on this coaching staff. To be fair, that dude wasn't on our roster, either. The Framber-Salazar situation was not handled well on any level.

Will be an interesting offseason.

---

So much of baseball is timing, we got those three teams in a 2 week stretch when the power of friendship and black magic was at a yearly high.

Ag_07 said:

---

Bioish said:

---

Watching Altuve half-a*** it really ticked me off.

---

This didn't age well

Just a reminder these guys are dealing with shlt we have no clue about.

Props to Jose for nutting up and toughing it out. GOAT

---

To me that makes that entire end of game moves by Joe even more indefensible against the Blue Jays. Urias is a better runner and fielder than altuve even when 100%….

I think firing both just dooms you for the next few years because they won't find a GM in time to do what needs to be done. They'll just keep the same players and sign some aging players because Crane and Bagwell love plucking guys from the baseball version of independent living.

I'm indifferent towards Dana. I think he's done enough to deserve another year, but if management lets him go I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

It's more than fair to say that Espada isn't a big league manager. He seems to be a great bench coach, but some guys just don't have the makeup to be the guy in charge and that seems to be true of Joe. It would be very underwhelming if he's managing the squad next season

EastCoastAgNc said:

---

GigEmMortis said:

---

I'm indifferent towards Dana. I think he's done enough to deserve another year, but if management lets him go I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

It's more than fair to say that Espada isn't a big league manager. He seems to be a great bench coach, but some guys just don't have the makeup to be the guy in charge and that seems to be true of Joe. It would be very underwhelming if he's managing the squad next season

---

I'm not arguing he should stay, I'm arguing the timing of it. Fire Joe this year, pick up Dana's option, and start searching for a president of baseball operations. Have him in place by the end of next year, fire Dana, and that way you have some continuity into the 26 offseason rather than letting the council of old men run wild on raiding the free agency retirement home.

---

I agree with all of this

EastCoastAgNc said:

---

https://t.co/FdT1ldeZLT

— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) September 28, 2025

Get ready for another Jeff Bagwell off-season

---

Dana's done enough for another year, but does Crane plan to offer Dana an extension ? If not and he has a new GM, that's not Ausmus, in mind, I'd say make both changes. Why hire a HC only when the GM supporting him is gone a year later?

Mathguy64 said:

---

.202/.283/.343 19 total xBH, 8 HR 34 RBI
.265/.311/.482 33 xBH and 19 HR, 54 RBI

One of those was CW at home. One of the was CW on the road. That's .167 difference home vs road.

Road CW is a top 5 1B. I would take that all day long.

He didn't cost this team the playoffs, but if he's not so abysmal at home we are in.

---

Next year you put him on the IL with discomfort and bring him back for the road.

Dana has done a pretty good job. He had pieces together this roster through all the injuries and the philosophy of pushing players through the system to see if they are worth anything on the Major League roster is working.

They rushed Cam, and he was pretty decent before hitting the rookie wall. Whitcomb had shown that he looks like a AAA player. Leon is oft injured and may not amount to anything. Cole deserves a shot.

For pitching, Blubaugh, Murray and Costanza look like they can contribute. VanWey looks like another Forrest Whitley.

Dana has an eye for talent. He was hamstring by financials and through all the injuries was able to cobble together a competitive roster.

It's too bad Joe didn't know how to make it work.

Regarding Altuve: if the for was so bad, he should have gone on the IL and Urias should have been at 2nd. I know we grabbed him for help at 3rd, but once we got CC, a beat up Altuve should have gotten some rest -- even in a pennant race.

looking for another big game for Walker in the finale today

pump up those numbers

W said:

---

looking for another big game for Walker in the finale today

pump up those ROAD numbers

---

FIFY.

Jacob Melton is with the Astros for game 162. Jeremy Peña is on the injured list with his left oblique strain.

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) September 28, 2025

linkdude said:

---

Feels like the first offseason transaction besides giving Framber the QO has to be resigning Caratini

---

Trading walker is the big move. Assuming Paredes is healthy to start he's got to be 1B. He's not playing SS or 3B and Jose has to go back to 2B. One of Paredes or Walker is out of a position.

I guess you could move Paredes to LF but that's even a bigger move.

We just need some pop, need a 40 hr kind of guy

Rustys-Beef-o-Reeno said:

---

We just need some pop, need a 40 hr kind of guy

---

We need some resilient guys, 150. games a year type of players

Hopefully this is just Dana speak and Jim overrides him. Fire Joe

CFTXAG10 said:

---

Just put a few of our guys on the Cal Raleigh "Nutrition Program"

---

Randy Arozarena brought his chicken and rice with him when he got there last year. Seems Raleigh likes it