Dana Brown says he's not trading Christian Walker: "We haven't talked about Walker in a trade. Walker is our everyday first baseman. He will get some time off. We'll play Paredes there..."

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) November 12, 2025

Dana Brown said Isaac Paredes is about 65 percent recovered from his hamstring injury.

"We'll feel like he'll at least get to somewhere between 80 and 90 percent at the start of the spring and potentially be ready to go by Opening Day."

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) November 12, 2025

Some injury updates from Dana Brown here in Vegas

- Josh Hader has thrown off the mound three times and is progressing well
- Yordan Alvarez is jogging at 65-70 percent, but is expected to be ready for spring training
- Jeremy Peña and Jose Altuve are totally fine

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) November 12, 2025

Here’s a great story from Tyler about the Astros’ new hitting coach https://t.co/vSryFS3aR7

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) November 12, 2025

Dana Brown explained the thought process behind Houston's new-look hitting staff and why having such defined roles is a crucial part of it - https://t.co/IFHvc9JHOb

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) November 12, 2025

Dana Brown said the Astros are taking a "deep dive" into their return to play procedure.

"We felt like with all the injuries and using 60 players to get through the season, at times we felt that some of the guys came back a little sooner than we would’ve expected," Brown said.

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) November 12, 2025

Dana Brown said the Astros have "over 10 candidates that we're talking to" in search of a new farm director to replace Jacob Buffa. AGM Gavin Dickey is leading the search and Brown will get involved as the candidate pool narrows

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) November 12, 2025

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Dana Brown said Isaac Paredes is about 65 percent recovered from his hamstring injury.

"We'll feel like he'll at least get to somewhere between 80 and 90 percent at the start of the spring and potentially be ready to go by Opening Day."

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) November 12, 2025

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Mathguy64 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Dana Brown said Isaac Paredes is about 65 percent recovered from his hamstring injury.

"We'll feel like he'll at least get to somewhere between 80 and 90 percent at the start of the spring and potentially be ready to go by Opening Day."

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) November 12, 2025

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So what the ***.* was he in the playoffs???

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Dana Brown says he's not trading Christian Walker: "We haven't talked about Walker in a trade. Walker is our everyday first baseman. He will get some time off. We'll play Paredes there..."

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) November 12, 2025

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Ok so where is Isaac playing when CW is in the lineup?

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Mathguy64 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Dana Brown said Isaac Paredes is about 65 percent recovered from his hamstring injury.

"We'll feel like he'll at least get to somewhere between 80 and 90 percent at the start of the spring and potentially be ready to go by Opening Day."

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) November 12, 2025

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So what the ***.* was he in the playoffs???

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an at home cheerleader?

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Dana Brown said the Astros have to “firm up” their outfield. Part of that calculation: is Cam Smith the everyday right fielder? Brown made it clear today: Smith doesn’t have a guaranteed roster spot headed into spring training - https://t.co/jJFW8gnppn

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) November 13, 2025

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Hunter Brown finished third in American League Cy Young voting. He appeared on 29 of 30 ballots and received 24 third-place votes. The Astros get a draft pick after the first round in June's draft thanks to Brown's top-3 finish

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) November 13, 2025

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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nm

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Dana Brown says he's not trading Christian Walker: "We haven't talked about Walker in a trade. Walker is our everyday first baseman. He will get some time off. We'll play Paredes there..."

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) November 12, 2025

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Dana Brown said the Astros have to “firm up” their outfield. Part of that calculation: is Cam Smith the everyday right fielder? Brown made it clear today: Smith doesn’t have a guaranteed roster spot headed into spring training - https://t.co/jJFW8gnppn

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) November 13, 2025

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Farmer1906 said:

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Cardinals willing to move veterans this offseason, per @Ken_Rosenthal @katiejwoo.

That includes:
Nolan Arenado
Sonny Gray
Brendan Donovan
Lars Nootbaar

St. Louis is seeking cost-controlled pitching.

— Underdog MLB (@UnderdogMLB) November 13, 2025

Donovan and Noot, go get 1 or both.

Edit: Gray too. Cost controlled pitching? Bye Spaghetti, Alexander, and Pecko.

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Farmer1906 said:

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Cardinals willing to move veterans this offseason, per @Ken_Rosenthal @katiejwoo.

That includes:
Nolan Arenado
Sonny Gray
Brendan Donovan
Lars Nootbaar

St. Louis is seeking cost-controlled pitching.

— Underdog MLB (@UnderdogMLB) November 13, 2025

Donovan and Noot, go get 1 or both.

Edit: Gray too. Cost controlled pitching? Bye Spaghetti, Alexander, and Pecko.

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And play them where exactly?

Nootbaar is a LFer. Yordan, Altuve? They aren't going anywhere

Move Jose back to 2B you say? Then where is Paredes playing? You don't need Donovan at 2B. Or if you do you have way too many guys there.

If you want Donovan and Nootbaar, get rid of Paredes and someone else. Because 2B and LF is already a jumbled mess.

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Farmer1906 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Cardinals willing to move veterans this offseason, per @Ken_Rosenthal @katiejwoo.

That includes:
Nolan Arenado
Sonny Gray
Brendan Donovan
Lars Nootbaar

St. Louis is seeking cost-controlled pitching.

— Underdog MLB (@UnderdogMLB) November 13, 2025

Donovan and Noot, go get 1 or both.

Edit: Gray too. Cost controlled pitching? Bye Spaghetti, Alexander, and Pecko.

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And play them where exactly?

Nootbaar is a LFer. Yordan, Altuve? They aren't going anywhere

Move Jose back to 2B you say? Then where is Paredes playing? You don't need Donovan at 2B. Or if you do you have way too many guys there.

If you want Donovan and Nootbaar, get rid of Paredes and someone else. Because 2B and LF is already a jumbled mess.

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Lars can play all 3 OF spots. He played mainly CF in 23 and mainly RF in 24. His lefty bat would work well in this lineup.

Donovan makes less sense now but I wouldn't hate him at 2B and Altuve in LF.

Vs RHP
Paredes 1B
Donovan 2B
Pena SS
Correa 3B
Altuve LF
Nootbar CF
Sanchez RF
Alvarez DH

That's a stacked team.

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AggieJ2002 said:

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Padres up for sale. Could be good or bad for them. They have the fan support, and if they can find an owner that doesn't care about losing money short-term and is willing to eat some bad contracts, it changes their future

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Marvin said:

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Season giveaway box arrived. Lots of the screenprinted jerseys, bucket hats, bobbleheads, etc. some nice Framber memorabilia, lol.

Let me know if you remember something you wanted. I'll trade for a future beer at Daiken.

Oh, and there's a sweet corduroy pride hat for free- no strings attached.

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— Houston Astros (@astros) November 13, 2025