Squirmin' for Yermin

I'd much rather play the indians over the Astros..............

Seems to me to be a 2 man race for MVP.. Bieber vs. Abreu. This is the kind of year I totally can see them giving it to a SP, and at this point would have no problem with it being Bieber with the stats he has.

I am fine keeping in EE for 60% of the games.. However, with that said he needs to bat 7th. Mazara should be replaced by Engel primarily immediately.

1. Top end starter (can this come from Kopech/Cease/Dunning) 2. Bullpen 3. Bullpen

If he hits 5 HRs that would be great.. He will never be a high OPS guy and that's fine.. He can be super productive while having low OPS.. Mazara type guys cannot for reference

Yeah, why do we not at least give Flores a loook.

And you weren't good enough for the pros still.. sad.

Yeah he'd be outstanding.. But Madrigal isn't some scrub lol

But apart from Bauer there really is no one in the rotation that would be great additions... Sure some nice guys, but none that "put us over the top" for playoffs

Castellanos couldn't field and had 2 months of productivity. I'd call that a real bad comp

agreed with everything stated.

You absolutely cannot trade Grandal. 1. He is better. 2. If you trade a big FA after 1 year, you significantly hurt your chances for other FA when the money is close. 3. He is better.

His last 14 games his OPS is .900 and he has 6 HR. Give him time. It's middle May for him

They tried last year.

I also am a big fan of bringing in Springer. He is likely my #1 FA choice as well. I agree with everything you've said. I was nervous to watch the seasons of ALL Astros hitters and Springer and Altuve specifically have taken a large hit.. You now have to wonder if this is who they are if they don't know what pitch is coming. It certainly makes you more nervous and contemplate your decision more. I think he for sure gets a 4th year. I'll go 4 years - 100 million.

I still cannot get over why RR put Cordero in the game while Colome was warming up for over an inning.

Yeah I wanna start seeing some Cease K's

If he comes in with a runner on 2nd that runner does not count towards his ERA.

I see Cease has a FIP of 6.3.. Is this accurate? How could that be?

2-0 2-1 1-3 2-1 2-2 1-2 Gives me 10-9 prediction.

Absolutely not.. Not at this moment.. They have 1 hitter that would scare us in their system (Tork) and some great pitching. I've always been the low man on Mize but think Skubal and Manning will be legit. Either way their pitching will be great, hitting will be bad.. The bad news is, the pitching is ready NOW.. Hitting is nowhere to be found... Their rebuild will not be ready at the same time (like ours) which is a big deal. I don't see them having a window except maybe 4-5ish years down the line.

He has a .380 OBP

Because Engle isn't good enough to be in a strict platoon on a legit contender.. He is a perfect 4th outfielder for baserunning/defensive replacements every game and an occational start...

Having Singer would mean no Madrigal... pass.

Pass on Singer..