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Leon Barry
Yeah the 2012 Angels world series was a great one….
Ross G.
lol yeah it was a classic man!
Jeff Todd
In Steve’s defense, he was forced to work from Starbucks all evening. He probably can’t see straight after downing 3 mocha frappuccini and a dozen cupcake lollipops just to get the baristas to let him stay.
(I had to take over for him because he got the boot, haha.)
ffdshow
How does it constitue a losing environment if the Astro farm teams are pretty good?
tesseract
Bud Selig is a manager now?
Kevin D. 2
apparently so
Sufferfortribe
The article makes it sound like he’s the manager of the Astros.
Haven’t they suffered enough?
Mikenmn
The Carleton piece is fascinating. The Astros can make the gamble because their poor on the field performance, subsidized by the rest of MLB, allows them to get more young players. That surplus gives them more kids to burn out, so, net net, the team is ahead. Modern baseball metrics at their best.
Brolaf
Incase you haven’t noticed… The Astros are 54 – 55 since May 11. Also, we have currently won 5 straight series against playoff contending teams. This is the first year we’ve had any of our top prospects up in the show. Despite the last 3 losing seasons. Kuechel, Altuve, and Carter have all progressed to All Star level players. So, I’m not sure what young talent he is referring to.
Mikenmn
I’m not criticizing the players on the team. It’s the strategy that’s interesting–and Carelton acknowledges that the team is improving and that on a net basis, this approach works. Maybe it will be a model for other teams to follow–finding and exploiting the current rules in the CBA on drafting and revenue sharing.
Spencer Smith
Don’t all those catchers all have experience as recent players with the organizations they manage, so wouldn’t it follow that Molina wouldn’t be, a fit for the astros?