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Grossman gets "sired?" lol

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He was knighted after his game winner against the strangers

Grossman pisses off just about every fan base...I'll give him that

@richardjustice: Astros DH Chris Carter leads MLB in HRs (17), RBIs (42), slugging (.675) and OPS (1.020) since July 1.

Wow the Astros are 11-38 when they don't hit a home run.

From mlbtraderumors today:

11:46am: “There’s nothing to report, nothing going on there,” Astros owner Jim Crane tells Mark Berman of FOX 26 Houston (Twitter link) in regards to a possible Aiken deal.

11:25am: The Astros could still end up signing first overall draft pick Brady Aiken, and “the expectation from those close to the negotiation” is that the two sides will reach an agreement around the time of Jacob Nix‘s grievance hearing, Fangraphs’ Kiley McDaniel reports (Twitter links). The MLBPA filed the grievance on Nix’s behalf last month, and the hearing will reportedly be held during the offseason.

As McDaniel puts it, the possibility of Aiken inking a deal beyond the July 18th deadline for signing draft picks is an “MLB’s discretion situation.” It had been presumed that Houston had forfeited their right to sign Aiken (plus Nix and 21st-rounder Mac Marshall) when they couldn’t reach agreements with any of the players by July 18th. In failing to sign Aiken, the Astros received the second overall pick in the 2015 draft as compensation.

Aiken had a verbal agreement in place with the Astros just a few days after he was selected as the #1 pick in the 2014 draft, but no official deal was finalized due to the team’s concerns over Aiken’s unusually small UCL, a detail discovered during a post-draft physical. This led Houston to drop their offer from the agreed-upon $6.5MM bonus (which was already over $1.4MM below the assigned slot price of the first overall pick) to $5MM. This set off a chain reaction that caused the Astros to pull their $1.5MM agreement with Nix off the table, as signing Nix at that price would’ve put the Astros over their draft pool limit and put them in danger of facing penalties such as the loss of two future first-round picks.

Needless to say, it would be surprising to see Aiken wind up wearing Astros orange given the harsh words that Casey Close (the agent for both Aiken and Nix) had for the organization and GM Jeff Luhnow in the wake of the controversy. As it stands, Aiken would have to either attend a junior college and re-enter the draft next year or commit to a college and not be able to turn pro for three more years. It’s possible the high schooler is simply eager to begin his professional career and/or wants some financial security now, given that anything could happen to lower his stock over the next 1-3 years.

For the Astros, signing Aiken would help the team save face after it was widely criticized for its handling of the situation. Aiken has until September 1 to file a grievance himself, though that deadline could be extended.

I don't want Aiken unless we get Nix and the LSU kid.

Keuchel dealin today. Just too bad the bats fell asleep

Pretty good showing by Keuchel today, but just couldn't get our bats together.

Fastest game in new Yankee Stadium at 2:07

4 hits? That's all we got, was 4 g*ddamned hits?

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I don't want Aiken unless we get Nix and the LSU kid.

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Agree. I'd rather have the #2 pick next year, unless somehow we would lose a grievance, which I don't think will happen.

[This message has been edited by Basketball & Chain (edited 8/21/2014 6:28p).]

Well I'd think that if it came about because of the Nix grievence then we'd probably get both.

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4 hits? That's all we got, was 4 g*ddamned hits?

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"You can't say ***damn on the air"

"Don't worry nobody's listening to us anyway"

Couple of minor league notes:

Appel went 6 innings in his start last night at Midland. Gave up 7 hits, 4 runs (3 earned), walked 1 and struck out 7. At AA, he is 0-2 with a 4.10 ERA in 26.1 innings. I was hoping for better numbers, but I think he's doing ok. We need him to continue to get better.

Josh Hader was promoted to AA a the beginning of August. In 3 appearances, he's 0-1 with a 9.28 ERA in 10.2 innings pitched. He has 10 walks during that time. Sounds like he's in a control funk. Before his promotion, he was 9-2 with a 2.70 ERA in 103.1 innings at Lancaster.

Colin Moran is hitting .292 with 2 HRs and 14 RBIs in 65 ABS at CC.

Preston Tucker is hitting .275 in 244 ABs, with 7 HRs and 46 RBIs in OKC.

Tony Kemp is hitting .276 with 4 HRs and 16 RBIs in 196 ABs at CC.

AJ Reed is currently hitting .220 in 82 ABs in Quad Cities. Out of his 18 hits, he's got 4 doubles, 1 triple, and 4 home runs.

Reed is Singleton all over again.

Yes, you can determine that after not even a half season in his first year of professional ball.

It wasn't a serious comment.

Thank god lol

Latest rumor:

The Angels have been connected to Bartolo Colon in the wake of these injuries, but Peter Gammons reports (Twitter links) that he’s heard Astros right-hander Scott Feldman‘s name in connection with the Halos as well. However, neither right-hander had been put on waivers as of earlier this morning, and Gammons notes that it might be difficult for the Angels to land a pitcher on waivers because, as one baseball source explained to him, the Orioles and Yankees “are claiming everyone.”

Just saw an interesting note on twitter. OKC will be the Dodgers AAA club next year. So, round rock? Woodlands? New Orleans?

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Just saw an interesting note on twitter. OKC will be the Dodgers AAA club next year. So, round rock? Woodlands? New Orleans?

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My assumption is round rock. Woodlands can't build a stadium in 6 months

Marwin

Yeah buddy

Getting out of okc

Here comes the peacock we all know