I'll never forget that HR against Philly.

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Harry Dunne said:

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I was surprised to see that Carlos has not played a single inning at third (or any position other than shortstop) in his professional career.

I don't think it's gonna be a problem, but I assumed he had played there at least a game or two for the Twins or in the minors.

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Played there in the WBC

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Thanks.

I just looked up some highlights and stats. Looks like he did pretty well.

100% recently they don't give in unless you are trading big name to them it seems like. Their purgative

What's the ETA for Ullola? 2026?

From a couple months ago, a potential call up for Ullola was tied to Gusto's performance according to one esteemed media type. Now Gusto is gone but Arrighetti is returning in the next few days, and the rest of 'the calvary' presumably soon thereafter.


https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6412355/2025/06/09/houston-astros-catchers-jacob-melton/

Has the fact that (Miguel) Ullola hasn't been mentioned by (general manager Dana) Brown previously mean he's unlikely to get the call-up anytime soon? Ryan C.

I'd recommend listening to Brown's regular Sunday appearance on the team's pregame radio show, Ryan. During last week's discussion, Brown mentioned he and Espada "just had a nice discussion about (Ullola) downstairs."

That the conversation happened at all indicates Ullola is on the major-league radar. Ullola has struck out 52 batters across his first 38 innings at Triple-A Sugar Land and claimed Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Month honors in May, a month he finished with a 1.17 ERA in 23 innings.

Command remains an issue for Ullola, who has thrown just 58 percent of his pitches for strikes and is walking 5.8 batters per nine innings, but he is missing enough bats to warrant a serious look from the major-league team.

Following Monday's off day, Houston faces a stretch of 19 games in 20 days. Going to a six-man rotation for some of it seems sensible. Two spots in it are not secured, though Brandon Walter may have earned one Sunday after holding the Cleveland Guardians to two runs across six innings.

Ullola's fate could be tied to that of Ryan Gusto, who has failed to finish five innings in six of his last eight starts. Gusto has a 5.60 ERA across his past 10 appearances, eight of which are starts.

After Gusto's last one a 4 1/3-inning slog against a putrid Pittsburgh Pirates lineup Espada did not sound like someone prepared to pull him from the rotation. Gusto is listed as the team's probable starter Wednesday against the Chicago White Sox, a lineup with listlessness on par with Pittsburgh.

If Gusto authors a similar result, a difficult conversation may ensue especially if Ullola continues to make his case for a call-up.

Mission Accomplished


https://sports.yahoo.com/article/1-trade-houston-astros-must-121753895.html

1 trade Houston Astros must avoid making before 2025 deadline

Quo Vadis? said:

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The crazy thing about the trade deadline is it is ALL about overpaying. Teams in the hunt sacrifice the future to win now, and teams out of the playoff chase play them against each other to maximize the value of their few pieces.

That's what makes what Crane and Brown did today so incredible. We filled a ton of holes and lost so little.

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some years you go all-in...and some years you don't

let the teams who haven't won titles in recent years...make the desperation trades

BadAggie said:

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Now we're down to CF with whatever rotation of Trammell/Melton/Chas firmly ensconced in the 9 hole until Jake returns.

McCormick is just lost, nothing new, with Jake locking that down and Melton knocking at the door Chas seems on his way out. Not surprised they couldn't find a taker even with an arb year left.

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kudos to Chas

for surviving the trade deadline...

for now

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Quo Vadis? said:

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The crazy thing about the trade deadline is it is ALL about overpaying. Teams in the hunt sacrifice the future to win now, and teams out of the playoff chase play them against each other to maximize the value of their few pieces.

That's what makes what Crane and Brown did today so incredible. We filled a ton of holes and lost so little.

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some years you go all-in...and some years you don't

let the teams who haven't won titles in recent years...make the desperation trades

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And they got two controllable players who addressed holes. One by selling high on a fill in starter this season to date which I was assured was not possible.

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Quite the deadline for the Twins…and their fans…and their content team. pic.twitter.com/vjPv5YGJi1

— Adam Wexler (@AdamJWexler) August 1, 2025

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hopefully the Twins don't go into a complete freefall

still have:

7 vs. the Tigers
6 vs. the Yankees
3 vs. the Blue Jays
3 vs. the Rangers

finished with the Astros and Mariners for 2025

we'll find out this weekend starting in Cleveland

Twins go there for 3 and then on to Detroit

Been traveling today so just now able to check this thread and nearly 1300 posts made since I looked at it yesterday.

So, what did I miss?

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https://instagr.am/p/DMy8LhQs-lW

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Hope so.

Well, let's hope so.

I'm curious to see if he bats cleanup or lower. Maybe 3rd? Take pressure off Cam and Diaz in the middle? Maybe Boston will cooperate and throw a RHP tomorrow

Peña SS
Altuve DH
Sanchez LF
Correa 3B
Walker 1B
Smith RF
Diaz C
Dubon 2B
Trammell CF

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The D said:

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I love picking up Snchez. Don't play him against lefties. Against righties he rips.

But he can also ph against righties when he doesn't start.

Such a good pickup for cheap.

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And we have him for another two years after this year.

Definitely fills a big hole in our lineup and solves a major problem.

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Magic happens when you sell fill in starters high.

would assume Altuve doesn't play LF at Fenway this weekend

Why is Lance penciled as a starter? He has been pretty bad. Javier and spaghetti and maybe Garcia can all take his spot . Sorry just realized u included Lance as vying for the final 2