hmmn, looks like the Padres and D-Backs drew the short straw

scheduled to play south of the border in late April

Triston McKenzie sat 95.9 MPH on his fastball today and hit 98.7 MPH!

He struggled with locating his pitches overall, but the ridiculous increase in velocity will be one of the must-follow Spring Training stories.

His previous career-high was 96.5 MPH. pic.twitter.com/oQJzaV5nSR

— LouisAnalysis (@LouisAnalysis) February 22, 2026

EastCoastAgNc said:

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he is never coming back on the broadcast again lmfao https://t.co/L20XNHreMH pic.twitter.com/R6L31Z1C54

— Leo ੯‧̀͡⬮ (@Y0Le0) February 22, 2026

I'm not sure who this was but that was their last broadcast

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Update... It was none other than Jeff Kent

Jacob Melton flashing the leather, robbing Pirates infielder Brandon Lowe (still strange to say) of a hit that would have been aided by the wind. pic.twitter.com/HxHet6aCGj

— Ryan Bass (@Ry_Bass) February 22, 2026

Maybe he was finally able to add a little weight. Dude was like 6'6" 160

EastCoastAgNc said:

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he is never coming back on the broadcast again lmfao https://t.co/L20XNHreMH pic.twitter.com/R6L31Z1C54

— Leo ੯‧̀͡⬮ (@Y0Le0) February 22, 2026

I'm not sure who this was but that was their last broadcast

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What did he say that was wrong?

Oyster DuPree said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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he is never coming back on the broadcast again lmfao https://t.co/L20XNHreMH pic.twitter.com/R6L31Z1C54

— Leo ੯‧̀͡⬮ (@Y0Le0) February 22, 2026

I'm not sure who this was but that was their last broadcast

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What did he say that was wrong?

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His colorful description of Arod would get any other announcer fired

ruxin98 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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he is never coming back on the broadcast again lmfao https://t.co/L20XNHreMH pic.twitter.com/R6L31Z1C54

— Leo ੯‧̀͡⬮ (@Y0Le0) February 22, 2026

I'm not sure who this was but that was their last broadcast

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Update... It was none other than Jeff Kent

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yeah it's literally in the tweet man…

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I copied the link from the video and it didn't show the quote tweet when it played, my bad

Understood. Jeff Kent still salty!

going deeper into the matter...

there were non-roiders who despised the roiders (of the steroid era)

but they couldn't say much about it when they were playing

pic.twitter.com/WItVJNL0ex

Alex Cintron I still hate u Melton back to his 2 handed follow through and the power appears

— Yainer Diaz Enthusiast (@YainerzDiaz) February 22, 2026

My dad used to call him the midget. He had a pretty wicked curve from what I remember.

Breaking: Michael Conforto to Cubs

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) February 23, 2026

All Dana does is leak and talk.

Old Astros regimes made moves nobody was talking about. Out if nowhere to us. Dana leaks and talks- everyone knows what he is trying to get done, but he doesn't know how to execute without Crane forcing it through with money.

Capt Cold Sore

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tylhair said:

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All Dana does is leak and talk.

Old Astros regimes made moves nobody was talking about. Out if nowhere to us. Dana leaks and talks- everyone knows what he is trying to get done, but he doesn't know how to execute without Crane forcing it through with money.

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It has way more to do with lack of assets than anything else.

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maybe, but he definitely does talk a lot. It makes him look stupid, whether it's ultimately his fault or not.

Astros roster projection 2.0: Josh Hader’s injury, Isaac Paredes’ predicament and some insight on a few other names impressing early in camp - https://t.co/PMs9em85mt

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) February 23, 2026

texasaggie2015 said:

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tylhair said:

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All Dana does is leak and talk.

Old Astros regimes made moves nobody was talking about. Out if nowhere to us. Dana leaks and talks- everyone knows what he is trying to get done, but he doesn't know how to execute without Crane forcing it through with money.

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It has way more to do with lack of assets than anything else.

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Then I guess we know the answer to that. We need to build up the farm system.

Of course everybody wants to win, but I think we are not being honest with ourselves (read: internally the Astros) about what we can accomplish.

Farmer1906 said:

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tylhair said:

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All Dana does is leak and talk.

Old Astros regimes made moves nobody was talking about. Out if nowhere to us. Dana leaks and talks- everyone knows what he is trying to get done, but he doesn't know how to execute without Crane forcing it through with money.

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Imai on line 1. No one saw that coming.

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Jim Crane special

Dana strikes me as one of those GMs that drafts a WR with his #1 draft pick, even though the team already has a stacked WR corps because "he was the best available when our pick came up". But then fails to address the glaring deficiencies on the OL and DL until the 5th and 6th rounds. Imai was certainly a good get and will hopefully be successful enough to make us not miss Framber too much (shouldn't be hard). But Dana whiffed on the rest of his list of high priority needs in the offseason, namely adding some power and a LHH or two to the lineup. So yeah, we got a few good pitchers who will hopefully help. But overall, I would give his offseason a D- because he didn't address the glaring needs that held us back from success in the 2nd half of the season.

Does MLB allow teams to trade draft picks, or are they stuck with the normal plus compensation from QO and stuff?

Trading Tucker was a smart move, but we still don't have a ton of prospects over the last 5 years

redline248 said:

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Does MLB allow teams to trade draft picks, or are they stuck with the normal plus compensation from QO and stuff?

Trading Tucker was a smart move, but we still don't have a ton of prospects over the last 5 years

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Not allowed except for the competitive balance picks.

txags92 said:

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Dana strikes me as one of those GMs that drafts a WR with his #1 draft pick, even though the team already has a stacked WR corps because "he was the best available when our pick came up". But then fails to address the glaring deficiencies on the OL and DL until the 5th and 6th rounds. Imai was certainly a good get and will hopefully be successful enough to make us not miss Framber too much (shouldn't be hard). But Dana whiffed on the rest of his list of high priority needs in the offseason, namely adding some power and a LHH or two to the lineup. So yeah, we got a few good pitchers who will hopefully help. But overall, I would give his offseason a D- because he didn't address the glaring needs that held us back from success in the 2nd half of the season.

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MLB draft is different from NFL or NBA. You are years away from them making your team, which could be drastically different. It's much more of a BPA scenario, especially with a much lower hit rate. It's also much easier to trade prospects in MLB.

As has been stated, we have minimal trade capital. Paredes is the best option on the bench g league team but I suspect we valued him more than other clubs because of how well he fits our park. What few good prospects we have I doubt Dana wants to trade.

Dana's problem is his mouth but that doesn't mean he's stupid. The only bad move made under his tenure is one he had little input on (CW).

MaxPower said:

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txags92 said:

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Dana strikes me as one of those GMs that drafts a WR with his #1 draft pick, even though the team already has a stacked WR corps because "he was the best available when our pick came up". But then fails to address the glaring deficiencies on the OL and DL until the 5th and 6th rounds. Imai was certainly a good get and will hopefully be successful enough to make us not miss Framber too much (shouldn't be hard). But Dana whiffed on the rest of his list of high priority needs in the offseason, namely adding some power and a LHH or two to the lineup. So yeah, we got a few good pitchers who will hopefully help. But overall, I would give his offseason a D- because he didn't address the glaring needs that held us back from success in the 2nd half of the season.

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MLB draft is different from NFL or NBA. You are years away from them making your team, which could be drastically different. It's much more of a BPA scenario, especially with a much lower hit rate. It's also much easier to trade prospects in MLB.

As has been stated, we have minimal trade capital. Paredes is the best option on the bench g league team but I suspect we valued him more than other clubs because of how well he fits our park. What few good prospects we have I doubt Dana wants to trade.

Dana's problem is his mouth but that doesn't mean he's stupid. The only bad move made under his tenure is one he had little input on (CW).

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Yeah, I know there are big differences. Virtually nobody in the MLB draft is going to start for the big league club in their first year, so there is less of a direct pipeline to fill immediate needs. I was just using it as an example of grading offseason moves versus actual needs and while he got some decent arms, I don't think he did a very good job addressing our other pressing needs. For sure the lake of trade capital is a key factor, but I still think with the interest we had in Paredes, we should have been able to get something done.

Maybe. It doesn't appear we could get Abreu or Duran from the Red Sox and the only other interested party we know of was the Pirates and I don't see any appealing players there we could have gotten.

If we are comparing to the NFL, he's like a new GM on a team with a lot of bad contracts up against the cap. Maybe that team has two all pro WR but a terrible defense. You can nitpick which low salary target he should have gone after but realistically his options are very limited. You can only trade those WR to a willing team and likely eat some salary as well.