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LayzieDES
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They have nowhere to go from here but up.

Il BuonO
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Very interesting because the plan worked. Did anyone notice what was mentioned during the broadcast about the analytics department relaying information to the coaching staff?  The Astros org

Frobby
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Congratulations to the Astros on making it to the WS, and thanks for knocking off the Yankees!

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Where did you get this chart? Is there one for every team? I'd be interested to look at them.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Astros?src=hash">#Astros</a> lock down OF defense when Rasmus, Marisnick & Springer play... Springer has amazing range in RF. <a href="https://t.co/IQqjmXC4pW">pic.twitter.com/IQqjmXC4pW</a></p>— Daren Willman (@darenw) <a href="

">January 21, 2016</a></blockquote>

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Pulled it off Twitter.

It's MLBAM stuff.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm excited to finally announce that very soon I'll be joining <a href="https://twitter.com/mlbam">@mlbam</a> as Director of Baseball Research & Development... Can't wait.</p>— Daren Willman (@darenw) <a href="

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Here's Trout.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mike Trout's OF range based on Statcast data... <a href="https://t.co/iCrgDN7lFT">pic.twitter.com/iCrgDN7lFT</a></p>— Daren Willman (@darenw) <a href="

">January 21, 2016</a></blockquote>

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I just followed him, looks like lots of fun stuff.

Manny gets robbed.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fun Statcast breakdown of Kevin Kiermaier robbing Manny Machado of a HR. Love the wide route Machado takes home <a href="https://t.co/eM08TAx5DN">pic.twitter.com/eM08TAx5DN</a></p>— Daren Willman (@darenw) <a href="

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Astros prospect Jose Rosario, 20, died last night in a motorcycle accident in the Dominican Republic.</p>— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) <a href="

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A change in Astros amateur scouting: JD Alleva, who was a national supervisor (east), is no longer with the team.</p>— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) <a href="

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The Astros got clobbered by Seattle last night to drop to 6-15, dead last in the AL. Is it just a slow start or is The Plan to lose 100 games for the next three years to really, really stock up the farm?

I would lean toward a slow start, but that starting pitching suddenly doesn't look as great as it did last year.

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The Astros got clobbered by Seattle last night to drop to 6-15, dead last in the AL. Is it just a slow start or is The Plan to lose 100 games for the next three years to really, really stock up the farm?

I would lean toward a slow start, but that starting pitching suddenly doesn't look as great as it did last year.

Craziness I know. A lot of the names are the same, they're just pitching much worse. Makes you wonder what's going on.

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