Tag: The Plan
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Astros: Following in the Pirates, Royals footsteps
Jeff Luhnow cut his teeth in the St. Louis Cardinal organization. He would love nothing better than to have a team that is like the Cards, a sustainable winner that has 11 playoff appearances in the last 15 seasons and only one losing season in that time. But to get to that spot, the Luhnow…
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Astros 2015: The path to $75 million and 85 wins
The consensus of the experts on this blog is that the Astros may top out at $65 million for its 2015 payroll. Even Jim Crane predicts the Astros’ payroll will increase by $20 million from 2014 to 2015. Depending on the figures you use, that could mean $65-$70 million. So that essentially puts the expert…
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2014 Astros: Time to move forward, at a faster pace
Okay, so the season’s over (for Houston) with a 19-game improvement. The Astros have a new manager, so that question has now been answered. Jim Crane seems to believe he’ll have a new TV deal in place by opening day. And, Jeff Luhnow can now turn his full attention to giving A.J. Hinch a winning…
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Looking ahead for the Astros: Fears for 2015
Friend of the blog, Devin wrote this yesterday…. “I’m a bit worried we have some fool’s gold here. Yes, we will be better with Springer back, but look how silly the Indians…a middle of the pack team, have made them look. If Altuve, Keuchel, and McHugh regress even a little next season… In other words,…
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The Astros’ puzzle: A winter of decisions
The new manager search may be the latest headache for Jeff Luhnow, but the roster puzzle may be his biggest this winter. It could be akin to trying to stuff 40 marbles into a 10 oz Mason jar. Even as the roster stands today, there are 44 players that will need to squeeze into the 40-man…
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The Luhnow Legacy: Rapscallion, genius or neither?
So the gloves are off, the truth is out, and now we’re finally getting somewhere. Jeff Luhnow is a sleazeball, an underhanded scoundrel, a veritable rapscallion. Finally, after months and months of speculation and conjecture, the rumors, muttering and grapevine hearsay has finally been documented in the end-all Evan Drellich piece last week. Look, I’m…
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The Luhnow Plan: Avoid the bottleneck
The good news: Jeff Luhnow has a plan. The bad news: Everything may not follow his plan. As news begins to leak about the Astros’ efforts to tie up some of their younger players, questions, concerns and criticisms are all sure to increase. And, since Luhnow doesn’t talk about his business openly, it leaves a…
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