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Also curious what Clevenger did to his family....someone want to fill us in on the juicy gossip?

Ok, not what I read, but could be correct.

Thats what I said. If he doesn’t get hired until 2028, he has to sit the 2028 season out too.

First overall and 11th overall. Not 30th overall and somewhere between 25-30th overall. BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG difference.

Eye test wasn't pretty.

Ouch for Ivan.

He will be suspended as soon as he is hired. So if he doesn't get a job in 2020, he will be suspended for a season as soon as he is hired. I don't expect his next job to be a managerial job for this exact reason. And no, I wouldn't do this. But I strongly support other ideas to get Ricky Renteria away from this clubhouse.

I don't really think the Sox want to ask Mendick to play on left side much either. Frankly, I don't really care if they roll with internal options, or resign Yolmer. I personally would be after Brad Miller, Brock Holt or even Zobrist on the cheap. Yolmer would be ok. I'd also be fine giving Mendick some run early in the year. At the end of the day we're talking about the 25th or 26th man that is going to get 2B at bats against LHP in the early going. I am not going to get too worked up about it, but I do think having an IF that could fill in at 3B and SS for multiple games would be nice - especially with the way Yoan gets knicked up - and I don't really see that guy on the roster currently.

I don't think Leury could be asked to cover 3B or SS for multiple weeks though. He would get eaten alive defensively IMO.

Or he's just saving is ass and covering his bases.

With being fired, if anyone hired Luhnow/Hinch, they'll have to serve their suspensions then. Effectively a ban for Luhnow. Hinch may get a job as a bench coach or some shit - sit a year- and then come back.

No need to apologize. I guess its better than nothing, but its not very much. At least make it hurt. No top 5 picks and no ITNL $ for three seasons, the max fine ($5M) and the suspensions is the least it should have been.

Read above. Already answered that question.

Right.....its completely nothing. And Burger and Collins were top 10ish picks. Astros aren't losing any of those. The Astros, as situated, get the least negative impact of pretty much any org losing their 1st and 2nd rounders for 2 years. The likelihood of them finding 1 impact player with those picks were low.

Not sure how that guts an org for a decade.

I get that it would have been extremely harsh. But that is what I was hoping for, and just answered the question. If you don't want people to cheat, punish the living hell out of the cheaters. This isn't deterring anyone.

It is when you're picking at the very back of the draft.

Was hoping for at least a 1 season postseason ban, international spending money vacated for multiple seasons, at least 3 seasons of no top 3 picks. This was tame, and frankly hardly deters cheating.

Hardly. Losing 4 draft picks when you're the worst pick in the draft, and then likely at least worst 5 picks in the draft is hardly a crippling an org. Suspending the GM and manager for a year is nothing. That hardly affect the on field performance at all. Disappointed in these "punishments".

Losing the last pick of the 1st round and the last pick of the 2nd round doesn't really matter that much. Its not like its a top 10 pick. Luhnow and Hinch suspensions are basically nothingburgers IMO. Who gives a fuck? Hardly impacts the Astros on the field. Losing the picks is far harsher than the manager/gm suspensions, but with how good the Astros are currently, its not really not going to impact them much.

I would have loved to see a multiple year postseason ban, just to see the dynamics of how the Astros would be essentially forced to strip down their roster.

Honestly, that is pretty tame punishment.

Have not read thread. But the answer is MVP 05, and its really not even a question. The Show is pretty good, but MVP 05 was just the best video game ever.

What happened to Grudzielanek?

Still no formal announcement on this, correct?