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Because the Price trade makes absolutely no sense.

No, that was just Dave Dombrowski using his Jedi Mind Tricks on Andrew Friedman. Everybody knows that.

Meanwhile, Alex Rios is an established major league player, and doesn't deserve to rot in A ball. AAA ball would be more suitable, or, heck, the majors!

I didn't know Dave Dombrowski is the GM of the Astros and Andrew Friedman is the GM of the Red Sox

how in the world does it not make sense to give up a decent prospect (Springer was struggling big-time, and had been for the past two years), a guy with upside but no clear position in Fisher, and two nobodies for a total stud and three really good prospects (all have 3 or more star potential iirc)?

Spoiler alert: Rios does okay, moves up to AA, does meh, moves up to AAA, sucks, and gets waived within two months. So starting him in AAA (where I had no room for him at the time) not only wouldn't have made sense, but would've led to me cutting him a lot quicker than I did, which would've served no purpose

June 2016 Recap: Houston Astros

MLB Standings

Monthly Awards

AL Batter: Rangers 1B Prince Fielder (.392, 4 HR, 22 RBI, 27 R)
AL Pitcher: Athletics SP Tommy Milone (4-2, 1.37 ERA)
AL Rookie: White Sox 3B Jefry Marte (.374, 6 HR, 29 RBI, 22 R)

NL Batter: Reds RF Jay Bruce (.350, 7 HR, 22 RBI, 21 R)
NL Pitcher: Nationals SP Stephen Strasburg (4-0, 1.05 ERA, 63 K)
NL Rookie: Cardinals 3B Matt Skole (.325, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 7 R)

League News

Mets RHP Matt Harvey threw a no-hitter on 6/10!
Braves RHP Mark Lamm was indicted for fraud, and suspended pending trial.
6/13: New York (NL) traded C Kevin Plawecki and RP Christifer Andritsos to Los Angeles (NL) for SP Hyun-jin Ryu.
6/14: Texas traded SP Kyle Freeland and SS Dansby Swanson to Philadelphia for RP Joe Thatcher.
Philadelphia fired manager Tim Wallach on 6/20.
Brewers 3B Jose Bautista hit his 300th career home run on 6/26.
6/29: Philadelphia traded C Peter O’Brien to Baltimore for SP Chase DeJong and SS Jose An. Reyes.

Team News

6/6: Recalled RP Ben Rowen from Oklahoma City (AAA). Demoted RP Carter Capps to Oklahoma City (AAA). Designated 2B Josh VanMeter and 2B Gift Ngoepe for assignment. Released LF Tomás Cervantes.
6/15: Designated 3B Tyler White for assignment. Demoted 2B Josh VanMeter and 2B Gift Ngoepe to Quad Cities (A).
6/18: Demoted 3B Tyler White to Quad Cities (A).
6/26: Recalled SP Nick Tropeano from Oklahoma City (AAA). Demoted RP Evan S. Crawford to Oklahoma City (AAA).
6/27: Recalled RP Wei-Chung Wang from Oklahoma City (AAA). Demoted SP Nick Tropeano to Oklahoma City (AAA).
6/29: Activated RF Dan Robertson from the 60-day DL. Designated RF Brandon Barnes for assignment.

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I really hope this is sarcasm... That's even worse than the real Price trade

I do not understand how upgrading from two to three good prospects while getting Price for Sclafani and Heras is a bad trade.

Anyways, Mark Lamm

Jul-Aug 2016 Recap: Houston Astros

MLB Standings

League News

7/10: Tampa Bay traded C Ryan Hanigan and CF Champ Stuart to Baltimore for SP Doug Fister.
7/11: Cincinnati traded SP Jonathon Niese and SS Franly Mallen to Milwaukee for SS Ti’quan Forbes.
7/12: Miami traded CF Jake Marisnick and SS Tekwaan Whyte to Chicago (AL) for 3B Matt Davidson.
7/12: Arizona traded SS Nick Ahmed and SP Ed Wood to San Francisco for SP Mike Leake.
7/18: Los Angeles (AL) traded LF Josh Hamilton to Boston for 3B Will Middlebrooks.
7/30: Chicago (NL) traded SS Starlin Castro, LF Corey Campbell and cash to St. Louis for 3B Matt Carpenter.
7/30: Philadelphia traded LF Domonic Brown and SS Jose An. Reyes to Boston for SP Felix Doubront.
-RHP Mark Lamm, a former Atlanta Brave, was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud, forcing him to end his baseball career. Lamm pitched in 19 MLB games for his career.
-INF Logan Forsythe (torn labrum) has retired from baseball. Over parts of six seasons with the Padres and Rays, he hit 24 home runs and had 28 stolen bases, with a .234 average.
-Baltimore fired GM Dan Duquette and manager Buck Showalter.
-Los Angeles (NL) fired manager Mark Grace.
-Cardinals owner William DeWitt Jr. passed away, and was replaced by Eric DeWitt Jr., his son.

Team News

7/3: Demoted RF Brandon Barnes to Oklahoma City (AAA).
7/11: Placed LF Robbie Grossman on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of RF Anthony Hewitt from Oklahoma City (AAA). Recalled SP Nick Tropeano, RP Matty Ott and RP Jhan Marinez from Oklahoma City (AAA). Demoted SP Matt Wisler, RP Riley Ferrell and RP Wei-Chung Wang to Oklahoma City (AAA).
7/15: Placed RP Aroldis Chapman on the 60-day DL.
7/17: Recalled RP Riley Ferrell from Oklahoma City (AAA). Released RP Murilo Gouvea.
7/18: Placed SS Zack Cozart on the 15-day DL. Recalled 2B Nolan Fontana from Oklahoma City (AAA).
7/24: Purchased the contract of 3B Joey Gallo from Oklahoma City (AAA). Demoted 1B Stefan Welch to Oklahoma City (AAA).
8/1: Recalled RP Wei-Chung Wang from Oklahoma City (AAA). Demoted RP Riley Ferrell to Oklahoma City (AAA). Released RF Alex Rios.
8/7: Sent LF Robbie Grossman to Oklahoma City (AAA) for injury rehab.
8/8: Traded SP Justin Nicolino to Chicago (AL) for 2B Micah Johnson and cash. Demoted C Reese McGuire to Oklahoma City (AAA). Designated C Rene Garcia for assignment.
8/9: Activated LF Robbie Grossman from the 15-day DL. Demoted 3B Joey Gallo to Oklahoma City (AAA). Designated LF Jon Kemmer for assignment.
8/13: Activated SS Zack Cozart from the 15-day DL. Recalled SP Matt Wisler from Oklahoma City (AAA). Demoted SP Jeff Locke and 2B Nolan Fontana to Oklahoma City (AAA). Designated 2B Irving Falu for assignment.
8/16: Demoted C Rene Garcia, 2B Irving Falu, and LF Jon Kemmer to Quad Cities (A).
8/19: Placed SS Zack Cozart on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of SS Josh Morgan from Oklahoma City (AAA). Recalled C Reese McGuire from Oklahoma City (AAA). Demoted RP Jhan Marinez to Oklahoma City (AAA). Outrighted C Bryan Holaday to Oklahoma City (AAA).
8/22: Recalled RP Mike Foltynewicz from Oklahoma City (AAA). Demoted SS Josh Morgan to Oklahoma City (AAA). Designated 2B Irving Falu for assignment.
8/28: Designated RP Evan S. Crawford for assignment.
9/1: Placed SP David Price on the 60-day DL. Recalled SP Zach Eflin from Corpus Christi (AA).

-After a successful conversion to the bullpen, in which he converted 17 of 18 save opportunities and had a 0.93 ERA in 30 bullpen appearances across AA and AAA, right-hander Mike Foltynewicz made his major league debut on 8/23, stepping in as closer and recording his first of three saves thus far.

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2016 MLB Recap

2016 MLB Standings

2016 MLB Playoff Tree

Congratulations to the Oakland Athletics on winning the 2016 World Series!

Awards

Batting Titles:
AL: Twins LF Oswaldo Arcia (.331) | NL: Cardinals CF Oscar Taveras (.323)

ROTY:
AL: White Sox 3B Jefry Marte (.309, 25 HR, 105 RBI) | NL: Diamondbacks 3B Jake Lamb (.293, 26 HR, 90 RBI)

Manager of the Year:
AL: Bob Melvin (Athletics) | NL: Matt Williams (Nationals)

Cy Young:
AL: Mariners RHP Taijuan Walker (18-8, 2.96 ERA, 211 K) | NL: Nationals RHP Stephen Strasburg (20-7, 2.03 ERA, 305 K)

MVP:
AL: Rangers 1B Prince Fielder (.295, 35 HR, 104 RBI) | NL: Cardinals CF Oscar Taveras (.323, 29 HR, 93 RBI)

League News

Mets 3B David Wright collected his 2000th hit on 9/13.
Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera picked up his 2500th hit on 9/24.
SS Jose Reyes recorded his 2000th hit on 10/7.
9/26: Toronto traded SP Marcus Stroman to Chicago (AL) for RF Dayan Viciedo, SS Tekwaan Whyte, and cash.
The Reds fired manager Bryan Price.
Pedro Martinez and Gary Sheffield were inducted into the Hall of Fame!
Baltimore fired its second GM of the year in Joaquín Albejar. San Diego fired GM Josh Byrnes.
11/6: Miami traded SP Henderson Alvarez to Cleveland for LF Zack Collins.

Team News

9/6: Purchased the contracts of RP Jose Cisnero and LF Austin Wates from Oklahoma City (AAA).. Recalled SPs Jeff Locke, Jake Buchanan and Zach Petrick; RPs Carter Capps, Josh Edgin, Riley Ferrell and Jhan Marinez; INFs Stefan Welch, Nolan Fontana, Joey Gallo and Josh Morgan; and OF Stryker Trahan from Oklahoma City (AAA). Demoted SPs Jarred Cosart and Noah Syndergaard to Oklahoma City (AAA) for rest purposes.
9/8: Transferred SS Zack Cozart to the 60-day DL. Purchased the contract of RP Zac Rosscup from Oklahoma City (AAA).

-Oklahoma City right-hander Zach Petrick was named AC Outstanding Pitcher. He was 15-8 with a 3.04 ERA in 29 starts between Memphis (Cardinals’ affiliate) and OKC this season.
-Utilityman Irving Falu retired. Falu, 33, had spent most of the past three seasons with the Houston organization, playing in 15 Quad Cities games, 199 Oklahoma City games, and 37 Houston games. He only played in 62 MLB games for his career, with a .259 average, no home runs, and two stolen bases. He did score 20 runs, however.
-After striking rich with new local and national media contracts, the Houston budget is rumored to have increased to $160 million, freeing up loads of cap space for extensions and/or a free agent splash.
-The contracts of C Jason Castro (3/28 to 3/14) and LHP Aroldis Chapman (3/36 to 6/42) were restructured. OF Robbie Grossman (5/21m), 3B Cody Asche (5/35m), LHP Kevin Chapman (6/7.5m), INF Brock Holt (4/4m), and RHP Noah Syndergaard (10/90m) signed contract extensions with the team.

There's always next year.

Don't you worry that your team isn't getting any better?

Not really. The prospects are developing at a good pace, and with the new budget I should be able to keep this current core and possibly acquire a big name FA. Possibly.

Just realized I forgot to do the season stats. Too late now, whoops

I don't know man. I think it's understandable that you're not competing yet, but you're still racking up 100 losses. That's pretty unacceptable. It also doesn't help that you traded away all the Astros big prospects except Folty.

Astros Make Huge Splash, Land Strasburg

The Houston Astros proved today that they are willing to empty their pockets to win a championship - and they did it in style, signing starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg to a contract paying him 40 million dollars a year over the next seven years, with a player option for an eighth year in 2024. Strasburg, 28, is a four-time All-Star and has won each of the last three Cy Young awards. He had previously been pitching for the Washington Nationals, for whom he posted an 86-39 record, a 2.50 ERA, and 1389 strikeouts in 1142.2 innings. Fans were ecstatic when learning of this news.

Around the League…

In other offseason news, the Angels have traded for former Toronto shortstop Jose Reyes…Reds outfielder Jay Bruce was traded to the Yankees…And last but not least, Houston GM Parker Bernhart claims that he received a trade offer from the Rangers offering pitcher Yu Darvish in exchange for Anthony Rizzo and two high-ceiling prospects.

Strasbourg for $280 million?!?!?