Justin time: Verlander to Houston

[A Boy Named Seo]

Bob Nightengale first. No details yet.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Hmmm.

[G-Fafif]

Two minor leaguers is the word.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I kinda thought JV would be the ace of the 2024 team and one less thing to worry about.



Now we've cleared the decks and Quintana is our ace

[A Boy Named Seo]

I hope Acuña has two more brothers in the Astros system.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Steve Phillips of all people is railing against the Mets reboot on ESPN. Makes me believe in it.

[stevejrogers]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I kinda thought JV would be the ace of the 2024 team and one less thing to worry about. Now we've cleared the decks and Quintana is our ace

The Warren Spahn Curse is real!



Even bringing back guys who won Cys with us turn into disasters!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Mark Feinsand wrote: The Mets will receive OF Drew Gilbert from the Astros in the deal for Verlander, per source, plus at least one other propsect. It's not known how much money the Mets will send to Houston.

[bmfc1]

Drew Gilbert.

https://climbingtalshill.com/posts/houston-astros-projecting-drew-gilbert-s-role-in-the-majors-01h0zy9eqtybhttps://climbingtalshill.com/posts/houston-astros-projecting-drew-gilbert-s-role-in-the-majors-01h0zy9eqtyb

https://theathletic.com/4637388/2023/06/26/astros-prospect-drew-gilbert-struggles/https://theathletic.com/4637388/2023/06/26/astros-prospect-drew-gilbert-struggles/

https://www.milb.com/player/drew-gilbert-687551https://www.milb.com/player/drew-gilbert-687551

[ashie62]

Drew Gilbert and a prospect to be named



Not a top 100 guy



That's it?

[Edgy MD]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I hope Acuña has two more brothers in the Astros system.

There is a https://www.milb.com/player/bryan-acuna-703195third brother, but he's in the Twins' system.

[metirish]

Wow

[Edgy MD]

=ashie62 post_id=133549 time=1690916376 user_id=90]
Drew Gilbert and a prospect to be named



Not a top 100 guy



That's it?

[A Boy Named Seo]

Drew Gilbert was their #1 prospect per MLB.com

[A Boy Named Seo]

And Ryan Clifford, their #4 prospect, also in the deal. Confirmed by some dude in a suit on MLB channel.

[metirish]

Gilbert for what it's worth is #68 overall says MLB pipeline

[bmfc1]

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/houston-astros-top-38-prospects-2023/https://blogs.fangraphs.com/houston-astros-top-38-prospects-2023/

[metirish]

Got some swag

[kcmets]

So we got their #1 and #4 for a boatload of money. Not bad, I guess.

Edited August 1, 2023 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

Sounds workable.



Sports Illustrated had Gilbert ranked 76th overall, Baseball America had him at 94. MLB Pipeline had him at 68. So I'm not sure what listicle ashie is working from.

[Edgy MD]

https://twitter.com/SNY_Mets/status/1686452128783417360 Got some swag

Love the dude aping his stance in the dugout. "I wanna get drafted too!"

[Benjamin Grimm]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I kinda thought JV would be the ace of the 2024 team and one less thing to worry about.

Yeah, me too.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Now we've cleared the decks and Quintana is our ace

Quintana and Senga and pray for rain, I suppose. Maybe Jarvis will be in the mix next year. And Peterson and Megill. That's really not likely to be enough.

[ashie62]

Drew is not acing his first try at AA



The Astros don't have much in the farm to toss our way so it will have to do



Chris Russo said he had fallen out of the top 100



I was hoping it would be the Orioles with their wealth of prospects



I will warm up to this

[A Boy Named Seo]

https://theathletic.com/4637388/2023/06/26/astros-prospect-drew-gilbert-struggles/https://theathletic.com/4637388/2023/06/26/astros-prospect-drew-gilbert-struggles/

This Gilbert piece is pretty good, all you need to get know him. Bat flips, swagger, ejections, braggadocio. Portrayed as a bit of a red-ass, the guy you love when he's on your team and absolutely hate his stupid fucking guts when he plays for the other guys.

[ashie62]

Edgy MD wrote: A Boy Named Seo wrote: I hope Acuña has two more brothers in the Astros system. There is a https://www.milb.com/player/bryan-acuna-703195third brother, but he's in the Twins' system.

Bryan Acuna



MLB.com has Gilbert at 68

[ashie62]

I've calmed down



I like it



Steve is building a farm system maybe



The return on investment of really expensive ball players is negligible

[metirish]

I'm not sure I can take "optimistic Ashie " haha

[Edgy MD]

=ashie62 post_id=133564 time=1690917289 user_id=90]Chris Russo said he had fallen out of the top 100

[MFS62]

These moves open up a lot of spots on the roster.

Edgy's going to be busy.



Later

[metirish]

In Russo voice screaming



"Now look, let me tell you, hold on a sec , this guy Gilbert whoever he is isn't even in the top 100 terrible job by the NY Metropolitans ,Steve Cohen ,look lots of money but this is terrible "