February 19, 2025 • 7 mins
Still in the midst of putting a few things together just before the start of the first spring game this weekend, the Astros continue to add pieces to their roster hoping to give them another shot at contending for the postseason. Aiming to add more depth to the roster, the Astros shop and grab Colorado Rockies veteran infielder and Gold-Glove winner Brendan Rodgers. Signing him to a minor deal and taking into account his known position being second base, adding him to the roster has added a bit suspicion in regards to what may tend to happen regarding Jose Altuve. Fielding pop fly's and getting a feel for the outfield yesterday at spring training, Sean and Brian take a moment discussing with the Astros acquiring Rodgers now could it be possible that Jose Altuve becomes one of the teams everyday outfielders?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What do you got for me on these strokes? Yeah, man,
some late breaking news.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
I know the news, but I want to hear it
again so the peeps can respond.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Yeah, is it you think it really moves a needle?
It could? There you go, it could? I don't, who knows? Man?
Speaker 3 (00:12):
It Also, it just makes this whole Altuve and left
field thing a little more interesting. Hove al To Hose
the al toove Oose, Altuve, Houston Astros and former Colorado
Rocky second baseman Brendan Rodgers have agreed to a minor
league deal. Ari Alexander of KPRC two Sports broke the
news last night. He gets that minor league deal. It's
(00:34):
an invitation of spring training, it's pending of physical Sean.
What do you know about Brendan Rodgers? Very minimal?
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Same. So I was looking at his stuff early this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
If you're asking me what his strengths and weakness is, why,
I can't tell you. I've obviously seen him play.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
But he had a good twenty twenty four season two
sixty seven, thirteen home runs, twenty nine doubles, seven to
twenty ops. He played one hundred thirty five games, and
he in twenty twenty three, he was uh, he had
shoulder surgery. Twenty twenty two, he won the Gold Glove
for second baseman over in the NL.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
So good defensive player I've seen.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
I've obviously seen him play, but I wouldn't be able
to tell you if he's going to be an impact
player here. I mean, signed to a minor league contract,
he's got a lot of work to do to prove it.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
I guess. Yeah, well, if he can raise of game
off a good season.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
So if he hits two sixty seven, two seventy again,
he'll take it. He'll be hitting better than Dubon, Jake Myers,
Chad mccorman, Chad mccorman.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Yeah, okay, hell of a player, all that mccorman guy.
And he'll also give you some good glove work, yes,
which is nice versatility well yeah yeah. Other than that, well,
I mean it would be great. That'd be one of
those hidding gyms. He got late and said, damn, he
signed to a minor league contract. He impressed in spring training.
Let's go.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Yeah, so you have you have him now bringing in
another infielder. And again if if for whatever reason, not
you or me or tripley, but if you're an Astros
fan Jose al Tuva is playing left field. If you
had any doubts or if you were still not buying
into all the videos that were posted yesterday, he's worked
exclusively with the outfielders and that's really it. He's playing
left field. That's another reason they're probably bringing in this guy,
(02:17):
Brendan Rodgers.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
It makes you think he's gonna be the everyday left fielder.
He's gonna play a lot about that we open up
the season. If he's leading off and playing the left field,
they're not just doing it. You're not gonna need a
day arrest on the opening day. So it's not like
they're resting somebody in the field.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
He's playing. Let him out there.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
That's the lineup they want, Yeah, because that's the lineup
if everybody's healthy. You like, that's the lineup. You go
with your best when you open it up, and you
go with where you think.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
I mean?
Speaker 2 (02:47):
And what did a spot of the manager to be
very I doesn't want a lot of lineup changes, right,
like to see it more consistent and sustain that consistency.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
So what does that tell you about josel tu If
he opens.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
The season in left field, the majority of the games
in left field will be played by him.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
That's what that tells me. Wow, it's gonna happen. Good
for good for Brandon Rodgers though, getting himself another chance.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Hey, sometimes those guys got a they feel like they
got something to prove.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
You go down there and you got something to prove,
and you get the best of a veteran or somebody
who's done it for a minute, huh, And you get
the best of.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Them because they know how to get themselves ready. It's crazy, man.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Our guy Ryan just tweeted me and he said Eddie
Rabbit was a famous country singer. He was scheduled to
play the Houston Rodeo back in the day, but had
to cancel last minute. Everyone who had Eddie Rabbit tickets
was upset to find out that he had been replaced
with a young artist by the name of George Straight.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Oh on that day, ed Rabbit passed it up because
he wasn't feeling well.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
He just said, just said he had to cancel.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
It must have been you know, sometimes they get a
voice issue or something too much booze and I before
you know that'll that are you gotta smoke a couple
of grits. Yeah, knocked down a couple of grits.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
So the guy will replaced him in the lineup. It's
a good with the historic comment by Rhino there by
Ryan so phenomenal. And then the guy who replaced that,
let's just throw this young kid named George straight on here. Yeah,
how'd that turn out? He went from the young kid
to the king. He's all right, But you know what
all z Ed Rabbit did was assist.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
So he threw him. You know what he did, He
dropped the dime on him and he finished at the rim.
We I mean George is dunked at home? Well, I
mean you look at George Strait's career. It's literally been historic.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
So it really has. Yeah, it really has. Ed Rabbit
ain't done half bad himself. Now, Eddie Rabbit, he loves
the rainy nights. It's been a good run. But how
about that story. Oh the guy that replaced Eddie Rabbit
because he couldn't make it that night, had to cancel.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Was George Strait? Great? And you know what wealthy useless knowledge,
but it's not useless. I like it, Ryan, Thank you?
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Is uh is George Strait doing his uh cowboy rides
away to Agan Or is that post he retired?
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yeah, for the third time.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
I'm telling you. Twenty years ago they told I was
thinking about conscious. Hey, George TRACE's last run. This is
his last concert with what he said, the last concerts,
maybe more. It's his last contract, goes to Texas a
and m and fills the stadium. It's the largest contract
crowd ever. Okay, you know what I'm gonna retire. It's
(05:16):
the coach who's in college threatens to go to the NFL,
but he doesn't plan I'll leave it. He gets a
new contract. George is the king in a lot more
ways than just being the king of country. Hey man,
I I this is my last tour, but I'm gonna
do fifteen more after this, and I'm gonna make like
four hundred million dollars on my tour and then I'm
you know, you have to go to my Texas ranch
(05:38):
and relax and then retire, or at least tell him
I'm retired. About six months later be out tour again.
So you really don't If George straight threatens he's this
his last tour, don't worry about it. Get tickets. Ten
years from now he'll still be touring. It's an okie
dope man there. It's the greatest r move ever. We
can't go without seeing je tickets. Now, how many horse
(06:00):
says he have? Three years later, It's perpetual. It's like
a treadmill, but it gets our he blesses us. What
we don't want George Straight after night, but he keeps
doing this. I'm gonna cry wolf till I missed he concert.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
He came to the he came to the Rodeo. It
was like I'm telling you, like four years ago, maybe
twenty last time. No, it like the tickets were insane
because it was the Cowboy Rides Away towards He literally
ended the concert by playing the Cowboy Rides Away.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
He gets on a horse and he rides out. Was
I want to say it was a two day show.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
He ended the night before, the last night, and then
the last night, and it was like an extended concert
because you know the Rodeo like it's a shorter set list. No,
not for George Straight, because it's supposed to be his
last right, yeah wants Like three years later, he's in
College States playing at Colefield with freaking Parker McCollum records.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
We're all grateful. Oh yeah, did he didn't retire.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
But when George says he's there'll be, there's another tour coming,
there's another horse he's going to ride out.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
We got a new horse. Cowboy rides away tour.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
George hop on album too, for another two hundred night
appearances and go make yourself another half a billion dollars
on the tour.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Good for him, man, I don't hate him for I
know you don't hate him for. It's all right.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Let's continue to talk about the Houston Astro. Seven one, three,
two point two five, seven ninety is the number to
join this roll along right here on seven ninety
What do you got for me on these strokes? Yeah, man,
some late breaking news.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
I know the news, but I want to hear it
again so the peeps can respond.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Yeah, is it you think it really moves a needle?
It could? There you go, it could? I don't, who knows? Man?
Speaker 3 (00:12):
It Also, it just makes this whole Altuve and left
field thing a little more interesting. Hove al To Hose
the al toove Oose, Altuve, Houston Astros and former Colorado
Rocky second baseman Brendan Rodgers have agreed to a minor
league deal. Ari Alexander of KPRC two Sports broke the
news last night. He gets that minor league deal. It's
(00:34):
an invitation of spring training, it's pending of physical Sean.
What do you know about Brendan Rodgers? Very minimal?
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Same. So I was looking at his stuff early this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
If you're asking me what his strengths and weakness is, why,
I can't tell you. I've obviously seen him play.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
But he had a good twenty twenty four season two
sixty seven, thirteen home runs, twenty nine doubles, seven to
twenty ops. He played one hundred thirty five games, and
he in twenty twenty three, he was uh, he had
shoulder surgery. Twenty twenty two, he won the Gold Glove
for second baseman over in the NL.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
So good defensive player I've seen.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
I've obviously seen him play, but I wouldn't be able
to tell you if he's going to be an impact
player here. I mean, signed to a minor league contract,
he's got a lot of work to do to prove it.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
I guess. Yeah, well, if he can raise of game
off a good season.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
So if he hits two sixty seven, two seventy again,
he'll take it. He'll be hitting better than Dubon, Jake Myers,
Chad mccorman, Chad mccorman.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Yeah, okay, hell of a player, all that mccorman guy.
And he'll also give you some good glove work, yes,
which is nice versatility well yeah yeah. Other than that, well,
I mean it would be great. That'd be one of
those hidding gyms. He got late and said, damn, he
signed to a minor league contract. He impressed in spring training.
Let's go.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Yeah, so you have you have him now bringing in
another infielder. And again if if for whatever reason, not
you or me or tripley, but if you're an Astros
fan Jose al Tuva is playing left field. If you
had any doubts or if you were still not buying
into all the videos that were posted yesterday, he's worked
exclusively with the outfielders and that's really it. He's playing
left field. That's another reason they're probably bringing in this guy,
(02:17):
Brendan Rodgers.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
It makes you think he's gonna be the everyday left fielder.
He's gonna play a lot about that we open up
the season. If he's leading off and playing the left field,
they're not just doing it. You're not gonna need a
day arrest on the opening day. So it's not like
they're resting somebody in the field.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
He's playing. Let him out there.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
That's the lineup they want, Yeah, because that's the lineup
if everybody's healthy. You like, that's the lineup. You go
with your best when you open it up, and you
go with where you think.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
I mean?
Speaker 2 (02:47):
And what did a spot of the manager to be
very I doesn't want a lot of lineup changes, right,
like to see it more consistent and sustain that consistency.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
So what does that tell you about josel tu If
he opens.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
The season in left field, the majority of the games
in left field will be played by him.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
That's what that tells me. Wow, it's gonna happen. Good
for good for Brandon Rodgers though, getting himself another chance.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Hey, sometimes those guys got a they feel like they
got something to prove.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
You go down there and you got something to prove,
and you get the best of a veteran or somebody
who's done it for a minute, huh, And you get
the best of.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Them because they know how to get themselves ready. It's crazy, man.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Our guy Ryan just tweeted me and he said Eddie
Rabbit was a famous country singer. He was scheduled to
play the Houston Rodeo back in the day, but had
to cancel last minute. Everyone who had Eddie Rabbit tickets
was upset to find out that he had been replaced
with a young artist by the name of George Straight.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Oh on that day, ed Rabbit passed it up because
he wasn't feeling well.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
He just said, just said he had to cancel.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
It must have been you know, sometimes they get a
voice issue or something too much booze and I before
you know that'll that are you gotta smoke a couple
of grits. Yeah, knocked down a couple of grits.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
So the guy will replaced him in the lineup. It's
a good with the historic comment by Rhino there by
Ryan so phenomenal. And then the guy who replaced that,
let's just throw this young kid named George straight on here. Yeah,
how'd that turn out? He went from the young kid
to the king. He's all right, But you know what
all z Ed Rabbit did was assist.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
So he threw him. You know what he did, He
dropped the dime on him and he finished at the rim.
We I mean George is dunked at home? Well, I
mean you look at George Strait's career. It's literally been historic.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
So it really has. Yeah, it really has. Ed Rabbit
ain't done half bad himself. Now, Eddie Rabbit, he loves
the rainy nights. It's been a good run. But how
about that story. Oh the guy that replaced Eddie Rabbit
because he couldn't make it that night, had to cancel.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Was George Strait? Great? And you know what wealthy useless knowledge,
but it's not useless. I like it, Ryan, Thank you?
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Is uh is George Strait doing his uh cowboy rides
away to Agan Or is that post he retired?
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yeah, for the third time.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
I'm telling you. Twenty years ago they told I was
thinking about conscious. Hey, George TRACE's last run. This is
his last concert with what he said, the last concerts,
maybe more. It's his last contract, goes to Texas a
and m and fills the stadium. It's the largest contract
crowd ever. Okay, you know what I'm gonna retire. It's
(05:16):
the coach who's in college threatens to go to the NFL,
but he doesn't plan I'll leave it. He gets a
new contract. George is the king in a lot more
ways than just being the king of country. Hey man,
I I this is my last tour, but I'm gonna
do fifteen more after this, and I'm gonna make like
four hundred million dollars on my tour and then I'm
you know, you have to go to my Texas ranch
(05:38):
and relax and then retire, or at least tell him
I'm retired. About six months later be out tour again.
So you really don't If George straight threatens he's this
his last tour, don't worry about it. Get tickets. Ten
years from now he'll still be touring. It's an okie
dope man there. It's the greatest r move ever. We
can't go without seeing je tickets. Now, how many horse
(06:00):
says he have? Three years later, It's perpetual. It's like
a treadmill, but it gets our he blesses us. What
we don't want George Straight after night, but he keeps
doing this. I'm gonna cry wolf till I missed he concert.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
He came to the he came to the Rodeo. It
was like I'm telling you, like four years ago, maybe
twenty last time. No, it like the tickets were insane
because it was the Cowboy Rides Away towards He literally
ended the concert by playing the Cowboy Rides Away.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
He gets on a horse and he rides out. Was
I want to say it was a two day show.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
He ended the night before, the last night, and then
the last night, and it was like an extended concert
because you know the Rodeo like it's a shorter set list. No,
not for George Straight, because it's supposed to be his
last right, yeah wants Like three years later, he's in
College States playing at Colefield with freaking Parker McCollum records.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
We're all grateful. Oh yeah, did he didn't retire.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
But when George says he's there'll be, there's another tour coming,
there's another horse he's going to ride out.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
We got a new horse. Cowboy rides away tour.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
George hop on album too, for another two hundred night
appearances and go make yourself another half a billion dollars
on the tour.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Good for him, man, I don't hate him for I
know you don't hate him for. It's all right.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Let's continue to talk about the Houston Astro. Seven one, three,
two point two five, seven ninety is the number to
join this roll along right here on seven ninety
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