Today on the season finale episode of Apollo Hou on YouTube – they are predicting some top down changes that are likely to happen this week.
Here is a link to the episode: https://www.youtube.com/live/uHcEoj8cF_E?si=pGqJQJgz6qQZ5V1l
Those guys definitely have some good contacts within the clubhouse and the media that will speak to them off record.
They had indications about CC1 at the trade deadline in the week before it happened. They never revealed sources and they never give specifics prior to it happening however they can come with the receipt receipts after the fact and show.
To further this, I just sent Bonda on X a small excerpt of what they mentioned on the podcast and he agreed as well. Ben is also very well connected internally and gets a lot of the same information. Apollo does in knew about Carlos well before the trade deadline. Also, in fact, he was the one that broke it on X in the week leading up to it.
A lot of terminations are already coming down in baseball today. Will be interesting to see what these changes are. As of right now Joe is set to have a seasoned debrief meeting with the press tomorrow along with Dana.
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He always makes a lot of stuff up.
We will see.
There’s certainly going to be some changes, that’s a very easy call.
50% of the time he’s right every time.
Please show Espada the door. Brining life to the Astros.
I don’t see how Cintron keeps his job, at minimum. I think Paredes is the only guy who has come to the Astros from elsewhere and not hit significantly worse during Cintron’s tenure. (Correa yeah, but I’m thinking coming home and having something to play for played a big part of that.)
And yeah, I’m the Chas guy— but how much of his struggles were related to him trying to “fix what wasn’t broke” and go from his oppo-power bread and butter and turn into a pull hitter? And did that directive come from Cintron? And where was Cintron the last two years when that attempted radical change in swing/approach clearly wasn’t working?
You don’t have to be Nostradamus to make a prediction like that. Changes will be made or we’re doomed to have a repeat of 2025 in 2026. Can’t just blame everything on injuries and run it back as is next year.
Edit: I guess technically he’s being vague enough to be just like Nostradamus actually.
The best change would be removing Bagwell from any player or personnel decisions
I have a feeling the Framber thing was a final straw that cost Joe the locker room. I would not be surprised to see an almost total reorganization at the top levels of each coaching position.
Rome said on his podcast that Joe and Dana are both meeting tomorrow with Crane. Rome said these meetings are yearly so there might not be any fireworks there. He did say that he heard that there maybe changes within the organization.
Hopefully
They need a new sports medicine/training team. And a hitting coach who can preach discipline at the plate.
They were pressing a lot, IMO. CC also mentioned patience and discipline not being up to par.
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I don’t think Dana Brown goes anywhere, but between his handling of Framber, his lineups, and pitching to Trout last Friday… I’m ok with jettisoning Espada.
Bonda is…unreliable. He tries to manifest what he wants to happen alot. He was pounding the table for Espada being fired and wanted to bring in Hinch (architect of one of the worst collapses of a division lead ever) or even Bochy at one point. He BADLY wants Espada gone because he doesn’t ‘vibe’ with his coaching style.
That said, he’s just engagement farming off of other posts. I imagine with Rome’s comments, the annual meeting between Joe, Dana, and Crane, and the basically guarantee of SOME changes after missing the postseason, it’s a fair guess something is happening.
More emotion than logic but I really want Walker gone. A pipe dream for sure
If, and i mean _if_ this is true, my guess is Cintron’s contract won’t be renewed, since he is a free agent.
Someone said it a few days ago, but we need a remodeling. The offensive model that we have started since 2023 has gotten progressively worse every season.
Kawamura is the piece that I think should go, but I can see pretty much everyone involved with the hitting department being given the boot.
A new hitting coach, 2 changes in the lineup and 2 changes in the pitching staff. That’s my minimum
Would be a huge mistake to let Dana go. Espada, I think he’s average as a manager but also premature to let him go unless you have someone better waiting in the wings. Espada was known to be a tepid choice for manager, he interviewed around and we were the first team to give him a chance, but he’s a serviceable choice.
I think espada is sinyanara.
Crane expect result. I know there were 1000 injuries but at the end of the day we are not in the playoff and last year were a disaster.