Jeff Luhnow made a prophetic tweet on the day Yordan Alvarez made his Astros debut. He didn’t have to recite the words from the movie — “Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station” — because it wasn’t necessary.
The Astros general manager knew of the anticipation, so when he finally made the move to promote the slugger from Class AAA Round Rock to Houston on June 9, 2019, he simplyHe didn’t have to recite the words of the emperor from the movie — “Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station” — because it wasn’t necessary.
Everyone knew adding a slugger like Alvarez to a 2019 lineup that already included the likes of Jose Altuve, George Springer, Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa along with a pitching staff led by Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole was almost unfair. Alvarez hit 27 home runs in just 87 games on that team that won a franchise record 107 games before being upset by the Nationals in the World Series.
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