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Astros in hot pursuit of Blake Snell

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Plowman, Mar 15, 2024.

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  1. RKREBORN

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    Dana Brown sucks balls. He has no creativity. God I miss Lunhow...or even Jimminy Clicks
     
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    He didn’t wanna come here. Period.
     
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    I'm not saying we needed Snell, specifically, but you went into the season (again) needing more depth at SP. Just stupid.
     
  4. RKREBORN

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    He did. We just couldn't find a way to close the deal
     
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    This is solely a Jim Crane negotiation. Anybody who thinks otherwise has not been paying attention.
     
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    I understand why they didn't do it, the terrible starting pitching for the Astros will likely make for a somewhat painful season.... but maybe it all falls into place by the playoffs
     
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    Something about this ain't sitting well with me personally. Crane got some explaining to do.
     
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    Scott Boras - Snell going to SF where his money will be taxed so the 62 mil isn’t that but they wanted 66 mil from Astros
     
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    Hader wanted to come here. Snell is going somewhere that he is going to receive less money after taxes.
     
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    Stop being a f*cken miser about everything and let's try to win this sh*t. It's dangling right in front of us. "No homo"
     
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    Or Lorenzen.

    He can also pitch out of the bullpen.
     
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    He wanted to go to San Francisco….they and the Mariners were he wanted to go if money was equal. This wasn’t a matter of not being creative - Boras was well aware of it and discussed all options with teams.
     
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    So are we still looking for starting pitching?
     
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    The Houston sports teams rarely get someone that's reportedly interested in signing or Houston is interested in.

    The impactful signings and/or trades usually happen out of nowhere.
     
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    We should have beat this
     
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    Dana Brown had no say in this whatsoever. This was 100% Crane's call.

    Just like Verlander, Altuve, Hader and every other major contract. GM's do the paperwork, small signings and drafting, he makes all the big calls, point your anger there.

    Never was a fan of Snell, but it's weird the Yankees didn't beat that.
     
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    Evidently not judging by our results so far.
     
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