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He had an extremely impressive resume for amateur scouting coming in. But if you analyze all of his draft picks so far with the Astros they are...
Astros won 87 games in 2025 with 20.8 fwar on offense and 18 fwar in pitching. They currently project for 26.5 fwar on offense and 12.9 fwar on...
I like it. Fair value, improves both teams. Main complicating factor is that Bubic ended the season out with a significant injury. He was...
Who overachieved last year? The team dramatically underachieved last season, across the board, except for Pena and Brown. A lot of that was...
I don’t really disagree with most of that. My disagreement was with the comment that they have no money to do anything of quality. They do....
What might it look like if Houston shockingly embarked on a full rebuild? Orioles get: SP Hunter Brown OF Jesus Sanchez Astros get: IF Jackson...
Gabe Winslow is @Wulaw Horn and I’m pretty sure Jim Sheridan is @IdStrosfan.
Deferrals taking the CBT number for Cease to $182M/7yrs. That’s a little more reasonable but still way beyond what most people thought he’d get....
There are free agent signings like that every season. Off the top of my head Nick Pivetta and Ramon Laureano from last offseason. Regardless of...
$160M/6yrs looks like Framber’s floor at this point.
This isn’t true. The Astros have about $25M under the CBT as it currently stands. Plenty of extremely good players sign for less than that every...
$210M is too much for Cease. Sets the market pretty high and Framber is happy right about now. Fangraphs estimates for Cease were $155M/5yrs and...
I wonder how it feels to be a Dodger or Mets fan. This offseason plan could be pretty simple if Crane was just ready to pay the cost. Caratini,...
Coached Giolito, Fried, and Flaherty in HS in a span of 5 years. Worked for 4 other orgs. He was recently fired by the White Sox. Lucas...
That doesn’t support your claim. Thinking the Astros were originally asking about another player is different than the Dodgers thinking they were...
Reading about the Sox planning to add a bat after getting Gray made me wonder who would say no to this trade: Astros get: 1B Tristan Casas CF...
I don’t believe that.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/11/paul-skenes-tops-2025-pre-arbitration-bonus-pool.html Hunter Brown got a $2.2M bonus from the MLB pre...
Yeah it’s pretty clear the Astros cannot get where they need to be just using their extra prospects and currently available payroll room under the...
Cards eating $20M and getting back Boston’s #4 prospect and a SP who graduated last year as a fringe Top 100 prospect.
