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I’m sure they will be but they need to be careful how they treat Pressly. No contender needs a malcontent in the clubhouse. Houston signed...
Singleton cannot be optioned.
No. They will add at least one player. It may not be a huge move, but they will improve the OF before opening day. If they don’t, it very...
Dezenzo is a much better athlete than Santander. He may or may not pan out as a good defensive outfielder, but he’s got plus speed and plus arm...
Kessinger was the 20th man last season, and Houston DFA’ed him while choosing to keep Singleton AFTER they’d signed Walker and traded for Paredes....
Singleton was the 14th man in 2023. He was pencilled in as thd 13th man last season (but ended up as the 8th man). It seems silly to me that...
Contract limits for remaining FA I’d give out if I were Crane/Brown: Bregman 35M/1yr; $60M/2yrs with opt out; $160M/6yrs; $200M/10yrs, front...
At the big league level the Astros have top 10 guys at C, 1B, 2B, 3B, and DH. All under control for at least 3 seasons. So yeah I think corner...
I’m fine with Houston not signing him for 5 years and giving up another draft pick.
This is reasonable but it’s not going to happen.
https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2025/3b/ Astros have 2 players on the Top 10 3B list. Cam Smith is #3 and Zach Dezenzo is #9.
Plenty of teams carry a bench bat with minimal defensive value. The Astros planned to do just that last season before they gave up on Abreu.
They’re not going to carry a guy like Dezenzo as the 13th man. That would be a total waste of a year of control for him. If Dezenzo or any other...
Yeah but the 13th guy is just not a consequential spot in terms of regular season on-field impact. Going back 11 seasons, the 13th man for...
I’m surprised you don’t want him on the roster. I think the role Houston originally had planned for him (before Jose Abreu disintegrated) is...
Certainly if you were going to try to draw the shortest path to getting the org back to where it was (or better) 9 years ago, you’d trade Framber...
Well, the surprising point is that it comes down to just a couple players. But those two players are very valuable. If you accept my argument...
I am waiting until Houston’s offseason moves are done before updating the 5 year outlook. But one exercise I’ve done several times over the last...
The Astros won their WS with fractional payrolls relative to some other teams. Even a super team will lose to a decent team 35-40% of the time....
Astros notes from Fangraphs prospect guy chat yesterday: 12:22 SteveS: Eric: Love your work. If you had to invest in 3 prospects (not including...
