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Aroldis Chapman getting $11M is a good sign Houston would be able to move most if not all of Pressly’s salary.
Serious question: do you have Down Syndrome?
I could be way off. Big potential variance on perception of Astros prospects and Arenado. It could be much less like swapping Melton out for...
Baseball doesn’t have a problem outside of the the slow pace of play and the expense of watching a game (both on TV and in person). They don’t...
I’d say Nootbar has about $25M in surplus value, with Arenado roughly even value since Colorado is covering $10M of his salary. So my...
I’d be ok with teams being able to reset their lineup for extra innings. That golden AB rule of doing it for a single batter at any point in the...
Those arbitration salaries are no good; for players like Abreu and Casas it’ll be double that. Regardless of what the numbers say, I think it...
A hypothetical for one team Nook mentioned Houston’s talking to: Astros get: UT Brendan Donovan 3B Nolan Arenado $20M ($10M via Colorado)...
For all the talk about Houston’s offseason strategy and balancing short term and long term interests, I really haven’t seen anyone posit what is...
Trade targets on each of those teams: Cards: Willson Contreras, Nolan Arenado, Brendan Donovan, Lars Nootbaar, Sonny Gray, Eric Fedde, Miles...
Price. If Bregman gets $210M, and Adames only gets $170M, Adames is the much better value.
I shouldn’t have said that. I do think Meyers is one of the very best players in the league at taking the most efficient route to a ball in the...
Astros get: 1B/OF Cody Bellinger $9M Cubs get: RP Ryan Pressly IF/OF Shay Whitcomb...
We’ll see. James Click is a VP for the Blue Jays and pretty much bet his career on Meyers during his time with the Astros. The Rays have had a...
Meyers’ value is heavily dependent on how you value defense and how much of his injury history you think has prevented him from performing. In...
Unfortunately Meyers is the type of player only savvy teams will want to trade for and they will likely not be giving up real value; my guess is...
Luckily baseball doesn’t work like basketball. Even a super team made of all hall of famers would only win 110 games and only have a ~35% chance...
The most likely scenario is that Houston signs 2 3rd tier free agents and makes one 2nd tier trade. They would enter the season with one of the 3...
The problem with Houston taking 2025 off to reload by trading Tucker and Framber and not replacing them via free agency is that doing that wastes...
Here’s an idea: sign Juan Soto and Alex Bregman and Joc Pederson. Then trade Yordan Alvarez to the Phillies for their 5 best prospects. Now...
