Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!
True. And honestly the Abreu deal wouldn’t have been that big of a blow if it hadn’t also been combined with another ~$50M in dead money in 2024...
Days are long and the years are short. My Top 30 for the offseason: OF Jacob Melton 50+ IF Brice Matthews 1B Zach Dezenzo C Walker Janek 50 P...
Well the big question is has the front office had luck, or skill.
The Rockies actually made what I think is a decent move for once. They signed Kyle Farmer for $3.25M/1yr. That’s a pretty good value for a guy...
McCarthy was a 3 win player last season and is the kind of low strikeout good baserunner Houston needs to deepen their lineup. I actually think...
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/11/dbacks-trade-rumors-alek-thomas-jake-mccarthy.html Astros get: OF Jake McCarthy SP Jordan Montgomery $6M...
I’ve already outlined many times in this thread how the Astros can use platoons to field an incredibly deep lineup against all pitchers. Yes,...
Ok, smart guy, then find the Astros a good balanced hitter at 1B, SS, 3B, LF, and CF, because those are the positions where Houston has a hitter...
Good point. Houston has continued to show the ability to identify and develop pitching; that’s evidenced not only by how good Blanco and...
My take on Singleton/1B is that because Singleton is a good hitter against 70-80% of the pitchers in the league, it doesn’t make sense to replace...
MLBTR list of non-tender candidates: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/11/2024-non-tender-candidates.html Guys I think could interest Houston:...
Was thinking about what Houston really needs from the farm in the short term in order to keep the window open past 2025. After comparing the...
Sign Kikuchi, Heaney, and Neris. Trade Arrighetti, Caratini, and Meyers for Yandy Diaz and Brandon Lowe and a PTBNL. Trade Pressly for a lotto...
I personally think Singleton had some bad fly ball luck last season and left a handful of homers on the warning track. I don’t have the deep stat...
Singleton is a very good hitter against RHP, but unplayable against LHP. Meyers is a good hitter against LHP, but a very bad hitter against RHP....
Yes, I know. If you’re looking at $110M/4yrs (27.5 AAV) vs $130M/6yrs (26 AAV) then the AAV difference in years 1-4 is marginal. But those last...
I’m not sure your comments about FIP/fwar are accurate; it normalizes for fielding, which means that pitchers of all types with good defensive...
We’ll see. Kikuchi was extremely good as an Astro and I think he’ll be as good or better than Framber over the next 3 seasons. In 2024, Kikuchi...
A win is a win whether it comes from Kikuchi or Framber. If Houston can trade Framber and sign somebody like Kikuchi such that the net in 2025 is...
I am not at all scared of him at $10M/yr for his age 36 and 37 seasons if he signs for that low of a total number. At this rate Framber with a...
