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Lots of smoke that the Cardinals want a full rebuild. Astros get: C/1B/LF Willson Contreras 3B Nolan Arenado $12M (2025) $8M (2026) Cardinals...
Top 9 hitters in terms of pa with wRC+: 2017: Altuve 160 Springer 140 Bregman 123 Gurriel 118 Reddick 127 Marwin 144 Beltran 76 Correa 152 McCann...
The Astros worst “everyday” hitter in 2017 was Beltran (76 wRC+), in 2022 it was Maldonado (71 wRC+). A team can win a World Series with a guy...
I didn’t say he’d fetch $15M/yr on the open market. I said he’d put up $15M worth of value each year for the next few years. That’s because free...
That’s still a bit of an undersell. He should play against all LHP, and in those games he can be a 7 hole hitter even in the best of lineups....
I really don’t understand the hate for Meyers. If you take him for what he is, he’s a valuable player. He needs to be on a team with a really...
That’s actually the beauty of that lineup. The 2 riskiest/weakest positions (CF and 3B) would each have several very high ceiling prospects...
Caratini was really good against LHP in 2024 (136 wRC+ in 64pa) but has been below average against them over his career (88 wRC+). But it’s not a...
Altuve Tucker Alvarez Walker* B Lowe* Diaz Urshela* Pena Meyers Bench: Dubon, Salazar, Singleton, Kessinger Rotation: Framber, Brown, Blanco,...
He does. Whether he’s traded probably largely depends on how much he wants to close vs be the 8th inning guy.
I think Salazar being underrated is a significant factor as well. $20M/yr can buy a really good player, or 2 decent players. I think if you look...
For now, Diaz’s health beyond 2028 is not of any concern to the Astros, because he will be a free agent at that point. And it’s very unlikely he...
Best estimate for Tucker’s value would be ~75% of what Soto’s value was when San Diego traded him to New York. They got an MLB ready MoR SP, a...
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High A C John Garcia is literally the only position player prospect I can see who might have a gripe about not being promoted this season. There...
This could be one coach who got fired whining to Schwab about how “everything is a mess”. Let’s wait and see which coaches are gone and where...
Your plan still works if you sub in Santander for Bregman and somebody like Gio Urshela or Kyle Farmer for Heyward. The defense maybe downgrades...
Bregman ain’t signing for that little. Otherwise it’s not unrealistic and a pretty good roster even with subbing Dezenzo for Bregman.
I think you’re overblowing the impact of the AAV and undercutting how much flexibility they have. But even in your scenario, trading Pressly and...
