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I probably wouldn’t want to give Bregman that deal. He really hasn’t been that good. Factor in injury history including hamstring, back, and...
Another: Astros get: 1B/C/LF Willson Contreras $5M (2025) Cardinals get: P AJ Blubaugh P Jose Fleury OF Kenedy Corona I’d love this 2025...
Bregman’s ceiling is $240M/8yrs. His floor is $160M/6yrs. I think he will end up with something close to $180M/7yrs plus incentives.
I really don’t see any obvious places to trim significant payroll. Urquidy will save a couple of million when he’s non tendered. If Houston...
Some hypothetical trades to kick off the offseason: Astros get: CF Luis Robert $8M (2025) White Sox get: OF Jacob Melton CF Jake Meyers P...
Top 5 free agent bat targets in terms of overall fit/expected value: 1. Christian Walker 2. Michael Conforto 3. Jurickson Profar 4. Anthony...
I definitely worry about how losing Bregman will impact the culture. I still believe Altuve sets the tone and Alvarez is also a leader. But just...
From the MLBTR article on JV: Per RosterResource, the Astros project to be have a spending gap of more than $100MM between 2024 and 2025, both in...
I think this is a fine idea if better options aren’t reasonably priced.
We can’t know what limits Crane has on spending money. He’s continued to spend more each year and gone well over the first 2 CBT thresholds....
The balls out way: Sign Christian Walker, Yusei Kikuchi, and Michael Conforto Trade for Luis Robert (include Meyers in that trade) CF Robert 2B...
The Padres seemed to have really threaded a needle there. I wouldn’t want to bank on replicating that. But they did show it is possible.
They either need to spend more than they ever have to fill holes at 1B, 3B, and SP, or trade Framber and Tucker.
Ok well **** you put me on ignore then
Option 1 (Stretch the window): -Requires Crane to stretch payroll to all time high -Add 2 bats and a SP Hypothetical opening day roster with this...
I think there’s <10% chance Bregman comes back to Houston. Theres probably a 5% chance they lock him up in the next month before free agency...
The free agent closer market is pretty slim. If Houston shops Pressly he could be the 2nd best guy available after Holmes. I’d rather have...
I think Polanco is a solid under the radar option. Kyle Farmer can hit lefties and will also be cheap. Jose Iglesias will probably get overpaid...
Yep. Pena is not the problem. But he’s not the solution.
My opinions: The team is too talented for a rebuild. As-is it projects for 85-95 wins. McCormick and Meyers belong on the roster but if they...
