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I don’t disagree. I am pretty optimistic about the pitching depth. I think at least 2 of the below pitchers will turn into quality 7th/8th...
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From the BA tracker: Cesar Yanquiel Hernandez, OF, Cuba (Scouting report here) Anderson Paula, OF, Dominican Republic Francheli Silverio, SS,...
Yes, sorry. That is correct.
https://www.mlb.com/astros/news/astros-2024-international-prospects-signings?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
Teams can no longer sign players beyond their bonus pool.
I have a hard time seeing any deals that have been made by other teams and wishing Houston had done that. I wouldn’t want the Astros to have...
Astros pool is $5.925M this year. I’m hoping for 3 big bonus guys in the $1M-$2M range then another 4-6 guys in the $300k-$700k range.
That’s an awful lot of words to say “if Houston can develop an entirely homegrown elite bullpen and 2 above average everyday position players in...
It is interesting that both of Houston’s big bonus signees are older guys; Rives will play at 19 and Hernandez will play at 21 next season. It...
Trade Urquidy and Montero. Sign Moore, Paxton, and Gallo. Roster: 2B Altuve 3B Bregman DH Alvarez 1B Abreu RF Tucker C Diaz OF McCormick OF...
I am still not convinced they are quite as close to the threshold as everyone is saying. It would not surprise me at all if they had another...
Outside of Josh Hader and Jordan Montgomery, I don’t see any free agents available who by themselves makes sense for Houston to be willing to go...
@tellitlikeitis you gonna start the 2024 thread? https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2024-international-prospect-rankings-and-scouting-reports/ Astros...
Dubon was the only arb eligible player the Astros didn’t agree with. He filed at $3.5M, Houston filed at $3M. I think Houston will win that...
Pressly, Verlander, and Altuve all would probably prefer to stay in Houston for the remainder of their careers, but all 3 of those guys are well...
The Astros are paying $51.5M for 4 pitchers who will not be in their opening day rotation and combine for a projected 2.8 fwar. Fwar is a bad...
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/astros-kyle-tucker-avoid-arbitration.html $12M for Tuck, that’s about $600k below projection. I think so...
That’s about $200k above what was projected. No big deal. Tucker and Framber are the 2 who matter.
Fun rereading this stuff from 2018. I think my original post still holds up pretty well. In my original post I said Houston would need to...
