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I am skeptical of their ability to make meaningful trades, as I think trade prices are very high. But here’s a list: C: Jansen, Kirk, Murphy,...
With the big league team looking like they’ll add at least 2 more position players, I am very optimistic about how stacked the AAA lineup could...
Updated amounts I would offer each free agent target: C: Contreras $70M/4yrs Narvaez $40M/3yrs Vazquez $18M/2yrs Sanchez $18M/2yrs Barnhart...
Breakout: Drew Gilbert, Andrew Taylor Make-or-break: Grae Kessinger, Forrest Whitley Sleepers: Will Wagner, JP France My rankings: Grade 55: 1....
If they signed Contreras and Benintendi (or another good hitting LF capable of playing RF/CF), the 11th, 12th, and 13th position players would be...
Current dream roster: 2B Altuve SS Pena DH Alvarez 3B Bregman RF Tucker 1B Abreu LF Benintendi* C Contreras* CF McCormick Bench: C Maldonado,...
Hunter Brown, Pedro Leon, and Forrest Whitley would probably be a good start.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/40-man-deadline-analysis-al-west/ One thing I find interesting is that the Astros chose to keep 5 open spots on the...
I had the thought that trading Urquidy for a long term cost controlled bat (or an elite lefty reliever) might make sense even if they don’t sign...
Signing Contreras opens up 2 very interesting possibilities. First it allows them to add another good hitter (meaning adding 3 good hitters...
Penning in the following: Abreu 130 games at 1B Altuve 130 games at 2B Pena 130 games at SS Bregman 130 games at 3B Tucker 130 games in RF Alvarez...
Contreras at $70M/4yrs or less would be a very good deal even with the draft pick cost and even if he won’t catch that many games. $100M/5yrs or...
It does make sense for Houston to view Contreras as the only player capable of adding elite offense across multiple positions (including catcher)....
Best remaining FA fits: OF Andrew Benintendi: should only get 4 years, good defender, lefty bat, doesn’t strike out, can handle CF in a pinch....
Updated expectations coming out of todays press conference: 1. A left handed hitting OF (Brantley, Conforto, Benintendi, Nimmo, Bellinger) 2. A...
I agree with your sentiment and totally agree the final decision maker (I.e. GM) needs to be extremely knowledgeable about analytics and rely on...
One thing I really like is that despite having a veteran roster, the years of control are staggered very nicely. Here’s who will reach free...
There is risk but I believe it’s mostly in that 3rd year. Most likely it’ll be a fair signing. There’s not too much upside that he will...
Carlos Lee was the biggest outside free agent signing in Astros history. But yes, Abreu is the biggest in the Crane era.
I think they have to do something, but the question is what tier of move do they make: 1. Add a starting quality catcher. Contreras is really the...
