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I can’t envision a scenario where it makes sense to bring back Aledmys Diaz. He is cresting the aging curve and is only marginal at SS. His wRC+...
Abreu is the best free agent bat not named Judge. It will be very interesting to see both how much Verlander gets and how high Crane is willing...
Re-signing Verlander and adding one of the 3 good free agent 1B (Abreu, Bell, Rizzo) would be a very good offseason. Extending one of Javier,...
About 1/3 less value, sure.
I know you’re joking but a 2022 Willy Adames season (~.240/.300/.450, 25 HR and 4.5 fwar) is a reasonable for Pena next year.
He’d be worth pretty much whatever they wanted. But they’d never trade him to Houston. Now if Houston offered to take back Rendon’s underwater...
Estimated contract ranges for potential Astros free agent targets according to fangraphs: Verlander: $55M/2yrs-$80M/2yrs (I think he’ll get 3...
Right now they have weaknesses at: 1B: Matijevic projects to be a league average bat and average defensive 1B. Other internal options are...
(Copying my post from the other thread) If Houston is trying to field the best 2023 opening day roster they can reasonably afford, the additions...
I was thinking about who the linchpin is for the winning culture Houston has established. They've weathered the losses of core star players...
That lineup would probably project to be among the 5 best (in terms of fwar) in the history of MLB. That is a 27 Yankees (or better) level lineup.
I almost always scroll past posts this long but I am glad I didn’t do that this time. Great post. I’m happy you got that experience. Sports can...
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Solid take. If Houston is trying to field the best 2023 opening day roster they can reasonably afford, the additions would be (in order of...
Any player who played in a game for the Astros in 2022 will get a ring.
$100M/3yrs might get it, especially if there’s incentives to bring it higher. But there’s very little precedent for a 40 year old pitching as...
Fangraphs projects some Astros prospects to be pretty good hitters, namely Diaz, Dirden, Hensley, and Matijevic; they all project to be better...
If Verlanders asking price is $70M/2yrs he will be signed by Crane in the next 5 days (and I will be shocked).
Current 2023 Astros MLB position rankings: C 28 (Lee backing up Maldy) 1B 13 (has Yordan with 126 pa at 1B behind Matijevic) 2B 1 SS 22 (LOL) 3B 2...
A trade that seems to make sense to me would be Urquidy and a prospect to Toronto for Danny Jansen and Teoscar Hernandez. Pair that with signing...
