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Post by Saint on Jul 22, 2024 14:30:39 GMT -6
Rumors on social media that the Astros have interest in Isaac Paredes from the Rays. He can play 1B and 3B. Could be a nice addition to 1B and a replacement for Bregman should he depart.... He has 3 more years of club control though so I doubt he would be cheap...
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Post by Ashitaka on Jul 22, 2024 14:44:21 GMT -6
Rumors on social media that the Astros have interest in Isaac Paredes from the Rays. He can play 1B and 3B. Could be a nice addition to 1B and a replacement for Bregman should he depart.... He has 3 more years of club control though so I doubt he would be cheap... Yeah that would be an ideal get since it solves 1B this year and 3B once Bregman walks. In the midst of a second-straight year posting a wRC+ better than 130 though so I just fear he'll be too expensive. I fear they will actually do it. If they would lock up Tucker long term I could stomach losing Melton but man. |
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Post by Ashitaka on Jul 22, 2024 14:46:17 GMT -6
Dodgers DFA James Paxton. He's older and his peripherals are not great, but he's been healthy for a change this year, if they could get his strikeout rate going again...
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Post by Saint on Jul 22, 2024 14:55:21 GMT -6
Rumors on social media that the Astros have interest in Isaac Paredes from the Rays. He can play 1B and 3B. Could be a nice addition to 1B and a replacement for Bregman should he depart.... He has 3 more years of club control though so I doubt he would be cheap... Yeah that would be an ideal get since it solves 1B this year and 3B once Bregman walks. In the midst of a second-straight year posting a wRC+ better than 130 though so I just fear he'll be too expensive. I fear they will actually do it. If they would lock up Tucker long term I could stomach losing Melton but man. If they're convinced they're not going to want to keep Bregman, they're going to have to do something. We've done a good job of replacing departing big free agents and staying competitive, but we're starting to wear thin. Altuve is still good, but is showing signs of decline, Bregman may be gone after this year, Pena has value but it's apparent that he is an average offensive player at this point, we're getting average at best production at 1B and LF, etc. Tucker and Yordan (when healthy) are elite offensive players, but we need to add a bat or two somehow before next year if we lose Bregman. I'd love to see Leon and Wagner get a shot this year. |
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Post by Saint on Jul 22, 2024 14:56:43 GMT -6
Kessinger was demoted and Aledmys Diaz is back. I feel like that is an upgrade event if it's just a tiny one.
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Post by unionstation82 on Jul 22, 2024 23:56:59 GMT -6
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Post by thomasj13 on Jul 24, 2024 7:42:49 GMT -6
Pedro Leon has to be basically gone (traded)?
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Post by inaltuvewetrust on Jul 24, 2024 9:31:03 GMT -6
Pedro Leon has to be basically gone (traded)? I mean he has had a great year but if we are trading for pitching, which we must, I’d rather part with Leon. As opposed to Melton or Matthews. Hopefully those two are not traded. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Jul 24, 2024 10:29:24 GMT -6
Pedro Leon has to be basically gone (traded)? I mean he has had a great year but if we are trading for pitching, which we must, I’d rather part with Leon. As opposed to Melton or Matthews. Hopefully those two are not traded. I agree. Who do you consider the Astros top 5 prospects, outside of Melton and Matthews? |
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Post by Ashitaka on Jul 24, 2024 10:42:11 GMT -6
I mean he has had a great year but if we are trading for pitching, which we must, I’d rather part with Leon. As opposed to Melton or Matthews. Hopefully those two are not traded. I agree. Who do you consider the Astros top 5 prospects, outside of Melton and Matthews? Janek (not yet signed), Baez, Dezenzo, Tredwell, Wagner After Janek and Baez I would not argue hard against like 10-15 different names. There are a few clear top guys and a whole pool of hair-splitters after them. Several other guys we just drafted like Forcucci and Hertzler could jump on the list quickly too. |
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Post by Ashitaka on Jul 24, 2024 10:44:54 GMT -6
Dana Brown said on the radio this morning that they're "optimistic" that Tucker will be back before SEPTEMBER and I'm just in disbelief that they're pulling a Biden with everyone about his health. It's been like 50 games missed and it sounds like it could be another 20+. No one is missing that kind of time for a leg bruise. Come on.
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Post by Ashitaka on Jul 26, 2024 15:50:58 GMT -6
Walker Janek taking BP at MMP today. Got to talk with another Astros 1st round catcher selection:  |
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Post by Saint on Jul 26, 2024 17:32:38 GMT -6
With a name like Walker I hope he has a good OBP.
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Post by Ashitaka on Aug 3, 2024 10:02:49 GMT -6
Luis Garcia showed up with elbow soreness and will not begin a rehab assignment tomorrow because of it.
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 3, 2024 10:56:41 GMT -6
Luis Garcia showed up with elbow soreness and will not begin a rehab assignment tomorrow because of it. I think they should DFA McCullers, his injury proneness is infectious |
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Post by Saint on Aug 3, 2024 12:26:47 GMT -6
They ought to shut Garcia down and see if they can focus on having him ready for OD next year.
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Aug 3, 2024 16:12:21 GMT -6
Unfortunately, Montero accepted assignment to AAA, which means he will probably soon wiggle his way back to Houston
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 3, 2024 21:57:56 GMT -6
The Mariners rallied from down 5-0 to tie the game against the Phillies. This team will not win the division if the offense continues to struggle like this.
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Post by Saint on Aug 5, 2024 10:15:51 GMT -6
Well even I have to admit that this LMJ contract is now a complete flop. It was one thing to have some missed time, but missing another entire season is crazy. His deal, coupled with Abreu and Montero has basically amounted to about $50 million in dead wasted money this year, and possibly next year too. If you add in Bregman this year, here is our production for the money spent on these four guys for 2024:
LMJ: $17 million (0 WAR)
Abreu: $19.5 million (-1.6 WAR)
Montero: $11.5 million (-.1 WAR)
Bregman: $30.5 million (1.5 WAR)
Total Cost: $78.5 million
Total Production: -.2 WAR
For comparison, the Guardians total payroll for 2024 is $96 million.
Plus, Altuve is having a decent season (not great), if you throw in his salary you get:
Total Cost: $107.5 million
Total Production: 2.4 WAR (from 5 players)
Crane has definitely spent a lot of money on the team, and I hope he continues to... But, issues with prospect-trading aside, they're going to need to get smarter with their money.
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Post by Ashitaka on Aug 5, 2024 11:56:36 GMT -6
Well even I have to admit that this LMJ contract is now a complete flop. It was one thing to have some missed time, but missing another entire season is crazy. His deal, coupled with Abreu and Montero has basically amounted to about $50 million in dead wasted money this year, and possibly next year too. If you add in Bregman this year, here is our production for the money spent on these four guys for 2024: LMJ: $17 million (0 WAR) Abreu: $19.5 million (-1.6 WAR) Montero: $11.5 million (-.1 WAR) Bregman: $30.5 million (1.5 WAR) Total Cost: $78.5 million Total Production: -.2 WAR For comparison, the Guardians total payroll for 2024 is $96 million. Plus, Altuve is having a decent season (not great), if you throw in his salary you get: Total Cost: $107.5 million Total Production: 2.4 WAR (from 5 players) Crane has definitely spent a lot of money on the team, and I hope he continues to... But, issues with prospect-trading aside, they're going to need to get smarter with their money. The McCullers contract is more in the unfortunate category more than the stupid one. It was reasonable to expect 125-150 innings a year from him over the life of the deal, and he was still in his 20s at the time of the signing. The Abreu deal is more on the stupid side; even then the dramatic and sudden nature of the dropoff would be hard to predict, but 35 + declining power should have been red flags enough to go in a different direction. The Montero deal was just plain stupid. To me a key is going to be, oddly, how much they think of Dezenzo. If they think he can be the next Pena and slide into 3B without a big drop off (and Bregman is little more than a league average bat at this point), then the fall/winter of 2025 you could have Bregman, Montero, Abreu, Pressly, Caratini, Graveman ($8 million for zero innings this year!), Framber, and Verlander all off the books just ahead of Tucker's free agency. That's in the neighborhood of $80-90 million in AAV cap space. No excuse for not extending him (and Hunter Brown). But that's also a lot of talent to replace. This team keeps blowing holes in the farm so good luck filling that all in without getting a bunch of expensive free agents. I'm wondering about small extensions, therefore, for some existing guys. When healthy JV is still effective, but he's blown up a lot of his earning potential this year. For a guy his age, years might be more important than dollars. Would he take a two year, $30 million extension? Would Bregman come back for one more year to try to rebuild his value (because it's hard to see more anything more than a 4 year, $80 million deal for him after this season)? Heck, if they're sold on Dezenzo's bat, maybe you bring Bregman back on that contract and put Dezenzo at first base. To wit of Dezenzo at first base, percentage of games played at 1B by year: 2023: 7.5% 2024: 23.7% (45.5% since being promoted to AAA) |
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Post by Saint on Aug 5, 2024 12:11:10 GMT -6
Well even I have to admit that this LMJ contract is now a complete flop. It was one thing to have some missed time, but missing another entire season is crazy. His deal, coupled with Abreu and Montero has basically amounted to about $50 million in dead wasted money this year, and possibly next year too. If you add in Bregman this year, here is our production for the money spent on these four guys for 2024: LMJ: $17 million (0 WAR) Abreu: $19.5 million (-1.6 WAR) Montero: $11.5 million (-.1 WAR) Bregman: $30.5 million (1.5 WAR) Total Cost: $78.5 million Total Production: -.2 WAR For comparison, the Guardians total payroll for 2024 is $96 million. Plus, Altuve is having a decent season (not great), if you throw in his salary you get: Total Cost: $107.5 million Total Production: 2.4 WAR (from 5 players) Crane has definitely spent a lot of money on the team, and I hope he continues to... But, issues with prospect-trading aside, they're going to need to get smarter with their money. The McCullers contract is more in the unfortunate category more than the stupid one. It was reasonable to expect 125-150 innings a year from him over the life of the deal, and he was still in his 20s at the time of the signing. The Abreu deal is more on the stupid side; even then the dramatic and sudden nature of the dropoff would be hard to predict, but 35 + declining power should have been red flags enough to go in a different direction. The Montero deal was just plain stupid. To me a key is going to be, oddly, how much they think of Dezenzo. If they think he can be the next Pena and slide into 3B without a big drop off (and Bregman is little more than a league average bat at this point), then the fall/winter of 2025 you could have Bregman, Montero, Abreu, Pressly, Caratini, Graveman ($8 million for zero innings this year!), Framber, and Verlander all off the books just ahead of Tucker's free agency. That's in the neighborhood of $80-90 million in AAV cap space. No excuse for not extending him (and Hunter Brown). But that's also a lot of talent to replace. This team keeps blowing holes in the farm so good luck filling that all in without getting a bunch of expensive free agents. I'm wondering about small extensions, therefore, for some existing guys. When healthy JV is still effective, but he's blown up a lot of his earning potential this year. For a guy his age, years might be more important than dollars. Would he take a two year, $30 million extension? Would Bregman come back for one more year to try to rebuild his value (because it's hard to see more anything more than a 4 year, $80 million deal for him after this season)? Heck, if they're sold on Dezenzo's bat, maybe you bring Bregman back on that contract and put Dezenzo at first base. To wit of Dezenzo at first base, percentage of games played at 1B by year: 2023: 7.5% 2024: 23.7% (45.5% since being promoted to AAA) Since Yainer is continuing to show that he is a legit bat. They probably need to think about splitting his time at 1B more and giving him some more reps with the idea of maybe moving him to 1B full-time. Then use Caratini and Salazar at catcher, who are both solid all-around. P.S. I think they need to extend Framber too. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 5, 2024 13:47:33 GMT -6
The AL west is such a shitty division that a team can be 1 game out of first place in August, despite:
1. Not having 3 of their top 5 starters for a huge percentage of the year (Javier, Garcia and Verlander)
2. Their replacements for the injured starters to be done for the year: McCullers, Urquidy and France
3. Argumentatively their top bat (Tucker) out for 3 months
4. Their $19.5M a year 1B. DFA
5. Their $11.5M a year reliever DFA
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Post by Ashitaka on Aug 5, 2024 16:24:19 GMT -6
The McCullers contract is more in the unfortunate category more than the stupid one. It was reasonable to expect 125-150 innings a year from him over the life of the deal, and he was still in his 20s at the time of the signing. The Abreu deal is more on the stupid side; even then the dramatic and sudden nature of the dropoff would be hard to predict, but 35 + declining power should have been red flags enough to go in a different direction. The Montero deal was just plain stupid. To me a key is going to be, oddly, how much they think of Dezenzo. If they think he can be the next Pena and slide into 3B without a big drop off (and Bregman is little more than a league average bat at this point), then the fall/winter of 2025 you could have Bregman, Montero, Abreu, Pressly, Caratini, Graveman ($8 million for zero innings this year!), Framber, and Verlander all off the books just ahead of Tucker's free agency. That's in the neighborhood of $80-90 million in AAV cap space. No excuse for not extending him (and Hunter Brown). But that's also a lot of talent to replace. This team keeps blowing holes in the farm so good luck filling that all in without getting a bunch of expensive free agents. I'm wondering about small extensions, therefore, for some existing guys. When healthy JV is still effective, but he's blown up a lot of his earning potential this year. For a guy his age, years might be more important than dollars. Would he take a two year, $30 million extension? Would Bregman come back for one more year to try to rebuild his value (because it's hard to see more anything more than a 4 year, $80 million deal for him after this season)? Heck, if they're sold on Dezenzo's bat, maybe you bring Bregman back on that contract and put Dezenzo at first base. To wit of Dezenzo at first base, percentage of games played at 1B by year: 2023: 7.5% 2024: 23.7% (45.5% since being promoted to AAA) Since Yainer is continuing to show that he is a legit bat. They probably need to think about splitting his time at 1B more and giving him some more reps with the idea of maybe moving him to 1B full-time. Then use Caratini and Salazar at catcher, who are both solid all-around. P.S. I think they need to extend Framber too. It wouldn't be the worst idea, especially if Janek is quick to the Majors like many think. Like if he could also learn to man 1B decently, you could bring him up in 2026 and have him be the primary 1B and the backup C while he learned to work with the pitchers more. Then the one who shows the best defensive ability can have the starting C job long term. Despite his struggles, Framber has good enough overall numbers (not to mention coveted durability) that I think he's just going to be too expensive. I would not be shocked with $30 million per year for 6 years. He'll be entering his age 32 season in the first year of whatever deal he signs. It would be a pretty big risk. If he'd be willing to sign like a 3-4 year extension now, maybe, but why would he? |
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 5, 2024 17:44:05 GMT -6
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Post by Saint on Aug 5, 2024 18:45:47 GMT -6
Since Yainer is continuing to show that he is a legit bat. They probably need to think about splitting his time at 1B more and giving him some more reps with the idea of maybe moving him to 1B full-time. Then use Caratini and Salazar at catcher, who are both solid all-around. P.S. I think they need to extend Framber too. It wouldn't be the worst idea, especially if Janek is quick to the Majors like many think. Like if he could also learn to man 1B decently, you could bring him up in 2026 and have him be the primary 1B and the backup C while he learned to work with the pitchers more. Then the one who shows the best defensive ability can have the starting C job long term. Despite his struggles, Framber has good enough overall numbers (not to mention coveted durability) that I think he's just going to be too expensive. I would not be shocked with $30 million per year for 6 years. He'll be entering his age 32 season in the first year of whatever deal he signs. It would be a pretty big risk. If he'd be willing to sign like a 3-4 year extension now, maybe, but why would he? I don't know what he's looking for but I haven't even heard if we've thought about it. It's just Tucker and Bregman. |
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Post by kyledriver1980 on Aug 6, 2024 12:35:01 GMT -6
This is per Michael Schwab on Twitter. He usually is credible.
I am hearing the that Astros #4 prospect, 1B/3B Zach Dezenzo, is in Arlington with the team, per sources.
No word on what the corresponding move will be.
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Post by Saint on Aug 6, 2024 13:05:57 GMT -6
This is per Michael Schwab on Twitter. He usually is credible. I am hearing the that Astros #4 prospect, 1B/3B Zach Dezenzo, is in Arlington with the team, per sources. No word on what the corresponding move will be. Cabbage? |
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Post by kyledriver1980 on Aug 6, 2024 14:56:13 GMT -6
This is per Michael Schwab on Twitter. He usually is credible. I am hearing the that Astros #4 prospect, 1B/3B Zach Dezenzo, is in Arlington with the team, per sources. No word on what the corresponding move will be. Cabbage? Yup. That was the move. |
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Post by Ashitaka on Aug 6, 2024 15:45:43 GMT -6
Whaaaaat wow this is fast. Hope he's ready.
What does Shay Whitcomb have to do...
Dylan Coleman DFA'd to make 40-man space.
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Post by Ashitaka on Aug 6, 2024 20:41:25 GMT -6
Forrest Whitley's last 12 outings: 0 R, 9 H, 4 BB, 13 K
It's odd to me he is not on this roster. You don't have to believe in or like him, but you do have to ask why they aren't trying to get whatever they can out of him. I mean the performance and stuff can't get better than they are now.
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