Abreu and Montero signings were huge mistakes. As was not re-signing JV (without mortgaging our prospects).
This is what happens when you bend the knee and fire the best GM in baseball only to replace him with bad GM's and the worst manager in the league....
@Nook has said these signings were part of the off-season plans when Click was still the GM. We can conveniently blame not having a GM but these signings were going to happen and we were all happy with the Abreu signing. Click was against JV being signed for the 2022 season and Crane ignored him.
I love that dude so much. The tears he cried in interviews over the weekend of his Astros HOF induction were just so great…that he still cares that much. That’s why I loved him back then, so it’s just amazing to see him still wear his heart on his sleeve talking about the Astros and Houston. The tears he cried in the dugout after Game 6 of the NLCS were not great for 12 year old MadMax. That he says now, “Way better to be there and lose than not be there at all”…..man.
We would have never been in this position in the first place with Luhnow, everything that is happening now is because the league nerfed a dynasty. What happened last offseason or trade deadline are the results of Crane not fighting to atleast keep the mastermind behind the team here. Luhnow's draft picks and aquistions are still to this day keeping The Astros as one of the favs to win it all...
I remember one time the Indians--err Guardians (not at the time though) rallied from a 14-2 seventh inning deficit and here's the real kicker: that was the 116-win Mariners in 2001. So while it's unlikely, it's not impossible to come back from a double digit deficit late in the game.
All of this is false. Abreu and Montero are playing great since July. Getting JV for 35 mil over 2+ seasons is an absolute steal
