[Official] Astros Off Season Thread

He also has the most years left under club control... and has been one of the healthiest. Why trade him while he's in his physical peak?

 

Altuve will be the clear alpha in that dynamic. His opening press conference should include why his OPS dropped by .246 after MLB started to crack down on sign stealing.

 

Mets sign Clay Holmes from the Yankees

 

Mets sign Clay Holmes for $38M/3yrs as a SP. solid value as he would have been worth that as a RP.

 

Jon Heyman got pissed off when the radio host insinuated he gets paid off by Boras lol

 

Jeff Passan blocked me before I deleted Twitter.

 

So for 40-45 mil you could possibly add Walker/Palanco and trade for Robert.

If Bregs walks sign me up for this.

 

What's the odds of including Pressly in a trade for Bellinger?

 

I actually think that's the most likely scenario if they trade for Bellinger.

 

If Bregman walks and they get Walker and Robert, then that takes a lot of pressure off of 3b.

It would make a Polanco deal reasonable.

Or they could focus on LF like Winker for instance. Then let Dubon, Kessinger, Dezenzo, Whitcomb share 3b as there won't be as much offensive pressure with 3 other spots improved.

 

Would be the only way it could work

 

Do we all love how the Astros are doing absolutely nothing?

 

Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand.

 

Hope they don't miss out on everyone waiting for Bregman.

 

Post your I hope you're hungry... FOR NOTHING!

 

It's boring but exactly what I expected.

They will do nothing until Bregman signs because that will determine what they have to spend on others. Why spend on a tier 4 FA filling a spot that will no longer be available if they could get a tier 2 guy?

And Bregman isn't signing until Soto does, because the teams who miss out on Soto will significantly improve his market and raise his potential contract.

So, like it or not, nothing will get done until Soto signs - and it's the right move.

What I don't want is the team to sign a guy like Santana today, then miss out on Bregman tomorrow and not have a 1b roster spot eventhough they have the money for Walker.

 

Well pops Bregman isn't coming back and if he does we still need a lot more.

 

But the Astros are not giving up and moving on until/unless he signs somewhere else.

So they are not going to bring anyone else in until that happens, either.