[Official] Astros Offseason

except that isn’t how the current leadership team has ever handled things


I would agree in a lot of situations, but truth is our guys lie about things a lot and they also don’t seem to look at the big picture when making moves, it’s all one piece at a time

With zero talk of possible extensions for Pena or Hunter, I’d be in favor of moving them for a very quick reload, but I wouldn’t want Dana in charge of that

 

I get this takes.

My take is if Salazar is the starting catcher with the current projected starting outfield, this team could be playing with a 5 player lineup and 4 auto-outs.

The question marks of 3 starting spots makes catcher, and especially at least average run production from catcher essential IMO.

 

Braves put Scheellenbach on 60 day today also

 

The Astros have a recent history of not being transparent about injuries and recovery timelines, so I lean more that they exaggerated how quickly Hader could return in September. If things weren’t going according to plan this offseason or he had a setback in his recovery, reports would likely have surfaced before now.

 

no, Walker ended up being a bad move by Dana in hindsight.

the ones I labeled crane moves were based on what I’ve read. Maybe that’s wrong, but it seems to be the prevailing thought.

perhaps I should credit Crane for the other moves I ascribed to Dana solely. In other words, maybe he wasn’t directly pushing for them but he also ultimately allowed them to occur and didn’t veto.

If you think the Abreu, Hader and JV moves were Dana, then at worst he is a mixed bag. My original point stands - Dana hasn’t made “almost every wrong move” like OP said. Not even close.

 

FWIW, Abreu was signed 2 months before Dana Brown became the GM.

 

If you have a problem with Brown . . . you probably also have a problem with Crane and just don't know it . . . .

 

On the Abreu/Walker stuff

Funny thing is almost everyone on here loved the Abreu signing when it happened. A few were skeptical on Walker and a lot of that was because of how the Abreu deal ended up

 

I liked both signings at the time and honestly even with how poorly they’ve panned out it hasn’t been that big of a blunder. Most teams can stomach a 3 year contract going bad. The problem is that those 2 moves were paired with other bad outcomes (McCullers and Javier injuries, farm degradation) that made Houston’s situation precarious.

 

Yup. (in my earlier post, I noted that Abreu was a Crane Bagwell decision, not Dana.).

 

I imagine Crane is a difficult owner to work with as a GM. He clearly is an owner that wants to win, and will spend to make it happen...if he wants to. So you have to navigate his spending whims.

I've been pretty underwhelmed with Brown as a GM, but it's hard for me to place blame on hit for the failures of 2025. The tidal wave of injuries and a couple of hitters grossly underperforming expectations. Even with that happening the team was still very much in the mix until Framber's meltdown. There's only so many contingencies you can reasonably build in for things going wrong.

With even average health we were probably a 90-95 win team last season.

 

Jesu Christo can some games start already

 

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initially read this as Jesu Christo can start some games . . .

 

And I thought he might contribute this season.

 

In Crane I trust until proven otherwise. We have had unprecedented success and even with the crazy amount of injuriesast season, we were in the thick of it until the very end.

 

Father Time is undefeated

 

You thought John Schneider would contribute?

 

lol

 

I am getting tired of hearing of the Astros roster constraints. If a deal comes, it comes. But these untenuous claims are dampening the spirit of the Astros returning to the field.

 

Here is to him avoiding surgery.