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Because any affordable replacement for Correa is going to represent a significant downgrade. Therefore, you direct resources towards strengthening...
I haven't admittedly looked at payroll overall - but we're not jamming $60MM into a $30MM hole. They were prepared to pay both players $37MM to...
May i ask a dumb question? Is the player option for $25MM? I have not seen that stated explicitly but assume it's how this works?
I disagree. They won the same number of games as Detroit - the team everyone assumes is on the come and will land Correa. Well, the Angels get a...
I doubt that. Verlander and Greinke made, what? $68MM last year? Verlander ($25MM) + Correa (~$35MM) would not equal or surpass $68MM in '22.
How do you know they didn't make the same offer to Springer and.... he didn't accept it?... It takes two to tango - remember, Springer repeatedly...
What passes for baseball reporting these days in a nuthsell: So, all that geographical preference is... bullshit? Got it.
Yes; but his re-signing with the Astros does, at least to some degree, derail any notion the team might be poisonous to prospective free agents. I...
So.... re-sign Correa?...
Man, he wasn't even 18 when they drafted him. It was 10 years ago. I would guess whatever was said has changed and evolved as he's grown and...
Yeah; I do not expect him to take less to stay here - though "less" is relative. There might be a number he simply can't refuse, and the Rangers...
Rereading: I didn't say it as much as I probably should have. But that was ALL speculation on my part based on reports and observations and, etc.
Right. I was speculating, and said as much. And it was contingent on things happening that have not yet happened (and may never). But I feel like...
It's assuming, primarily, that Correa is going to want to play for a contender (who pays him a lot of money, obviously). And if that's true, he...
Man, I've never thought of it like that - but, yeah - great point.
He's joining a 52-win team 30 minutes from where he lives and will likely retire. This is a "riding off into the sunset" gig - low stakes, no...
Because they didn't need to bid against themselves. It might yet happen - and, if so, the Astros can wave a hearty good-bye: but the 10/$300+MM...
That ship has sailed. Bregman has had far too many lower body injuries. Not to mention, when healthy, he's a very good defensive 3B so you don't...
I think fans have, along with the sport, evolved their thinking. Casual fans? Yeah, they think like this. But hard(er) core fans understand the...
I believe Luhnow would've been far more inclined to keep Correa, too - not in a LUHNOW IS BETTER!!! way but in what Correa would've represented to...
