KUDOS to the Astros front office on having the cajones to do this trade! After reading all 22 pages and seeing the amount of Debbie Downers and Doubting Thomas's stating how we overpaid and how we gave away HOF quality prospects I just want to remind you of this great quote from Mr. Ricky Bobby!! Go 'STROS ....... ....... .......
I think JV's got a couple of good years left in him even at his age. If this year has taught us anything it's that you can never have too many good SPs. Great move!
Because he has previously been issued a QO, so the Astros are not entitled to a draft pick for him signing with the Mets. If they had been entitled to draft pick compensation, it would have happened in the draft that was just recently concluded
Watching the presser with Dana he said the Astros felt like they were giving up.a RF and 1B. If they don't think Gilbert can play CF in MLB then it shifts the entire perspective on what we gave up
It sounds less bad till you realize RF and 1st base are likely to be areas of need in the near future. The Astros gave up a lot in the last couple of days but we improved our odds in the play-offs this season even more and we have been in bigger holes than we created and dug out with ease.
Let's say he has a couple of short IL stints (15 and a 10 day) next year. That's still 28 starts and giving him exactly 6 IP average start, that's 168 IP. So he could average 5 2/3 IP a start and still be way in the clear.
JV is at 250 wins. I'm projecting 6 more wins this season. 2024 - 15 wins 2025 - 13 wins That gets him to 284 wins, within reach of 300.
Arguably is the key word. I’m no expert but according to ESPN Gilbert was ranked ahead of Acuna and Clifford just behind.
