Big game Hunting:
Crochet for Melton, Mathews, Arrighetti or Bloss, Blubaugh,
Vlad Jr for Leon, Ullola, Chas or Jake, Montero (they don’t have to take Montero- they could send us 10M instead
Mason Miller for Arrighetti or Bloss (whichever didn’t go out in the other trade), Dezenzo, Loperfido, whatever prospects we get back from trading Presley and 10M to the Orioles (which should get 2 decent prospects)
Astros resulting roster,
Diaz, Caratini, Vlad, Altuve, Pena, Bregman, Yordan, Dubon, Jake or Chas, Tucker, singleton, Kessinger Cabbage
Crochet, Brown, Framber, Blanco, JV, Garcia
Hader, Miller, Abreu, Scott, Martinez, Dubin, king or Contreras.
that would leave the farm with 2 players of note- whitcomb to take over for Bregman after 24 and Baez to take over for Tucker or Vlad after 2025.
you’d have ace level guys in Crochet (and maybe Brown) in 2026, to go with probably mid level guys in Blanco and Garcia, whatever you can get out of LMJ, I’d try to turn Dubin into a starter, plus whatever BOR guys you sign or whoever you develop.
Thats maybe WS favorites in 24 and 25 and still a legit bite at the apple in 26. That gives Dana brown 3 years to develop for 27. If that works cool keep on contending
if not you start the rebuild by trading:
Guys: with 2 years (Miller, Brown, Blanco, Hader, Yainer Diaz, Yordan) and guys with 1 year (Pena, Meyers- if he stays over Chas)
That trade haul should jumpstart the rebuild with somewhere between 15 and 20 decent prospects- or- way better situation than we were in when Luhnow took over.
That kind of decimation of the farm I am absolutely in favor of.