2020 astros offseason

[GHOSTUSER 361]

 

[RGBIII 22840]

My source just said deal is agreed on and physicals are ok’d just waiting to clear up the legal matter but he’s unsure what that exactly is. Also says reddick and correa funds will be used to extend springer and they will focus on Rendon and Donaldson to fill 3B hole

[RGBIII 22840]

Also Baltimore reliever trade is waiting on physicals still but could be today 

[RGBIII 22840]

Said we offered Cole 200 mill but didn’t want to match the length. But that money could easily be allocated to Rendon 

[Mez2 4023]

So, you're telling me next year I could have a raging Yardon AND a raging Rendong?

I'll give up Correa, daniella, reddick, framberlamps, utphil, and the in and outs

[UTexasFight 9432]

For what it’s worth (not much) if JV and Cole pitch every 5th game, they’ll be in line to start Saturday night May 16 at MMP.
A bit foolish to project that though as would assume no rain/snow out or skipping a 5th starter for either team

The 4 game set in the Bronx the last week of the season could be fun though

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

3 minutes ago, Mez2 said:

So, you're telling me next year I could have a raging Yardon AND a raging Rendong?

I'll give up Correa, daniella, reddick, framberlamps, utphil, and the in and outs

We keepin' 3putt though.

[tx 3 putt 76928]

if this falls through, im banning RGBIII from my life 

damn this has me excited 

Edited December 11, 2019 by tx 3 putt

[RGBIII 22840]

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

if this falls through, im banning RGBIII

damn this has me excited 

Fair. I debated on even posting cause I don’t want to be known as the Astros lotushorn but this dude has literally never been wrong before and figured I’d spread the knowledge on. I’ll block myself if this is his first miss

[GHOSTUSER 361]

11 minutes ago, Mez2 said:

So, you're telling me next year I could have a raging Yardon AND a raging Rendong?

I'll give up Correa, daniella, reddick, framberlamps, utphil, and the in and outs

Have you seen their wedding photos. They look so happy  Correa and his parents were preventing her stylist that helped her become Ms Laredo and Ms Texas and was very close to her from coming to the wedding because they hate gays. Apparently, they relented and the stylist did come to the wedding.

Edited December 11, 2019 by Iconoclast Texan

[GHOSTUSER 361]

Is Daniella a 3,4 or 5 way gal? Coneys or spaghetti?

[LCHorn 2620]

Damn, I know he's about to get very expensive but I hate giving up Correa's prime years. 

That locker room is going to have a totally different feel next year.

[Hank Chinaski 6314]

1 minute ago, LCHorn said:

Damn, I know he's about to get very expensive but I hate giving up Correa's prime years. 

That locker room is going to have a totally different feel next year.

Whatever production you would expect from Correa should be reduced by about 1/3, because he's unlikely to participate in more than 2/3 of the season. The guy is as talented as anyone in the game, but his projected value has to bake in his absenteeism. 

[tx 3 putt 76928]

Springer / Altuve / JV / Brantley / Bregs / Yuli >>>> that's a solid core group, the locker room will be fine 

[kevwun 15777]

I have to think the way he handled the injuries was wearing thin in the locker room.  Hinch's comments from time to time make me sure he was getting tired of it.

[henrygandorf 29190]

14 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

Fair. I debated on even posting cause I don’t want to be known as the Astros lotushorn but this dude has literally never been wrong before and figured I’d spread the knowledge on. I’ll block myself if this is his first miss

fuck that.  you proposed an offer i hadn't heard of last night, and rosenthal/gammons were yapping about it this morning.  if it falls through because of normal mlb bullshit, that's not your fault.

still trucker hat worthy.

orange or navy?

[GHOSTUSER 361]

 

[LCHorn 2620]

I will say that (without look at the WAR or other statistics), the loss of Cole almost demands something dramatic to just hold serve.  We've had years where a contending Astros team added pieces like Kent Bottenfield and hoped that would be sufficient. 

It's clear that as the front offices around the league have ejected organizational loyalist types and upgraded their brain trusts that teams in the contend part of the success cycle have to be prepared for high risk/expensive bets to stay in contention.  There's no 2019 Cole replacements (certainly on a cost/performance basis) on the pitching market but adding a Castillo and Rendon (if it breaks that way) should keep the window open. 

 

TL: DR Fuck Drayton.

[RGBIII 22840]

7 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

fuck that.  you proposed an offer i hadn't heard of last night, and rosenthal/gammons were yapping about it this morning.  if it falls through because of normal mlb bullshit, that's not your fault.

still trucker hat worthy.

orange or navy?

Ya seems to be the only thing holding it back is this legal stuff which at this point I’m completely in the dark about. Who knows how serious it is. Orange always 

[GHOSTUSER 361]

11 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

fuck that.  you proposed an offer i hadn't heard of last night, and rosenthal/gammons were yapping about it this morning.  if it falls through because of normal mlb bullshit, that's not your fault.

still trucker hat worthy.

orange or navy?

What about the juicy gossip about Daniella that I posted. Is that not trucker hat worthy

[Viper 12109]

To me Navy says, I'm here for business, while Orange says I'm here to party.

[henrygandorf 29190]

3 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

Ya seems to be the only thing holding it back is this legal stuff which at this point I’m completely in the dark about. Who knows how serious it is. Orange always 

orange is the better one i think.  pm me your address.

[TonyTexas 10510]

8 minutes ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

What about the juicy gossip about Daniella that I posted. Is that not trucker hat worthy

Here you go 

[HtownHorn 14678]

55 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

Fair. I debated on even posting cause I don’t want to be known as the Astros lotushorn but this dude has literally never been wrong before and figured I’d spread the knowledge on. I’ll block myself if this is his first miss

Nah, too much secondary confirmation now from baseball media sources. It's legit. Could still not happen depending on what the holdup is in the Dominican with Castillo.

[UTexasFight 9432]

Maybe the Dominican “legal issue” is simply waiting for Correa to come back from his honeymoon alive

 

[kevwun 15777]

With how this offseason has gone, he probably has a domestic abuse issue in the DR that's just waiting to blow up.

[BornOrange 1441]

8 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Maybe the Dominican “legal issue” is simply waiting for Correa to come back from his honeymoon alive

 

Just like in hostage negotiations, the other team is going to demand "proof of life" before trading for Correa.

[UTexasFight 9432]

Just like in hostage negotiations, the other team is going to demand "proof of life" before trading for Correa.

Yep. Considering Correa has missed 25% of all Astro games since his MLB debut, Astros fans are are most definitely familiar with this “proof of life” idea

[Scraps 13561]

1 hour ago, RGBIII said:

Also Baltimore reliever trade is waiting on physicals still but could be today 

uhhh....GAMECHANGER

[Huckleberry 32859]

2 hours ago, RGBIII said:

Fair. I debated on even posting cause I don’t want to be known as the Astros lotushorn but this dude has literally never been wrong before and figured I’d spread the knowledge on. I’ll block myself if this is his first miss

Careful, man. Back in 1998 during the Randy Johnson craziness I posted on some board or article that the Astros were about to finalize a trade for Johnson. Totally made it up. Obviously turned out to be correct.

The internet being fairly young (or at least widespread internet sports boards) I had stupidly used my main email address to sign up for my account there. Some dude from that site emailed me dozens of times every late July for about 5 years asking me what the Astros were up to that season. I think the only reason it stopped is that I changed email addresses. I never even responded to any of those emails.

And if you think the guys here on surly aren't at least that crazy then you're crazy. Watch your cornhole, bud.

Edited December 11, 2019 by Huckleberry

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

1 minute ago, Huckleberry said:

And if you think the guys here on surly aren't at least that crazy then you're crazy. Watch your cornhole, bud.

Best to assume everyone here is one ankle monitor away from doing something truly horrible.

[Fozzz 152]

2 hours ago, RGBIII said:

My source just said deal is agreed on and physicals are ok’d just waiting to clear up the legal matter but he’s unsure what that exactly is. Also says reddick and correa funds will be used to extend springer and they will focus on Rendon and Donaldson to fill 3B hole

This would be quite the coup for the Astros as Castillo has far more surplus value than the combination of Correa and Reddick.  I'd assume we're sending a couple of our best non-Whitley prospects along with Correa/Reddick, but they don't have much value. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

We are going to fuck around and have Stubbs as our starting catcher:

 

[runthebone 7981]

So Correa would have to pass a physical?

[Js1 85318]

9 minutes ago, runthebone said:

So Correa would have to pass a physical?

We fucked. 

[henrygandorf 29190]

so are we bringing castro back to catch, or what?

[BurntOrangeBlooded15 1566]

So if the Correa for Castillo trade goes through we’re looking at 

C - ?

1B - Yuli

2B - Altuve

SS - Bregman

3B -  Rendon or Donaldson

LF - Brantley 

CF - Springer

RF - Tucker

 

SP - JV, Grienke, Castillo, LMJ, ? 

 

is this correct? 

[Mez2 4023]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

With how this offseason has gone, he probably has a domestic abuse issue in the DR that's just waiting to blow up.

Dude,  "in home massage" is the proper nomenclature

[HtownHorn 14678]

7 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

so are we bringing castro back to catch, or what?

Probably. Wouldn't mind it one bit, but he's closer to a 81 game catcher than a 100+ game catcher. Not sure Garaneu is good enough to be a 81 game catcher.

[UTexasFight 9432]

Probably. Wouldn't mind it one bit, but he's closer to a 81 game catcher than a 100+ game catcher. Not sure Garaneu is good enough to be a 81 game catcher.

But garneau and Stubbs might be if you wanted to use the new 26th spot for a 3rd catcher when all 3 are healthy

[APMP 688]

A healthy Correa in his prime is a 1.000 OPS and solid fielding shortstop capable of dethroning Mike Trout. Really, a laboratory built baseball player. And drafting that ceiling first overall was a great move.

But he can't stay healthy, so I'm coming around to the possible trade. I hope the other core members (Altuve, Springer, Bregman) can get over losing him. Especially Altuve, those two seem to have a legit brotherly bond.

[Guadaloopy 10964]

12 minutes ago, APMP said:

A healthy Correa in his prime is a 1.000 OPS and solid fielding shortstop capable of dethroning Mike Trout. Really, a laboratory built baseball player. And drafting that ceiling first overall was a great move.

But he can't stay healthy, so I'm coming around to the possible trade. I hope the other core members (Altuve, Springer, Bregman) can get over losing him. Especially Altuve, those two seem to have a legit brotherly bond.

Altuve’s lower leg was held on by band-aids at the end of 2018.  Correa missed more than half of 2019.  I don’t doubt that they are close, but I’m sure Correa’s fragility was hard for Altuve to swallow at times.   

[Mack Tripper 696]

A healthy Correa in his prime is a 1.000 OPS and solid fielding shortstop capable of dethroning Mike Trout. Really, a laboratory built baseball player. And drafting that ceiling first overall was a great move.

But he can't stay healthy, so I'm coming around to the possible trade. I hope the other core members (Altuve, Springer, Bregman) can get over losing him. Especially Altuve, those two seem to have a legit brotherly bond.

Getting over losing a guy who’s gone half the time shouldn’t be too hard.

[DaysOff 7947]

We are going to fuck around and have Stubbs as our starting catcher:
 

I doubt Cole gives a fuck one way or another. Yankees are so fucking stupid.

[henrygandorf 29190]

4 minutes ago, Mack Tripper said:

Getting over losing a guy who’s gone half the time shouldn’t be too hard.

should take about half as long.

[Scraps 13561]

I hope the other core members (Altuve, Springer, Bregman) can get over losing him. Especially Altuve, those two seem to have a legit brotherly bond.

So close that i dont think any of them were at his wedding lol. I think I only saw Kemp and Yuli in the vids I saw

[joeycovers 391]

2 minutes ago, Scraps said:

 

 

So close that i dont think any of them were at his wedding lol. I think I only saw Kemp and Yuli in the vids I saw

 

I saw Yuli, Diaz, Marwin, Kemp and Chirinos  

[Scraps 13561]

Not to mention i bet all three were closer with Marisnick so that loss is prob a harder one for them than CC would be

[runthebone 7981]

If Correa had Altuve's passion, drive, leadership, and toughness, he would be well on his way to the Hall of Fame. 

 

Instead, our beloved midget is the one getting it done.

[thetruth 149]

Tags: On Correa possibly being traded, jeff Luhnow said he'd be "surprised if we moved any of our core players." He said Correa called him and asked him about trade rumors yesterday. Luhnow told him to enjoy his honeymoon and not worry.