Houston Astros off-season thread

[tx 3 putt 76,880]

Lazer has to post here …

 

[Wulaw Horn 19,068]

14 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Lazer has to post here …

 

I am lazer. You are lazer. We are all lazer. 

[TejasPedro 1,857]

Life is like a Pressly 9th

you never know what you’re gonna get.

[UTexasFight 9,430]

[WBT 20,561]

I see a "we made a very competitive offer" quote in our future

[Scraps 13,561]

Nm i thought Dana was in that pic lmao....didn't even look to see all participants.


Fucking Kalas doesn't even know what city he is in

[Scraps 13,561]

Well bye gif

Tweet won’t embed. From Hector Gomez
SOURCE: Relief Pitcher Hector Neris is seeking a 3-year, $50 million deal. The #Yankees is showing a lot of interest in him.

Now being reported he is seeking 2 yr 22 mil range

[Chuckie Finster 22,694]

The initial excitement of "holy shit the Astros are alive!!!" has worn off and I think the Hader move would be very dumb (unless it signals the beginning of a willingness to spend a shitload, which... lol).

We have a good closer and his replacement already on the roster.  It would be fun as hell to have that backend of the bullpen, but not at the expense of other spots on the roster in the coming years.

[formermav43 4,606]

12 hours ago, Scraps said:

On 1/17/2024 at 12:06 PM, TonyTexas said:

Well bye gif

Tweet won’t embed. From Hector Gomez
SOURCE: Relief Pitcher Hector Neris is seeking a 3-year, $50 million deal. The #Yankees is showing a lot of interest in him.

Now being reported he is seeking 2 yr 22 mil range

Also known as a million less than Montero will be paid over the next 2 seasons.

[Wulaw Horn 19,068]

2 hours ago, Chuckie Finster said:

The initial excitement of "holy shit the Astros are alive!!!" has worn off and I think the Hader move would be very dumb (unless it signals the beginning of a willingness to spend a shitload, which... lol).

We have a good closer and his replacement already on the roster.  It would be fun as hell to have that backend of the bullpen, but not at the expense of other spots on the roster in the coming years.

Upcoming years?  Yeah.  This year?  Bullpen is the only place you can significantly tangibly improve for full year.  You could make a little incremental move for a platoon guy like Joc Pederson to sit Jake against RHP.  But that's going to be a smaller improvement (jake has a great glove even on the days when RHP sends him to an 0-4) than Hader. 

But yeah- it gets dicey after 24 if altuve and bregman doesn't come back and post 25 is nightmare fuel.  

[runthebone 7,967]

All I know is that Dana Brown needs to start doing shit instead of talking about extensions and potential signings.

[tx 3 putt 76,880]

1 hour ago, runthebone said:

All I know is that Dana Brown needs to start doing shit instead of talking about extensions and potential signings.

when you you have an ace like this in your pocket you don’t need to make moves. we’re letting the rest of mlb think they have a chance ….

if i was that close to greatness, I’d pass out 

[HtownHorn 14,671]

Jokes aside, I am really excited about seeing Whitley this season. Could be the next Astros rookie to finish in the top 5.

[Chuckie Finster 22,694]

Welp, not my money!

 

 

[Jshep34 2,308]

Um ok

[cabowabo 4,484]

So trade Pressly?

[Mez2 4,023]

Abreu, Pressly, Hader.

 

Good fucking luck assjoles

[Mo Horn 8,831]

Wonder if this is part of a bigger plan and Pressly is part of a trade in the works. 

Edited January 19 by Mo Horn

[tx 3 putt 76,880]

[uoftorange 1,386]

There is zero reason to not keep both of them.  We need elite relievers.  I actually think if 2/22 is right, go get Neris back too.  But again, not my money

 

[TonyTexas 10,508]

BREAKING NEWS: Jim Crane’s payroll exceeds the CBT threshold!

[elfenix 34,227]

Is this good? This seems good.

[elfenix 34,227]

Brown’s bullpen moves > Bagwell’s bullpen moves

[kevwun 15,769]

If they trade Pressly, they are in the same position they were yesterday.  A hole in the bullpen in a high leverage role.

[Scraps 13,561]

So trade Pressly?

Fuck no. He is gonna be gone soon anyway

[Guadaloopy 10,960]

11 minutes ago, Mez2 said:

Abreu, Pressly, Hader.

 

Good fucking luck assjoles

GOOD LUCK, FUCKERS

[mbtex 683]

can never have to much pitching

[Snake Diggity 4,620]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

when you you have an ace like this in your pocket you don’t need to make moves. we’re letting the rest of mlb think they have a chance ….

if i was that close to greatness, I’d pass out 

 

23 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Welp, not my money!

 

 

I hope they bring McCullers back as a RP.  Adding him to a 5 headed monster of Hader, Pressly, Abreu, Montero, and Whitley could make for an insane bullpen for thru 2025.

[tx 3 putt 76,880]

Just now, Snake Diggity said:

 

I hope they bring McCullers back as a RP.  Adding him to a 5 headed monster of Hader, Pressly, Abreu, Montero, and Whitley could make for an insane bullpen for thru 2025.

[Wulaw Horn 19,068]

17 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

BREAKING NEWS: Jim Crane’s payroll exceeds the CBT threshold!

For now. Let’s hope that it lasts. 

[Dutchrudder 11,136]

Wow, I had to go verify that tweet wasn't a fake account just to be sure. Can't believe they just added 19 million a year to the payroll.

Let's hope this means they are about to move Montero somewhere else...

 

Edit: by the way, is there any sort of cap relief for the team when a player goes on IR for the year like Graveman did? 8 million is a good chunk of change.  I know in the NBA a team can apply for an exception, and they are often rewarded with a 50% of the cost of that player reduced from their cap calculation that year. They still have to pay the injured player their money, but they can use that free space for free agents, traded players or to reduce their tax hit.  

Edited January 19 by Dutchrudder

[Guadaloopy 10,960]

This is a good mid-January prime of the sunshine pump.  Montero's gonna earn his pay this year!  Astros gonna have the lowest 6th-9th inning ERA in baseball. LFG!

[utxmike05 1,828]

15 minutes ago, Scraps said:

26 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

So trade Pressly?

Fuck no. He is gonna be gone soon anyway

Came here to ponder on this also.  

19 minutes ago, elfenix said:

Is this good? This seems good.

Lol sent the same text to my dad and friends.

Let's add a SP now.

[Guadaloopy 10,960]

Just now, Dutchrudder said:

Wow, I had to go verify that tweet wasn't a fake account just to be sure. Can't believe they just added 19 million a year to the payroll.

Let's hope this means they are about to move Montero somewhere else...

[Snake Diggity 4,620]

Both Verlander and Pressly could potentially be free agents after this season, so the front offices expectations about how those contracts play out may have had an influence on signing Hader.

[Wulaw Horn 19,068]

If he wanted to duck back below the tax… 

Trade Montero and Urquidy for a low level lotto ticket. 
 

or- trade Garcia and McCullers to a team like the Mets- 

both those deals probably net out to neutral or better combined value with some upside to the contracts for the receiving team. I’d hate the second deal and be just fine with the first one. 
I’d rather they say fuck the tax though and go sign Brandon  Belt to a 1 year 12M deal. 

Edited January 19 by Wulaw Horn

[Guadaloopy 10,960]

4 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

move Montero somewhere else...

 

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Trade Montero

There are some dumb front offices out there, but none that are dumb enough to take the Montero contract off our hands.

[HtownHorn 14,671]

Hopefully this means another bat will be signed because we are now over the CBT.

[Dutchrudder 11,136]

1 minute ago, Guadaloopy said:

 

There are some dumb front offices out there, but none that are dumb enough to take the Montero contract off our hands.

The Angels are pretty dumb, maybe they can find a way to send Montero, Graveman's dead money, McCullers and Meyers to them for Trout! TIME TO GO ALL IN!!!  

[HtownHorn 14,671]

Plenty of time to dump salary over the season. The CBT is done at the end of the year, so if the Astros find themselves with a surplus of pitching at the break, they could be both buyers and sellers.

[LCHorn 2,615]

Between Abreu and now Hader I feel like Crane has held onto a 2019 post-season review authored by Luhnow and he’s going to follow it in absence of a GM he trusts.

[UTexasFight 9,430]

 f Fiers and gomez

[Wulaw Horn 19,068]

18 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

 

There are some dumb front offices out there, but none that are dumb enough to take the Montero contract off our hands.

Did you see the Cards give 37 million combined to 3 really shitty and washed up starters?

if you duck taped Montero to Urquidy someone would do it. 

[Scraps 13,561]

Chortle side note:

Danny Farquhar was going to be on MLB radio and got pushed 35 minutes because of the Astros breaking news

Apparently he got a job doing something with Seattle.

[tx 3 putt 76,880]

2024 is about making a WS run. Fuck dumping salary. We need as many arms as possible 

[hornmpa96 2,618]

Get to the playoffs and go into the 7th with a lead - Good Luck Fuckers!

Finally some aggressiveness from the front office.

[Dnaguy 11,921]

2 minutes ago, hornmpa96 said:

Get to the playoffs and go into the 7th with a lead - Good Luck Fuckers!

Finally some aggressiveness from the front office.

Do we have to play in Houston? 

[hornmpa96 2,618]

1 minute ago, Dnaguy said:

Do we have to play in Houston? 

God I hope not.

[Scraps 13,561]

Hopefully this means another bat will be signed because we are now over the CBT.

Fuck it...sign Soler and him and Yordan can LF/DH rotate

Chicks dig the long ball

[TejasPedro 1,857]

Dana the Brown woke up from his hibernation