24/25 Astros Offseason thread

[hornmpa96 2598]

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

We should sign Soto.  He's like 26 years old.  12/600. 50 a year wouldn't break the budget with Yordan being cheap for the next 4 years.  Tucker is gone in a year. Bregman is gone this year.  We don't have to pay Yainer for 5 years and then he will be gone like everyone else.  The point is we can afford him and he'd make us a lot better- and who gives a fuck if we suck 9 years from now.  WE should also sign Walker (4/80) and kikuchi- (3/48)

Lineup (166)

Aluve- 27M

Yordan- 17M

Tucker- 20M

Soto- 50M

Walker- 20M

Yainer- 1M

Chas/LHH OF- 10M

Pena- 5M

Dezenzo- 1M

Bench- 15M

 

Starters (70M)

Framber, Brown, Kikuchi, Arrighetti, Blanco, LMJ, Garcia, Javier

 

Bullpen- Trade Presley (30M)

Hader, Abreu, Scott, Whitley, who gives a fuck it's filler from the minors and left over starters

That's a 266M payroll and the best team in baseball.  Yeah- we are eating some money.  That money is all basically gone after this year. we will have about 100M coming off the board in 2025 and 2026 that isn't even being used other than Tucker and Framber.  Kikuchi replaces Framber and Soto replaces Tucker.  But, if you want to do the Soto, Walker and Kikuchi signings and Trade Tucker and Framber and get some real pieces back for them to build for your future, along with getting the payroll down I'm down with that as well.

Note- I don't expect any of this to happen- and certainly not all of it together- but I could see any of those 3 signings happen in an individual sense. I mean- Soto would be shocking but it would be cool. 

 

[Wulaw Horn 18973]

5 minutes ago, hornmpa96 said:

I mean- it's not going to happen. But damn it would be fun. 

[tx 3 putt 76314]

54 minutes ago, Scraps said:

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

I hope Strom is convinced he can fix what Father Time has taken away.

Who is gonna tell him?

 

was it over when the germans bombed pearl harbor ??

[n64ra 1076]

 

Could Red Sox be intrigued by Bregman's possible position switch?

[tx 3 putt 76314]

39 minutes ago, n64ra said:

 

Could Red Sox be intrigued by Bregman's possible position switch?

 

huge pressure to keep with the yankees and baltimore 

 

[Jshep34 2304]

Strom is sitting in a rocking chair on his front porch. 

Should be with the Astros medical staff next to him

[kevwun 15624]

Well I missed that he got fired.

[Dnaguy 11770]

10 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

We should sign Soto.  He's like 26 years old.  12/600. 50 a year wouldn't break the budget with Yordan being cheap for the next 4 years.  Tucker is gone in a year. Bregman is gone this year.  We don't have to pay Yainer for 5 years and then he will be gone like everyone else.  The point is we can afford him and he'd make us a lot better- and who gives a fuck if we suck 9 years from now.  WE should also sign Walker (4/80) and kikuchi- (3/48)

Lineup (166)

Aluve- 27M

Yordan- 17M

Tucker- 20M

Soto- 50M

Walker- 20M

Yainer- 1M

Chas/LHH OF- 10M

Pena- 5M

Dezenzo- 1M

Bench- 15M

 

Starters (70M)

Framber, Brown, Kikuchi, Arrighetti, Blanco, LMJ, Garcia, Javier

 

Bullpen- Trade Presley (30M)

Hader, Abreu, Scott, Whitley, who gives a fuck it's filler from the minors and left over starters

That's a 266M payroll and the best team in baseball.  Yeah- we are eating some money.  That money is all basically gone after this year. we will have about 100M coming off the board in 2025 and 2026 that isn't even being used other than Tucker and Framber.  Kikuchi replaces Framber and Soto replaces Tucker.  But, if you want to do the Soto, Walker and Kikuchi signings and Trade Tucker and Framber and get some real pieces back for them to build for your future, along with getting the payroll down I'm down with that as well.

Note- I don't expect any of this to happen- and certainly not all of it together- but I could see any of those 3 signings happen in an individual sense. I mean- Soto would be shocking but it would be cool. 

 

[runthebone 7932]

The Athletic doesn't list the Astros for Soto:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5912814/2024/11/11/juan-soto-nine-free-agency-fits/

 

 

Suckers!

[Dutchrudder 11115]

Probably included the Astros in that Soto tweet just to trigger Yankee fans. Although, it would be extra sweet to sign him knowing they just ruined the Yankees season before it even starts.

[Scraps 13540]

7X Silver Slugger at 2B tying Sandberg all time for 2B

[Planet Houston 4923]

I literally love Jose Altuve

[Scraps 13540]

OH SHIT DOING WORK

[runthebone 7932]

3 hours ago, Scraps said:

OH SHIT DOING WORK

 

Fuck yeah!

 

(Like you, I checked his position, and he's allegedly a LHRP)

You know Cleveland is kicking itself for letting us upgrade from Mushy to OK-ert

Edited yesterday at 06:50 AM by runthebone

[HtownHorn 14468]

Okert is the perfect addition to the bullpen. Likes to get K's, BB's, and HR's. Our organization's push to achieve optimum 3-true outcome pitchers rambles on.

[Beau Vine 53987]

IIRC, Okert is a Sooner.

[UTexasFight 9376]

3 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

IIRC, Okert is a Sooner.

He’s no Jack Mayfield, I tell you whut.

[billfromlaketravis 11358]

Is there a new Bregs-Yankee rumor? I caught the tail end of the segment while I was driving home. 

[UTexasFight 9376]

On 11/11/2024 at 11:49 AM, Hornsbay22 said:

Strom is sitting in a rocking chair on his front porch. 

Which barely lasted a month.

 

smart hire

 

[WBT 20415]

If the Pirates had made this move earlier, Cole would have never had to leave.

Also, Skenes is going to be really good now.

[tx 3 putt 76314]

1 hour ago, WBT said:

If the Pirates had made this move earlier, Cole would have never had to leave.

Also, Skenes is going to be really good now.

 

really good for half a season, then tommy john 

[WBT 20415]

Well yeah, he throws 101