24/25 Astros Offseason thread

[David Dennison 19567]

Wait. Do Astros fans think Gerrit Cole was ever going to stay?

[Scraps 13809]

Walker wearing #13

Bust out those Tyler White jerseys

Plz do not play like him.

[Dnaguy 12699]

Can you get a Verdugo @ $5-6M or so and is it worth it for the Astros?

That puts us barely at the luxury xry tax line no?

Edited 22 hours ago by Dnaguy

[LCHorn 2751]

10 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

Can you get a Verdugo @ $5-6M or so and is it worth it for the Astros?

That puts us barely at the luxury xry tax line no?

I don’t think I want Verdugo at the major league minimum.  Pretty much every teammate he’s played with has leaked to the press that he’s lazy and bad in the clubhouse.  

[tx 3 putt 78731]

 

[WBT 20996]

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

Walker wearing #13

Bust out those Tyler White jerseys

Plz do not play like him.

That's Great White to you

[Scraps 13809]

Can you get a Verdugo @ $5-6M or so and is it worth it for the Astros?
That puts us barely at the luxury xry tax line no?

I would rather see if Chas can pull his head out of his ass the first couple months than sign Verdugo

[Snake Diggity 4715]

5 hours ago, LCHorn said:

I don’t think I want Verdugo at the major league minimum.  Pretty much every teammate he’s played with has leaked to the press that he’s lazy and bad in the clubhouse.  

Interesting that both decent LHH OF left on the free agent market have attitude problems (Verdugo and Winker).

Heyward wouldn’t be a terrible add, especially if Houston thinks Dezenzo and/or Melton will be ready early in the season.

Ideal semi-realistic add right now is Brandon Lowe or Wilyer Abreu.  Seth Brown would be somebody nobody is talking about who Houston might target.

Edited 17 hours ago by Snake Diggity

[Dutchrudder 11247]

4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Really? I thought Singleton would be gone first, since Grae is a good defensive guy. He's great for relieving Altuve, whose defense is slowly degrading. I hope it's much further down the timeline, but at some point we may have an issue of needing the DH spot for Altuve and Yordan at the same time. 

[Snake Diggity 4715]

24 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

Really? I thought Singleton would be gone first, since Grae is a good defensive guy. He's great for relieving Altuve, whose defense is slowly degrading. I hope it's much further down the timeline, but at some point we may have an issue of needing the DH spot for Altuve and Yordan at the same time. 

I was really surprised they kept Cooper Hummel over Kessinger.

[Dutchrudder 11247]

24 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

I was really surprised they kept Cooper Hummel over Kessinger.

I mean, I thought Singleton wouldn't make the 40 because you now have Walker/Caratini/Diaz for depth there. They don't really need him, and I'm not even sure how they get all their best bats in the lineup right now. What's the best batting order now? Something like this? This would be 7 guys with over a .700 OPS in the lineup. If they can get another OF worth a shit at the plate, it would be close to Death Star Lineup levels. 

1. Altuve 2b
2. Paredes 3b
3. Yordan LF/DH
4. Walker 1b
5. Diaz C
6. Pena SS
7. Caratini DH
8. Chas RF
9. Meyers CF

Dubon to fill in. 

[David Dennison 19567]

We have to get another OF.

[WBT 20996]

23 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

If they can get another OF worth a shit at the plate, it would be close to Death Star Lineup levels. 

Say what now?

[tx 3 putt 78731]

1 hour ago, Dutchrudder said:

it would be close to Death Star Lineup levels. 

[runthebone 8380]

Singleton must be a key component of some huge upcoming trade.

[Dnaguy 12699]

4 hours ago, runthebone said:

Singleton must be a key component of some huge upcoming trade.

[WBT 20996]

12 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

Really? I thought Singleton would be gone first

I've become convinced we'll be giving Singleton huge ph ABs in the playoffs until 2035.  

[Dnaguy 12699]

11 hours ago, David Dennison said:

We have to get another OF.

We got Walker from AZ. Why not Grichuk? His best days are behind him… and he’s 33 but maybe see if he’d do a 2 year deal at $6-7M total. 
Doesn’t solve our heavy right handed line up problem, though.

Peralta? Platoon with Chaz in right. 

Dang I wish we weren’t so damn boxed in by that dogshit Abreau contract. Yikes.

[Dutchrudder 11247]

11 hours ago, WBT said:

Say what now?

It's not the 2019 lineup, but the best 2023 lineup included Abreu when he was hitting like .230 and Meyers who is still there for defense. Aside from still needing a replacement for Tucker, they are pretty close to that when Yordan plays LF. Walker is a clear upgrade at 1b.

Still need to get a decent OF bat to platoon and they will be pretty damn good next year. 90+ wins and another division title is quite possible. If Crane was willing to spend money like Steinbrenner, who is also worth about 3 billion, they would go get Santander on a 3/70 deal and add a couple pitchers to really round out the lineup. 

[Dnaguy 12699]

14 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

It's not the 2019 lineup, but the best 2023 lineup included Abreu when he was hitting like .230 and Meyers who is still there for defense. Aside from still needing a replacement for Tucker, they are pretty close to that when Yordan plays LF. Walker is a clear upgrade at 1b.

Still need to get a decent OF bat to platoon and they will be pretty damn good next year. 90+ wins and another division title is quite possible. If Crane was willing to spend money like Steinbrenner, who is also worth about 3 billion, they would go get Santander on a 3/70 deal and add a couple pitchers to really round out the lineup. 

Ain’t happening.

But would be cool.

We’re going to sign a LH outfielder for 3 millish as a stop gap until next year to stay under the salary cap. 
With close to $33M coming available next year I could see a bigger splash signing.

I hear that Tucker kid on the cubs is pretty good. Maybe we go after him.