24/25 Astros Offseason thread

[TejasPedro 1,917]

God, I need to get a job with the promotions department. The possibilities are endless.

opening night. Bring a dyke to the Daik and get in free!

1st Thursday game in May is Put your Finger in the Daik. -Free foam finger night

Ménage a trois Day Game- Three girls for the price of two.

[WBT 20,972]

Framber was 7th in CY voting.  It's his 4th time getting votes.

[runthebone 8,376]

Reddit r/HVAC (who knew?!) says DIE-kin also

 

[ChickenSandwich 9,958]

Call it the Dank and be done with it. Who cares what the company wants. 

[TonyTexas 10,760]

13 hours ago, TejasPedro said:

God, I need to get a job with the promotions department. The possibilities are endless.

opening night. Bring a dyke to the Daik and get in free!

1st Thursday game in May is Put your Finger in the Daik. -Free foam finger night

Ménage a trois Day Game- Three girls for the price of two.

Root vegetable night?

 

[runthebone 8,376]

Yeah, I was also thinking it would end up getting called The Big Radish or something like that

[Saint Tacky 1,647]

Will they remove the pumpkins from the back of the train now?

[David Dennison 19,530]

 

[HtownHorn 15,230]

Toronto non-tendered Romano. Astros should be talking to them about Pressly non-stop.

[Snake Diggity 4,714]

11 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Toronto non-tendered Romano. Astros should be talking to them about Pressly non-stop.

The non-tenders of Romano and Finnegan don’t bode well for Houston being able to dump all of Pressly’s contract.  Doesn’t really make sense for Houston to trade him if they have to eat money, since the point of trading him is to clear payroll.

[kevwun 16,437]

I don't see how they're going to convince someone to take on his contract without eating some of it.

[TonyTexas 10,760]

16 minutes ago, kevwun said:

I don't see how they're going to convince someone to take on his contract without eating some of it.

I don’t think you can do that in the NFL. 

[TonyTexas 10,760]

5 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

I don’t think you can do that in the NFL. 

Whoops. I thought I was in the Cowboys thread discussing a Dak trade. Lol

[UTexasFight 9,817]

30 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

I don’t think you can do that in the NFL. 

Can we fucking figure out how to get a defensive rebound?! 

[David Dennison 19,530]

Time to put in Arch.

[UTexasFight 9,817]

Man what a slow offseason

 

can we hurry and get to the winter meetings?

Edited November 23 by UTexasFight
Wait. Am I on the right thread again?

[tx 3 putt 78,676]

13 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

Man what a slow offseason

 

can we hurry and get to the winter meetings?

 

soto needs to hurry up and sign 

[kevwun 16,437]

Rumor that Bregman's offer from the Astros is 6/156.

[runthebone 8,376]

4 hours ago, kevwun said:

Rumor that Bregman's offer from the Astros is 6/156.

Seems fair.  $150M for the second half of the next six seasons and $6M for the first halves.

[Scraps 13,799]

So 5 mil more than Chapmans

[Wulaw Horn 19,595]

On 11/23/2024 at 5:16 PM, kevwun said:

Rumor that Bregman's offer from the Astros is 6/156.

Thats what I was texted this morning. From someone who would know. 

[Rockethorn1978 6,205]

No more popurkikuchi, I was hoping we would keep him. 

[Dutchrudder 11,243]

womp womp

"Left-handed starter Yusei Kikuchi is in agreement with the Los Angeles Angels on a three-year, $63 million contract, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday.

Kikuchi, 33, had a great second half to his season last year after being traded from the Toronto Blue Jays to the Houston Astros, compiling a 2.70 ERA in 10 starts."

[kevwun 16,437]

I guess he didn't like making the playoffs.

[runthebone 8,376]

Go back to throwing curve balls, you bastard!

[n64ra 1,150]

wanted Kikuchi. Are we saving for Breggy and King Tuck instead of SP?

[UTPhil2006 3,930]

3 minutes ago, n64ra said:

wanted Kikuchi. Are we saving for Breggy and King Tuck instead of SP?

21 is a little steep for Coochie, no?

[IDIOTsavant 8,688]

5 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

21 is a little steep for Coochie, no?

For the version we got for ten starts? No. For who he’s been the rest of his career? Absolutely.

[David Dennison 19,530]

42 minutes ago, n64ra said:

wanted Kikuchi. Are we saving for Breggy and King Tuck instead of SP?

I think they'll both sign somewhere else.

We should trade Tucker.

[HtownHorn 15,230]

2 hours ago, kevwun said:

I guess he didn't like making the playoffs.

Did he even pitch?

[UTPhil2006 3,930]

2 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Did he even pitch?

Nope

[LCHorn 2,751]

2 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said:

21 is a little steep for Coochie, no?

Watch Crane turn around and give it to Verlander.  

[kevwun 16,437]

He hates money if he does that unless it's tied to performance clauses that include things like 15 wins or win the cy young.

Edited November 25 by kevwun

[HtownHorn 15,230]

39 minutes ago, kevwun said:

He hates money if he does that unless it's tied to performance clauses that include things like 15 wins or win the cy young.

or better yet, staying healthy. But yes, his contract needs to have a shit ton of incentives.

[UTexasFight 9,817]

22 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

or better yet, staying healthy. But yes, his contract needs to have a shit ton of incentives.

…with another team 

[Dutchrudder 11,243]

6 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

…with another team 

The Yankees really need a 3b, since Jazz is not the answer there...  If Soto goes to the Mets, I could see it happening. I would hate to see it though, I want him to retire an Astro.

[Slacks 7,056]

On 11/20/2024 at 8:08 PM, runthebone said:

Reddit r/HVAC (who knew?!) says DIE-kin also

 

It is absolutely Die Kin. Current customer of mine.

[Slacks 7,056]

9 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said:

21 is a little steep for Coochie, no?

Undefeated.

[tx 3 putt 78,676]

On 11/23/2024 at 5:16 PM, kevwun said:

Rumor that Bregman's offer from the Astros is 6/156.

 

everyone saying he wants $200mil

[tx 3 putt 78,676]

[Chuckie Finster 23,043]

And tomorrow comes the discomfort.

[David Dennison 19,530]

[runthebone 8,376]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

No wonder they didn't resign Koochi!

[WBT 20,972]

What is that in his left hand?

[Scraps 13,799]

 
everyone saying he wants $200mil

Yeah well i want a billion

[Snake Diggity 4,714]

Not that anybody should be counting on it, but a Charlie Morton-esque late career stint of health and performance is not outside the realm of possibility for McCullers.  He’s only 31.

[kevwun 16,437]

A big problem is I think he's lost quite a bit of velocity if by some miracle he does manage to stay healthy.  He's not gonna stay healthy though, so it's moot.

Edited November 26 by kevwun

[HtownHorn 15,230]

9 minutes ago, kevwun said:

A big problem is I think he's lost quite a bit of velocity if by some miracle he does manage to stay healthy.  He's not gonna stay healthy though, so it's moot.

Morton didn't discover his velocity until age 33, as he was plagued by injuries most of his 20s as well. I am not saying it will happen with Lance, but if it did it would be awesome. Lance is a great dude, wish he had been more healthy.

[TonyTexas 10,760]

23 minutes ago, kevwun said:

A big problem is I think he's lost quite a bit of velocity if by some miracle he does manage to stay healthy.  He's not gonna stay healthy though, so it's moot.

Velocity? He don’t need no stinking velocity  

 

[UTexasFight 9,817]

@tx 3 putt here’s your chance to have dinner with Loperfido’s sister