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Bregman is looking more greedy than taking care of his family. Does he not have his money streams lined out? I could see Bregman owning Houston, seems like he hates the town and couldn’t wait to get out. 
Houston deserves better. 
Jose Cruz never won a World Series in Htown and he is Houston sport royalty.

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5 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Lulz at Bregman thinking he can strongarm the Astros into a better contract. I would tell Boras that every week that passes, he loses a year and $5M.

Yep, I wouldn't budge off their last offer.  The Astros already have a pretty good third basemen.  Boras and Bregman don't have any leverage here.

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3 minutes ago, TejasPedro said:

Bregman is looking more greedy than taking care of his family.

I've been saying this to other people.  He's looking greedy and he and Boras overvalued his worth.

All he had to do was take the generous contract we offered and he'd be continue to be as loved as Altuve.  He's hurt his own reputation among Astros fans. 

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3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I've been saying this to other people.  He's looking greedy and he and Boras overvalued his worth.

All he had to do was take the generous contract we offered and he'd be continue to be as loved as Altuve.  He's hurt his own reputation among Astros fans. 

Bregman is never going to be loved like Altuve

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45 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I've been saying this to other people.  He's looking greedy and he and Boras overvalued his worth.

All he had to do was take the generous contract we offered and he'd be continue to be as loved as Altuve.  He's hurt his own reputation among Astros fans. 

I'm already saying fuck it, I don't want him.   Let's run with the young guns. 

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45 minutes ago, runthebone said:

Bregman is never going to be loved like Altuve

Okay maybe not AS loved as Altuve but he'd def be in the convo as a top Astro for a lot of people.  

Because no one literally loves Alex Bregman.  But we like him.  Or did. 

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Was excited at the prospect of Bregman when it seemed like he had come to his senses and wanted to come back.  Now that it's clear that we are merely still a negotiating ploy, dude can fuck off.  It's not my money, but the current offer we have out to him is not going to age well and if he STILL wants more, he's gonna need to look for it elsewhere.

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This would be my strategy if I was Jim Crane:

I’d invite Alex out to lunch and talk about the good times we had together. Then, I’d tell him that I loved him. Then, I’d point out that I gave him an offer I was exceedingly uncomfortable with (more than 5 years) and nobody else had received. I’d tell him that if he can still play 6 years from now he would have my word that I’d take care of him with another extension so that he could retire as an Astro and only an Astro. 


I’d tell him that the offer wasn’t budging a single penny because that’s already higher than I’d ever gone before and he seems to not be going to get the 200M he wants anywhere. I’d end it with “hope you come back, that’s a lot to think about why don’t you sleep on it, talk to your wife and let me know tomorrow morning. Because the offer expires at 9:00 am and I’ve got to go get a couple OFers and finish building my roster before they were all gone. 

I’m not saying this would work, but if he wants Alex back and Alex wants to be back maybe it breaks through. If not you have certainty and move on to something else. Kind oflike Hakeem and Charlie Thomas heart to heart on the way to Japan when he was asking to be traded. 

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5 minutes ago, TejasPedro said:

Are we getting any ROI on Abreu, can he take tickets, make Cubano sandwiches… something, anything? Can he at least mentor our young guys how to play with their jersey’s half open. 

He and LMJ can sling coffee and cocktails during games at LMJ's spot. 

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11 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:


1) he was pretty shaky last year
2) he’s expensive
3) he’s 36
4) he had a full no trade clause
5) he’s only under contract for one more year

6) His fastball can barely top 90 now.

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Man… y’all some ungrateful assholes turning on Bregs like this.  He’s a top tier Astro player in Astro history, simply for being a key element of both WS winning seasons.  Don’t try to wedge in every lovable Astro ahead of him.  
 

Put some respeck on the man’s name.   What’s happening now is just business.  He already gave the organization a discount on some of his prime seasons once.   

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6 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Man… y’all some ungrateful assholes turning on Bregs like this.  He’s a top tier Astro player in Astro history, simply for being a key element of both WS winning seasons.  Don’t try to wedge in every lovable Astro ahead of him.  
 

Put some respeck on the man’s name.   What’s happening now is just business.  He already gave the organization a discount on some of his prime seasons once.   

We made Bregman, he didn't make us.

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