Whenever one of our teams goes through a big choke job or has a bad loss, I always come on Clutchfans as a "crutch" for my sports related depression and I don't feel so isolated in my exasperated ways. Anyone got any general positive vibes? I'll start: This team will still seriously compete next year unlike a lot of recent WS winners (Royals, Cubs, Red Sox, maybe Nationals) And, of course, the one thing that I've held on to the past 18-ish hours since Game 7 ended: No matter what happened, happens or will happen, nothing will ever take away that '17 ring and the memories that came along with it. Also being to the Yankees what the Warriors were to the Rockets and having their fanbase hate us is a big bonus.
I'll play along. To piggyback off your first point, the Astros are still set up beautifully for the future. This loss hurts, but I'd bet about 30 teams would switch positions with us in a heartbeat. Maybe 31 teams, honestly. We have no long-term "bad" contracts. In addition to an (obviously) solid major league club, our farm system is still strong and arguably healthier than most WS contenders moving forward. That, plus I'll take Luhnow and co. drafting over any other front office. We are the creme de la creme of organizations in sports. Everyone is trying to emulate us.
On the positive side, it's been an enormous pleasure watching this team the last three seasons. I will never forget this stretch of great baseball we've been able to watch. So much fun. Unfortunately I think our window starts closing after next season when that core of Altuve, Bregman, Correa, and Springer might get broken up.
Anthony Rendon: "the only thing sweeter would have been winning the World Series for the home team" Rendon2Hou confirmed? He's an H-Town kid through and through. No hard feelings for doing your job but if Cole wants to go home maybe Anthony will consider it too? Is he a FA now or after the 2020 playoffs? https://abc13.com/sports/nats-star-from-houston-after-ws-only-1-thing-would-be-sweeter/5635851/
He's a free agent now. He apparently turned down 7 years $215m from the Nats already. No way we could sign him not only due to money but due to Bregman being at third.
I heard Mattress Mac say it in an interview tonight and went to check myself. Astros are 4-1 favorites to win the 2020 World Series. Nats are 14-1. https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/...avorites-win-2020-world-series-nationals-14-1
While it's hard to expect all of the core to stay intact, I do hope many of them stays Astros and decades from now can looked with reverence like the Core 4.
There are good seasons ahead, but you don't get many shots at the World Series. It is like the Super Bowl or the NBA championship, most teams never even get close. I think the Astros will "tweak" their lineup and be competitive for many years to come.
I'm also hearing things like we could ship CC since he's a bit injury prone and move Breg to SS and go all in on Rendon.
I mean, I’d take Rendon and Bregman over Correa and Bregman and wouldn’t think twice about it. However, I don’t know if I actually see them trading Correa and then paying what it would take to get Rendon. If the main reason for trading CC is his injury history, then how much are you gonna get back for him since whatever team is trading for him would also have legitimate reason to be concerned about his injury history? Also, you’d have to trade CC before signing Rendon. Which would require knowing in advance that you were gonna get a Rendon. You’d need to move CC first because if you sign Rendon while CC is still on the roster then you’ve lost any leverage with another team when negotiating a trade for CC. Once again, I think all of us would take Rendon/Bregman over Correa/Bregman, but I just don’t see it happening.