Amazing how fast things change. One year you are a hammy away from the nba finals and Morton is closing out the Dodgers for our first WS. Now the rox are not relevant and the Astros are eroding. I guess you could not pay them all. Just not possible. Having that 33m JV albatross around our neck isn’t helping. I think the Astros will miss Springer more than numbers will say. He was the personality of the team. The heart. Who will be able to step into that role. Correa is now essentially a rental as I doubt he makes it to the end of the year unless we have a good shot at the WS. I just wonder where professional sports will be in 10 years. These rediculous contracts and superstar forcing trade mentality will come home to roost. Who wants to buy tickets to games when your team is inferior like the rox. Will the Astros be there in the not too distant future? Lunhow/Hinch gave me hope that when this window started to close that another one would open pretty quick. Click/Baker. I get zero inspiration from that pair.
I don't know that it was really "fast" - 2022 (when they likely lose Correa) will be 5 years removed from the World Series. That's longer than any NBA is even allowed to be, and longer than most NFL contracts. There have always been terrible sports teams - by definition, about half the teams are going to be losing teams. And players forcing trades is nothing new either. Steve Francis, Eli Manning, A-Rod, and John Elway did that stuff decades ago. None of this is new - people will keep buying tickets and watching on TV. Besides which, not a single star has tried to force a trade from the Astros - they just leave via free agency to teams that pay them more. Something that also has been going on since the existence of free agency.
Sports teams are cyclical, the only thing not cyclical about sports is people's desire to spend money on them.
Red Foreman would also remind him that the Yankees have been to 2 WS and won 1 in the past 20 years. Stros are 1 for 3.
This is exactly right. If Correa thinks he has put his back problems behind him and isn’t willing to accept a lower value but guaranteed contract now, then it’s in both the Astros interest and Correa’s interest to see how this season plays out. I don’t see a 3 year higher AAV contract making sense for either side if Correa wants a long term contract to take him through his prime. Unless the market drastically changes (luxury tax increase significantly or all the other free agent SS sign ahead of next season) then I don’t see Correa getting the same money as Lindor unless he both stays healthy all season AND outperforms Lindor.
Astros eroding? 1 win away from the world series last year. Projected to have the 2nd most wins in the AL this season.
call it a moment of irrationality. But I sure liked a rotation of JV, Cole, and greinke over what we have now.
They may have smiled more in the dugout and on the field in 4 games than they did all last regular season.
Altuve - 2025 Bregman - 2026 Tucker - 2026 Alvarez - 2026 LMJ - 2027 Javier - 2026 Valdez - 2026 Urquidy - 2026 If our pitching staff keeps developing and doing well, we have a really good core to build around for the next 4-5 years. We really need to draft well and develop our prospects. Really need Pena, Leon, and Lee to pan out and become at least regulars by 2023. Would be nice to develop at leas one more pitching prospect now that Whitley is sort of old news. Hunter Brown could be a potential closer if he doesn't develop into a starter, I'm hoping Solomon or Ivey can be that next guy
See I do this reverse psychology thing. If I say something usually the opposite comes true. Hell I have bankrupt companies buy purchasing a few shares of their stock. But I am liking this start to the season. And Greinke, what did he drink?
