I don't get the obsession with Click. He is a solid Gm, but he is as important as Fredo was in the Godfather universe.
It isn’t about Click, it’s about anything to tweak Jim Crane and the Astros… they were doing it before he ever bought the team. There were articles about him being sued for racial discrimination years ago…. What they didn’t tell you is he was in charge of a major company and companies that size are routinely sued for discrimination and it doesn’t mean if the allegations are true or not true. They claimed Crane didn’t have the financing… then the major media blamed him for the move to the AL… then they laughed at him for hiring someone with no traditional baseball background to run his team. It’s always something.
Heyman: Word is, the Astros and Justin Verlander are “far apart” in talks. Verlander seeks $130 million for three years (the Max Scherzer deal), and the Astros, with their deep rotation, seem pessimistic on Verlander, which may open things up for the Dodgers, Mets and Yankees. “Quietly, they prefer not to sign him for three years. Verlander was great in-season but they carried him in the postseason,” one person familiar with the Astros’ thinking said. “No one [in Houston] wants to go three [years],” another source adds.
If we do sign Contreras and bring back Brantley, on the days Contreras does catch the lineup would be balls to the wall thermonuclear. 2b Altuve Ss Pena Lf Alvarez 3b Bregman Rf Tucker 1b Abreu C Contreras Dh Brantley Cf Mccormick
Seriously I want Verlander back, really I do. But paying any pitcher 40 million per year would concern me. Paying one that much at age 40...no thanks. Too much else to improve the team can be done with less risk.
Like I said JV will JV. Does he really wanna be in Houston? Or are they going to Cali? Or NY? I think Judge goes to the Giants. CORREA follows. And maybe two SPs aswell. Thought Taillion wouldn't be a bad add to the Astros. Maybe he would like to come home and pitch? I think the word on Brantley is when he is healthy and can show he is healthy that's when a decision can be made. Bit not until late Feb or early March. He has a road and a half to cross yet. And I don't think the Astros wanna miss out on a LH OF. Benintendi would be the add. And then wait till March and see what Brantley does. If he is good another year and another title chase. If kot we are covered. Meyers should be trade bait it they love McCormick so much. And Leon should be ready to pounce at the first opertunity to the Bigs. Along with Diaz and Whitley if we don't trade him. Maybe there is a deal out there that we can package Maton and Meyers for a Pitching prospect?
My wife often times prefers quickies. When she’s ready for me to wrap it up this is the lineup I envision in my mind. Whoever said think of baseball to prolong the act must not have rooted for this baseball team. In my fantasy though Alvarez hits 2nd and Peña hits 8th. When my imagination runs wild it does so in a sabermetrically correct way.
I seen that they want Contreras so bad they might over pay alittle and if they do Verlander is for sure gone. And they still want a OFer no matter what.
