[Official] Astros Off Season

We won the series with the best pitching in the league.

 

Bingo. Let’s keep our pitching together.

 

The 19 team was a powerhouse hitting team. Lost that series...all be it due to a terrible Hinch decision.

 

True, and we should still have pretty close to that even without Verlander and Garcia so long as Brown and Abreu are up to the task and none of our other pitchers come down with a case of unexplainable suck. We could have that AND potentially the most potent hitting in the history of the sport.

 

Not just that, it was also Verlander choking in the World Series. His 5+ ERA in that series with 2 terrible starts along with Cole's absolutely pathetic game 1 put the team in quite the hole they couldn't dig out of. No matter what, the team should have better pitching next season than 2019.

 

Add Contreras , Nimmo and Brantley for 50M and you have even better without trading anyone.

 

I can certainly see the case for Nimmo plus keeping what it would take to get Reynolds over just getting Reynolds. They are close enough to where that's a more than solid consolation prize.

 

Nimmo is a better overall player and a natural CF.

 

I'm ready for Monday to get here so we can get to signing some more big bats.

 

I can certainly see an argument for it, honestly I'll be happy with any additional offensive upgrade at this point.

 

I think most people dont realize Garcia skipped Double A and Triple A. I dont think hes done developing into what he will be.
Also I would make Javier untouchable. Not even considering trading him.

 

I want to maintain a 6 pitcher rotation regardless of whether JV returns or not. We saw benefits to both our starting pitching and the bullpen last year. I do not know if it was an intentional strategy or if we just lucked into it because of our surplus of starting pitching and the late start to the season. But I like the results. This is the reason i do not want to trade without JV or another GOOD pitcher in the fold.

 

Captain Nimmo has played 2 full seasons out of his 6+ in MLB...

This doesn't concern anyone?

 

Not as long as it is reflected in his compensation.

 

Sure, what are you paying the guy who plays the other 80 games?

 

Less than 2M haha

 

but how’s his mustache?

 

It does seem like just about every option carries quite a bit of risk, doesnt it?

 

Just a rough calculation.
2.56 average WAR per season (excluding 2020)
$7.5M per war
$19,250,000/year

Not having to give up prospects also has some value as does recency bias. 4.35 average WAR over the last 2 seasons.

 

Bad blood between who? I couldn’t tell from the post you responded to. Who thought we would take him #1?