[Official] Astros Off Season

Adding a full season of Mccullers and Hunter Brown. Theoretically adding Michael Brantley who didn't impact the playoffs at all.

Going 2 deeper in the lineup with Brantley/Abreu v Diaz/Mancini/Gurriel makes up for downgrade from Verlander to Mccullers.

 

Game Trade:
Astros Get
Weimer 13.6
Urias 15.6
Comp Balance Pick 6.1
Total 35.3

Brewers Get
McCormick 31.3
Perez 3.0
Total 34.3

 

Aroldis Chapman is still out there lol

 

AAA Graduates coming in every year and producing are the lifeblood of sustainable excellence.

 

Yeah, Braves should be careful with relying on Michael Harris and Spencer Strider... lol...

 

My main concerns for 2023:

AGE
Maldonado 36
Abreu 36 (Jan)
Brantley 36 (May)

CAREER INNINGS
H Brown 20.1
S Martinez 41.2

CAREER AB
Hensley 37 (including postseason)
Diaz 8
Lee 25

HEALTH
McCullers (ongoing injury issues)
Maldonado (offseason surgery)
Brantley (offseason surgery; labrum)
Meyers (health of labrum)

LUCK
Health of team
Winning the close ones
Hot streaks in big situations

 

Not this many at once

 

This is poor logic. Lets use 2 freak isolated instances of rookies that defied the odds as evidence for letting the rookies play.

 

No deal <$50M is that big of a risk, but this is not a good deal for SF. There basically 2 outcomes:

They get him on a good/fair $18M/1yr deal.
They get him on a bad/terrible $36M/2yr deal

More downside than upside.

 

They won't all produce. Two or three will.

 

100% a SF reaction to the Correa failure.

 

If we are lucky.

 

Centerfield is not an issue because McCormack should be an average to slightly above average bat. He's going to be our 8th batter. Catcher is only a concern if Maldy gets hurt since we really don't have a backup unless they think Kory Lee is ready. He did hit a lot better last year after he went down to AAA. They will probably give him a chance again. If it doesn't work out, we will get a catcher at the deadline like we did last season.

 

True, but the same can be said about the veterans and they drain more resources.

 

This is a good point. We shouldn’t drain our farm because we are worried that our 8th hitter is either average or above average for that spot in the lineup and our backup catcher is only a marginally better hitter than our starting catcher. We don’t have to solve 4 years out this off season

 

CF is a concern if the Astros don’t play McCormick 120 games in CF. They haven’t shown that level of confidence in him yet.

 

Catcher is projected to be an issue in 2024 and 2025 as well.

 

Concerning Bauer:

Is Bauer now being eligible mean his salary goes back on the books of LAD CBT), even if they waive him?

 

There is a lot more risk that 4 rookies and Maton+Meyers bust than our veterans fall off a cliff.