I wouldn’t. I see at least 8 or 10 WAR headed out next year when we get a manager that knows how to play his best players and not enough coming back. I also see 14 club control years headed out for 4 coming in.
Do you watch Luis play? I watch him often as I'm in the Midwest and he's a MVP canidate at a prime position. Drew has never played a game in the majors and Diaz as good as he looks has done it for 80 games. People are underrating Luis and overeating prospects
I would give up Gilbert plus for Luis, but not Diaz. He's the future at catcher and catchers that can hit are invaluable. Unless you value Lee more than Diaz?
https://www.si.com/mlb/astros/news/houston-astros-linked-red-sox-outfielder-mlb-trade-deadline-matt9 From a Fan Nation article with a click bait title based off one of those "One Player Every Team Should Trade For (or Away)" thought exercise articles. At least that's all I got when searching "Alex Verdugo" and "Astros".
I’ll take Robert’s 5-7 WAR, a free agent bat, and Korey Lee over those three. An OF of Yordan, Robert, and Tucker…
They need ****ing pitching. Starting pitching first… bullpen a distant second. Fix the rotation first. Or just get Sal Perez and call it a day/pennant….
Exactly. It's like Robert is what we hope Gilbert will become. But Robert is doing it now and imagine him in the same lineup with Yordan!
I sincerely don't get it? Robert's is a top 2 CF with elite pop. He's on a team friendly contract for 4 years. Wtf more do we want ?!? I never understood why folks obsess over prospects
I don't see the White Sox trading him, but Robert would be worth Any 4 current Astros prospects. The only reservation should be injury history and potential attitude issues. Otherwise they wouldn't even have enough to trade for him.
Those are the two things I dislike about him. He rubs off on me as a baseball version of TO. Bregman is proof you can have swag without flashy bling-bling. And should the Sox trade Robert, I'm not convinced Diaz + Gilbert will be enough. They will want a Soto-like package. Yes, he has character and injury concerns that Soto didn't, but that's offset by more control, better defense, and a more premium position. I expect them to get two or three top-100 prospects as a baseline, plus an upsider or two. As far as hitting, remember - we have never had Alvarez and Altuve together for a prolonged period of time. Plus, even when we did, Abreu hadn't broken out of whatever was going on. Getting Yordan Alvarez back is adding an elite bat back in the lineup. If we make a trade for a hitter, I'd get a lefty bench bat (like, say Sheets). In the past I said I thought a bat was more important than pitching, but now, thinking again, pitching is what we need, both quality and depth.
I don't want an extra bat anymore. Need a SP in the worst way and one of those healing pools from Black Mesa. We're more than good with the bats just have to put them in the lineup.
