I don't think Chaz is as good as his numbers this season, some BABIP luck playing a part in that. However he's clearly a good player, and should have been playing everyday since the middle of last season. It's a complete joke that Dusty's BS kept him a part timer. I've never felt CF was an issue for this team, and I see no point in wasting any meaningful assets addressing it.
No one is untradeable. It just depends on what is offered. I mean he has alot of fans. One trade I would look at is M. Dubon to the Red Sox for Prospect C. Rafaela. They want him they gotta pay for him
No one is untradeable. It just depends on what is offered. I mean he has alot of fans. One trade I would look at is M. Dubon to the Red Sox for Prospect C. Rafaela. They want him they gotta pay for him
Yes, he’s been lucky. His .380 wOBA is about how productive guys like Ohtani, Acuna, Betts, and Goldschmidt have been over the last 5 seasons; superstar level production. He is very likely not that good. But like I mentioned up thread, his xwOBA of .339 is still excellent, star level play akin to what guys like Lindor and Realmuto usually put up. I don’t mind trading McCormick, or really any player other than Altuve, so long as it’s a good deal for Houston. In McCormick’s case that means getting back either an immense prospect haul or another multi-year star.
I remember not being too bothered by losing JD because I thought he had knee issues that would keep him from ever being too valuable.
The only players the Astros are realistically trading on the major league roster would be Meyers or Julks for a rental or Pena for a guy with multiple seasons of control. Get the idea of McCormick being dealt, it’s not happening.
Really? Kessinger and Hensley could go in the blink of an eye, and a couple I think might go for Cease are McCullers and Garcia. We need pitching now, Chicago needs it later. Both teams could be helped in that scenario.
yeah, but you're talking about the hottest stretch of his career. obviously if chas is sustaining his numbers of the last 6 weeks for the remainder of his career it would be an awful trade.
Kessinger and Hensley are minor leaguers and no one’s trading Cease for two guys coming off TJ surgery. I said realistically not a PS5 trade.
I’ve said most of what I have heard. Only real other ones I have heard that I haven’t said much about is Verlander to Astros with Mets paying a lot of his salary but the prospect cost would be very high. My best case scenario? It’s what I posted about a month ago, the Astros under Brown want to consolidate some of their good players for markedly fewer, but better players. That would be a deal where players like Meyers, Pena, Urquidy, Julks are packaged for players under team control that are at least a level above and at a position of need. The White Sox trade is a version of that. Possibly a deal with either NY team. A second trade that would benefit the Astros quite a bit would be trading one of their outfielders for a couple relievers under contract. From what I was told Thursday, everyone in the league is getting more creative this deadline. So it is hard to know what will happen - but the Astros are very motivated to make a deal. What I can say is I think at a minimum we add two pitchers. I wouldn’t sleep on Verlander or Scherzer coming back to Houston with NYM ownership paying a lot of salary to get either a player under control in big leagues that fills a need or several higher level prospects.
The current active roster includes Kessinger, Hensley and Madris. Is there a league above MLB? Those two pitchers coming off TJ surgery have more value than Cease and the timing is good for both teams. Just sayin.
Pena is more likely to be moved than Dubon. On the market, I’m told Pena has a lot of value and may be used to get a star level player. Dubon means more to the Astros than other players.
McCullers has neutral value right now. Garcia has value but his team control is only one year longer than Cease. It will take more than Garcia to get Cease, who is very good.
It’s not about addressing CF - but if your best choice is a CFer, you can slide Chas to LF and DH Alvarez
That star better be a SS. Mauricio Dubon has had an excellent season and covered for us a lot, but even in a really good season he's still a pretty bad hitter with a sub 300 OBP. Pena has certainly had a disappointing year, but the potential for more is there. We're just accepting that SS is gonna be bad with Dubon.
I’m sure if it’s feasible and at the right cost, they would take on two - but what I have heard has mostly been one starting pitcher and at least one solid reliever. They would “accept” that in a tight market. Crane and Brown both want to add at least one impact player - a clear upgrade - but the market may be too stiff.
I do not think a healthy McCullers lives up to his contract, and if you add all the cost we have sunk on him it is not even close.
