Please don't sign Neris. Relievers are like slot machines. We got the jackpot with him, we need to move to a different one now. You don't want to stay on the same one. Go to one that hasn't been performing well. They are due.
I know Montero was a **** show last season but there is an equal chance he isn't a **** show this season considering he did not lose any velocity. Graveman could also be very good having the comfort of being with the team and staff from spring training. I think we need someone to fill the Maton role for us, but we have plenty of starters that could do that with Gracia and McCullers eating up innings by July. We should have 8 quality inning eaters. 2 will be converted to relievers in one way or another by the trade deadline. Verlander Valdez Javier Brown Urquidy McCullers Garcia France I honestly think this coming season will be the deepest team we have ever put out there. We just need Verlander to defy father time again and Valdez to get his head on straight. Not having the pressure of doing everything himself like parts of last year may help him.
Fangraphs updated their depth charts with Caratini and he projects for 1.5 fwar over 257 pa. If he puts up that level of production for $6M that is an excellent value; that level of production would make him a borderline star player over an everyday (~600 pa) workload.
I don't think he gets them deep into the playoffs. Plus isn't he a FA after this season? Stankees are doing it wrong. Rather him go there than Rangers or Dodgers.
It's not fair when you make 35 speculations and scenarios per day. That's over 10,000 per year. Some of them are bound to be right.
Translation: He should, baseball gods willing, help the Astros win about an extra game over what Crane is paying him.
I do not think we are entirely finished with catchers for the winter. I would like to see a trade for a catching prospect that would be a credible 3rd catcher to have in Sugar Land.
Christian Vazquez caught one in the World Series in less than quarter the service time with the Astros.
**** a Wembanyama, we got the real Victor. I’m looking forward to that sweet left handed swing launching some dongs.
More power to them. Him and Judge could form a formidable OF duo, but I'll bet that paying Soto and Judge a combined $80+ million/year for the next 10 years will come back to seriously haunt them at some point.
