Bring him home! He pitched at The Woodlands and was a Rice commit before being drafted by the Pirates at #2 overall.
One of: Fedde, Taillon, Eflin, Gausman, or Rogers One of: Paredes, Diaz, Guerrero, Rooker, or Robert One underrated RP
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024...n.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook The Astros are prioritizing starting pitching before Tuesday’s deadline. They seem to be casting a wide net in their pursuit of at least a mid-rotation arm. This morning, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times listed the Astros among the teams in on Rays right-hander Zach Eflin. Eflin is one of many arms on their radar. Russell Dorsey of Yahoo! Sports reports that the Astros and Cardinals are among 10 teams in contact with the White Sox about Erick Fedde. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale first reported the Cards’ interest in Fedde over the weekend. Chandler Rome, Ken Rosenthal and Patrick Mooney of the Athletic report that the Astros are also among the teams in the mix for Cubs starter Jameson Taillon, a Houston-area native. Both pitchers have performed like #3 caliber starters this season. Fedde would command the more significant prospect package because of his affordability. A former first-round pick of the Nationals, Fedde never emerged as more than a back-end arm in Washington. He tweaked his pitch mix after signing with the KBO’s NC Dinos last season. After dominating en route to the KBO MVP award, he returned stateside on a two-year, $15MM free agent deal with the White Sox. To that end, The Athletic writes that the Astros are trying to offload Rafael Montero in trade packages. Houston re-signed Montero to a three-year, $34.5MM deal early in the 2022-23 offseason. (That came while Crane was playing an outsized role in baseball operations between the firing of previous GM James Click and before Houston tabbed Dana Brown as general manager.) It has proven a very poor decision.
Not well versed with Arizonas farm system but seems like a fair deal. Puk has all the tools to be a quality leverage reliever.
I've watched him in a couple of games including today's game against the Rangers, I agree with you., he's a little wild but when he's on he's unhittable.
Skip the RP and figure you hope it’s Murfee or Whitley or LmJ or Garcia. You only need 1 more guy for the playoffs. Figure it comes from that group or blanco. Get 2 bats. Paredes and Rooker. If you got those 2 bats you could literally trade every single position player of import in the minor leagues as you’d have your starting 9 locked in basically through 2027 Your 2027 lineup if you don’t add a single minor leaguer Sam houston catcher Diaz- 1B Altuve- 2B Peña- SS Paredes- 3B Rooker- LF Jake- CF Loperfido- RF Yordan DH. seriously- you could trade Chas plus every single position player in our top 30 and be just fine- and still have 3 years of development plus extensions to develop and keep the next core of the team. Taking a stab- Paredes for Chas, Melton and Whitley Rooker for Mathews, Baez, Dezenzo One of the pitchers for Arrighetti and Leon. are any of those light? If so who would you add?
It depends on the prospects - we were very careful who we would and would not deal. I would strongly support a trade for Paredes if Brown supports it - but I don’t want a Crane special where he has Bagwell hold a broken wine glass to Brown’s throat and forces him to trade regardless of the consequences.
What have those two done? Crane handled Verlander and the money part and Brown handled the prospect part of the deal - both players the Astros dealt are highly listed on the prospect charts of some media people, but both have major issues.
I don’t blame him. He has a history of some injury issues and he doesn’t want to pitch past his real innings limit without some assurance that if he gets hurt he will be taken care of. I also don’t blame him for not wanting to move to the pen. FWIW - anyone that is willing to pay the prospect cost for him likely wants to extend him anyway. I expect the Dodgers to be very aggressive.
Yeah - we will see. They may want to move them this Winter instead of now, but it makes zero sense to hold onto them. The Astros and Dodgers both would trade a lot for Gausman.
I like Loperfido a lot, but he should be considered a trade chip, as well as Chas/Leon/Baez/Cole if teams want OF prospects. Leave the minors with one or two of these guys and the minors will still have enough depth to survive if injuries hit the MLB club. Of course I've got little doubt that Matthews could play OF if needed. Dont let go of Dezenzo either if at all possible.
Hey look he gets paid to tell you the same **** I told you 2-3 weeks ago. Also - I don’t know about “prioritizing” a starting pitcher, but they want to get one EARLY to make sure they get one and then look for a bat. Im not as optimistic as the Astros seem to be, lots of teams after a small group of guys. Yeah - they want to deal Montero and have tried to do it, not sure the market is there.
I expect one or both of Garcia, or Verlander back in the next three weeks. that means that three weeks from now any pitcher we bring in will have to be better than Brown & Blanco, who are both currently ace level pitchers. Valdez & Verlander who have been aces in the recent past. Garcia is at least a #3. Arrighetti and Bloss are likely to be surpassed many but not all of the pitchers we will have to choose from. I am not sure there is anyone available that fits on our playoff rotation that is available and I am sure we can not afford them if their is. So how much are you willing to give up for two or three weeks of a back of the rotation pitcher? Because that is the likely outcome of trading for pitching. I am more anxious to add a bullpen spot by getting Montero off the roster than I am to add a starter that does not improve the team significantly.
