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Astros sign Christian Walker

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Radricky, Dec 20, 2024 at 12:02 PM.

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  1. lnchan

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    I was not excited for that or Abreu...
     
    #61 lnchan, Dec 20, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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    I'm old enough to remember how Tejada aged 2 years in one week....
     
    #62 lnchan, Dec 20, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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    The Astros are starting to take shape… And it’s looking promising.

    C - Yainer Diaz
    1B - Walker
    2B - Altuve
    3B - Paredes
    SS - Peña
    LF - McCormick
    CF - Myers / Dubon
    RF - ????
    DH - Alvarez

    With all the money they saved on Tucker and Bregman, I hope they can at least upgrade the RF position.
     
    #63 vince, Dec 20, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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    The outfield is a disaster.
     
    #64 htownrox1, Dec 20, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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    Get a decent outfielder and I'm ready to roll
     
    #65 HTM, Dec 20, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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    LF - ????
    CF - ????
    RF - ????

    More work to be done
     
    #66 Buck Turgidson, Dec 20, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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    Abreu was a disaster, but his 2023 postseason was pretty darn good.
     
    #67 Astrodome, Dec 20, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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    Just yuck
    [​IMG]
     
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    It’s not the sexy choice, but I think the front office is going to double down on Melton and the farm. I don’t see us signing somebody like Santander or Hernandez. Maybe we take some flyers on minimum salary OF vets just a hold down the fort, but I think the front office is going to want to see what we have in our farm, first, between Dezenzo/Leon/Melton etc.
     
    #69 awc713, Dec 20, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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    Yep, trade for Robert and call it a great off-season. Even if they trade for Robert, they should look for an under valued OF late in FA.
     
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    I could see a Winker type signing.
     
    #71 raining threes, Dec 20, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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    You gotta go for it when you have the pitching. I'm imagining a world where they trade Pressly and Caratini then add Robert through a trade and Winker and in FA.
     
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    Saw this on Reddit lol: "18.9% of his career home runs were against the dodgers". Seems like he's crushes them. I already like him.
     
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    Both are GG fielders.
     
    #74 raining threes, Dec 20, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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    I have a good friend who is a huge Mariners' fan and he is so pussed at ownership and DiPoto for wasting the SP core they have.
     
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    #76 Radricky, Dec 20, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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    It's hard not to love a GG 1B that will hit 34-35 dingers/yr at 20m yr.
    He and Paredes should be great bookends.
    Tough to see Breggy go, but I see them working.

    That said, I disagree with the whole strategy of pseudo contention.

    Rebuild
     
    #77 Plowman, Dec 20, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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    At around the same AAV w/GG defense.

    This is a no-brainer good deal for us, surprisingly.
     
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