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Astros sign Christian Walker

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Radricky, Dec 20, 2024.

  1. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard
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    I was not excited for that or Abreu...
     
  2. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard
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    I'm old enough to remember how Tejada aged 2 years in one week....
     
  3. vince

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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.
     
  4. htownrox1

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    The outfield is a disaster.
     
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  5. HTM

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    Get a decent outfielder and I'm ready to roll
     
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    LF - ????
    CF - ????
    RF - ????

    More work to be done
     
  7. Astrodome

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    Abreu was a disaster, but his 2023 postseason was pretty darn good.
     
  8. kaw1988

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    Just yuck
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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.
     
  10. raining threes

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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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  11. raining threes

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    I could see a Winker type signing.
     
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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.
     
  13. kaw1988

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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.
     
  15. IdStrosfan

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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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  16. Radricky

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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
     
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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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