Dylan Howard @ Winston-Salem: 5 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 BB, 6 K A nice Asheville debut for Howard, who was the Astros' 8th-round pick out of Radford in last year's draft.
I don’t know man- it’s easy to say that someone wouldn’t but that’s a lot of money to turn down. If Matthew’s started striking out 15% or less or something like that in triple A I might think about it. Alvarez someday? Maybe.
2-3 years from now Neyens or Alvarez might be in that position. I wouldn’t expect Neyens to accept that. A ton of these kids, especially the ones who were highly drafted, have so much confidence in themselves. As long as there are guys getting $700M, $600M, $300M every offseason, they think they can get it too.
Yeah...they may not be wrong. Dodgers do an insanely good job of signing/drafting/developing. And they spend a lot of money to do it.
Astros were winning Championships in the Minor Leagues a Decade ago and weren't even Top 10. Astros still getting Prospects to replace Star Players and still in Playoff Contention for years since 2015.
They are very good at scouting and development - and the amount of money they spend across the board is a big reason why. They pay their scouts, coaches and staff very well - they give very good allowances, they have excellent health/training facilities. I brought up recently the possibility of the Astros deciding to spend less money in free agency and using the money to increase their scouting and player development situation.
