I'd rather keep Walker and the $18 mil for this team and trade Paredes for a bigger return of prospects.
It’s very hard to trade Paredes without ending up with a significantly worse offense in both 2026 and 2027.
It is robbing Peter to pay Paul. So it CAN work, even work really well --- but there is a lot of risk in trading Paredes for prospects or young arms, that puts a lot of pressure on Miller and Brown to "hit". Then - the Astros would have to spend the money saved by Paredes, and budget to sign free agent bats to off set the loss of Paredes. The Astros are not ready to do it - but there is a strong argument that can be made, that the Astros should deal Paredes, Diaz, Pena and a handful of others for prospects and young players with 4-5 years of control.
I would much rather trade Pena than Paredes or Diaz. Pena is more likely to have his best season behind him, is easier to replace offensively, and should bring back a bigger return. Brown would need to really outsmart some people to be able to trade Paredes without dealing a big blow to Houston’s 2026 hopes.
especially with 2027 looming. I dread the havoc that the CBA will bring to rosters. Lost itme, contracts, expansion.
Thanks man. Appreciate it. I think we are going to have a fun back and forth over the next week on do a rebuild or go all in (hint- we will do neither) but its fun to mess with going to the outer bounds to see where you really feel about some guys and team building.
I don’t think I have ever heard a clear explanation. If we miss a whole season do the contracts in place, just move out a year? If a guy is signed for 27 and the season doesn’t happen, is he still under contract in 28?
I don’t think that anyone knows the answer for sure. My guess is that in the event of a completely lost season, guaranteed contracts would advance a year (meaning veterans with guaranteed contracts lose that year of pay and teams lose that year of control) and that players do not accrue a year of service time, meaning players with <6 years of service time do not advance toward free agency at all, essentially giving teams an extra year of control. So in that way a lockout would benefit teams with very young rosters and hurt teams with aging veterans.
Your trades are ridiculous. You want to destroy the Future. Astros get: SP Kris Bubic - Royals hang up Royals: CF Jake Meyers - Lol Astros get: SP Brandon Sproat 1B Ryan Clifford - Why retrade for him Mets get: 1B Christian Walker - Mets Stearns hangs up P Anderson Brito ------? 21 year old Power Pitcher Astros get: C Joey Bart - Journeyman, should've been a Star for the Giants Pirates get: OF Jacob Melton - Can Rebound Astros get: IF Brandon Lowe - Rental SP Ryan Pepiot Rays get: OF Cam Smith ------? Potential Power Hitter SP Spencer Arrighetti - Can rebound
Cool. I can tell you’re super knowledgeable and put a lot of thought into that. You’re 100% right. I’m ridiculous.
This thread is about hypothetical trades. The type that can do no harm nor any good. Just a place for discussion among friends.
Rockets1995 obviously doesn’t understand the concept of discussion. Maybe he should stay out of a hypothetical trade thread.
What a “soft rebuild” of trading Yordan and Pena might look like: Astros get: OF Carson Benge SP Jonah Tong IF/OF Jett Williams SP Kodai Senge Mets get: DH Yordan Alvarez CF Jake Meyers Astros get: SP Freddy Peralta SS Cooper Pratt C Jefferson Quero 2026 Competitive Balance Rd B draft pick (pick #69) Brewers get: SS Jeremy Pena SP Spencer Arrighetti Astros sign Luis Arraez and Ryan O’Hearn. Resulting roster: DH Altuve 2B Arraez 3B Paredes SS Correa LF O’Hearn 1B Walker RF Sanchez C Diaz CF Cole Bench: Matthews, Quero, Allen, Melton SP: Brown, Peralta, Senga, Javier, Weiss, McCullers RP: Hader, Abreu, King, Pearson, Sousa, Okert, Munoz Optioned: Tong, Blubaugh, Ullola, Gordon, France, Alexander, Murray, Salazar, Dezenzo, Smith, Whitcomb IL: Blanco, Wesneski, Walter DFA: Ort, De Los Santos The Astros would then have 6 prospects on the current MLB Pipeline Top 100 (Pratt, Quero, Matthews, Benge, Williams, Tong) plus 7 of the top 137 picks in the draft (17, 28, 58, 69, 94, 124, 137). The farm system would be ranked in the top 10 in the league. The lineup doesn’t have any “holes”, as Cole would be the only projected below average hitter. But it wouldn’t have a single hitter projected to post a wRC+ >130. The rotation and bullpen would be extremely good, with insane depth in AAA. I don’t know how realistic those trades are (Brewers may not be interested in Pena if they believe in Ortiz and the Mets might not get even close to giving up that package for Yordan), but I would be good with them even though I would never trade Alvarez if I were GM. It would definitely set the franchise up to start a new run.
I would need more for Yordan, but I guess it depends on how Dana views Williams Milwaukee would have to have someone with more control than Pena in a Peralta trade, and unfortunately for us, they will be able to get it
