Maybe Chas? They already sent him down once (though it was only for a day or two). Diaz/Yuli back up IF, with Alvarez/Brantley/Diaz all capable of LF. Dubon backs up SS/CF and maybe LF/RF when needed. Not saying this will happen, but it could.
Anyone else see shameful click-bait every time Law is mentioned? If Brown were a Yankee prospect, Law would be touting him as worth Soto in a straight up trade.
Personally, it feels like the Astros HAVE TO go out and upgrade at first base. The Astros are in the Yankees head. Go out, add a big time player like Bell, and put even more doubt in your biggest threat to returning to a World Series.
I think if anything Chas is building a case right now that he's a better player than Jake Meyers and should be the starting CF, not trade bait.
another soto fantasy scenario: trade for soto + take on corbin contract (probably essential under any fantasy scenario that we have a chance at him). whatever minor leaguers, garcia/javier, meyers, etc... (win world series) re-trade soto this upcoming offseason. no corbin necessary for teams, more potential suitors = better prospect haul than we gave. so we'd be taking on corbin in return for 1/2 season of soto, and a prospect upgrade (quite possibly a significant one).
Paying Corbin $60M over the next 2 years probably costs you any chance of keeping Verlander. So you're trading 2 years of Verlander for 1/2 a season of Soto, plus whatever net plus/minus you get in prospects. And because the team is unlikely to just release a player they owe $60MM, it probably means you're stuck with him as your #5 pitcher for the next two years instead of one of the many actual good SPs you have.
I kind of hope it would be a buzzer beater deal. Acquire Bell early and maybe Yankees panic and acquire Castillo. If Astros acquire Bell last minute, hopefully gives Yankees no time to counter. Or like the other poster said, just get Castillo and Bell lol
Tradable assets: Tier 1: Cristian Javier, Luis Garcia, Hunter Brown, Jose Urquidy, Chas McCormick, Jake Meyers, Bryan Abreu Tier 2: Korey Lee, Jose Siri, Pedro Leon, Colin Barber, Jake Odorizzi, Forrest Whitley, Yainer Diaz, Enmanuel Valdez, Joe Perez, JJ Matijevic, Jaime Melendez Tier 3: Parker Mushinski, Seth Martinez, JP France, Peter Solomon, Brandon Bielak, Shawn Dubin, Jimmy Endersby, Enoli Paredes, Ronel Blanco, Taylor Jones, David Hensley, Justin Dirden, WilyerAbreu, Corey Julks, Grae Kessinger, Shay Whitcomb, Luke Berryhill, Alex McKenna, Lewis Brinson, Misael Tamarez, Julio Robaina, Adrian Chaidez, Chayce McDermott, Spencer Arrighetti, Jordan Brewer, Will Wagner, Quincy Hamilton, JC Correa, Miguel Ullola, Edinson Batista, Carlos Calderon, Rhett Kouba, Miguel Palma, Luis Santana, Joey Loperfido, Cristian Gonzalez, Michael Sandle, Logan Cerny, Kendedy Corona, Colton Gordon, Tyler Whitaker, Dauri Lorenzo, Luis Baez, Kenni Gomez, Sandro Gaston A trade for a multi-year star player (like Luis Castillo) is going to include at least 1 of the Tier 1 assets and likely 2 or more. A trade for a star rental (Willson Contreras, Josh Bell) or a multi-year 2nd tier player (Garrett Cooper) is likely to cost at least 2 Tier 2 assets. A trade for a 2nd tier rental (like Trey Mancini or Andrew Chafin) or multi-year RP (like Gregory Soto) may require a Tier 2 asset but more likely would be 2-3 players from the Tier 3 list. I consider it pretty unlikely that Houston trades Garcia, Javier, or Abreu. And with 7 consecutive quality starts, I would think Urquidy would only be traded for a very high value (i.e., he should make up the bulk of value sent over for Luis Castillo). It would also really really surprise me if Meyers was traded.
JV is still an Astro and he has the b Seems like I recall newly drafted players could be traded this year but do not recall any confirmation of that. Anybody know if that is the case? If so would you be willing to trade any of our new prospects?
I don't think they can be traded. I think they clarified the rule to ensure they weren't named as PTBNL but I could be wrong. If they were tradable, I really wouldn't want Houston to trade any of them unless it was an obvious overpay.
Will be fascinating to see what the contenders decide to do. Trading for Juan Soto is honestly a bad idea for many teams. Why waste a ton of prospects on 1 player rather than address multiple needs. Like, for the Yankees, they would be smarter to get Castillo as their top target and then a bat (linked to Benintendi), and maybe a reliever since Michael King fractured his elbow yesterday. With JV basically being the only ace on the staff + questions about McCullers health and JV's potential upcoming free agency, I would def go after Castillo. Yuli's free agency and decline is concerning, so Josh Bell makes all the sense in the world. What about Jason Castro's injury? Will Click get a backup catcher or roll with Lee. I can see Korey Lee being packaged, but Astros would need a catcher in return. Hopefully we'll see movement with the draft done.
Very nice list. Thank you for compiling it. I think I agree with you on all of it. 2 minor things to his brings to mind looking at that: Forest Whitley just cannot be traded. I think you are right on his value and it might even be a touch lower, but I just can’t see sending him out for a 2nd tier guy or an abs one average relief pitcher and then watching him blow up. Because if we were talking about everyone on that list reaching their 90th percentile outcome he’d be at the top of the list. And I just wouldn’t want any part of giving away that for marginal talent, while also acknowledging that he could very likely never produce a single WAR. Rather ride that ship down than take meh for him. 2) Odo almost shouldn’t even be on that list. He really doesn’t feel like he’s any part of a buy trade for us (you have to send him to someone in the middle of a playoff push so why would they give up current MLB talent) so he’s strictly a sell, so the question then becomes what asset is he worth coming back to us. I’d like to see your thoughts on how much we could get for the following guys if we were selling them to competing clubs for prospects or prospect Equivalent: Odo Maton Chas Urquidy Garcia
Unrelated I could use some help with something. I started to post a reply to the beard some time ago, got called away and forgot about it. Today I replied to snakediggit (post 2153 this thread) and the unfinished reply to thebeard came up with it. Tried to edit it away but could not get it done. Is it possible to delete a post once you begin it?
guess there's no way of knowing, but if it's definitely at the expense of 2 years of verlander, i'd agree with you. maybe with some middle ground of some but not all of corbin's salary they could have their cake and eat it too. all just a fantasy anyway.
I believe Castro is done. I am happy with Maldy and Lee as our catchers for the remainder of the season and thru the playoffs. But I believe there should be an experienced third catcher available in Sugar Land in case of injury to either of them. I am not so much a baseball fan as I am an Astros fan so I have no idea what might be available out there. Anybody have any thoughts as to who the Astros should be looking at to fill that role?
