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[Official] Astros Off Season

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Castor27, Nov 7, 2022.

  1. SuraGotMadHops

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    But how good is he without Goldilocks balls?
     
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  2. BMoney

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    Arson Welles is putting a new movie out, fyi.
     
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  3. Marshall Bryant

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    Just admit you hate the idea of 5.1 WAR from the catcher at ~$20M/yr. You'd rather have -0.3.
     
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  4. Yordan The Great

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    So what I'm hearing, and please correct me if I'm wrong, is that if the Astros can "manage" Contreras just right, we will essentially have not 1 but 2 Yordan Alvarez' in our lineup.
     
  5. Marshall Bryant

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    Mostly peaceful Arson.
     
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  6. Marshall Bryant

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    80% of Alvarez. But plenty good enough.
     
  7. SamCassell

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    I remember the Mitch Meluskey one-season era enough to not want to return to it. All-offense, bad defense catcher doesn't lead to success.

    Also, never count on offense from a 30+ year old catcher. They fall off the cliff, fast. It's a bad bet. And the damage is already done regardless if they switch positions later. Look at Mauer - they moved him to 1B at 31 and his number still plummeted.
     
  8. itzIce

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    lol
     
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    Hopefully but he still might be mad that Houston beat Harper and the Phillies lol. He's a huge Harper fan.
     
  10. SKYGODZ187

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    At this point I think Judge goes to the Giants. There's gonna be a bad back lash or they are gonna find a way to blame someone else
     
  11. Screaming Fist

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    Hopefully Judge does end up going to the Giants. Would be a massive blow to the Yankees that Rodon won’t cure and the Giants still have a lot of holes even with Judge.
     
  12. awc713

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    I love this. I really hope Judge leaves NYY. They have no plan. Why would any GM say this out loud?

     
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    lol. “Please….pretty please don’t leave us Judge.”
     
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    Oops! That 5.1 is Nimmo. Contreras is 3.9 so 57%. Still a 3.7 WAR improvement.
     
  16. Htown Legend

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    I like Contreras. I really like Contreras. But I wouldn’t go more than 4 years.
     
  17. Mr.Pringles

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    I wouldn’t go more than two years on any catcher about as dumb as giving a HB a long term deal.
     
  18. Mr.Pringles

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    How’s he going to DH with Alvarez at DH 100+ games? Plus he doesn’t hit left handed so the lineup is not balanced.
     
  19. Mr Woods

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  20. Big Uns

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    Uhhhh. McCann and Cherinos caught for us during the dynasty run. I
     

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