Yeah, when you’re up all night and posting links to softball bats in a thread about hypothetical trades…kind of concerning.
I'm gonna need you to kindly keep Spinster Spaghetti out this damned thread. Just cut it right on out, brothamang. Proceed!
Spinster is not going anywhere but the Hall of Fame and perhaps the Nobel Prize ceremony thing. In the meantime, he will continue to reside in Houston and my heart.
I find it concerning that you are up all early afternoon masquerading your jealousy and self-loathing that you didn't think to post that sick softball bat link first as concern. We see right through you.
Replace what Arrighetti did last year? Sure. But I think Arrighetti is going to be a star. I couldn’t do that deal for 2 years of Lowe.
Some Framber hypotheticals for the teams that missed out on Corbin Burnes: Blue Jays get: SP Framber Valdez RP Ryan Pressly Astros get: P Trey Yesavage P Yariel Rodriguez OF Alan Roden Astros get the Cuban arm they tried to sign last year; he can take Framber’s innings (along with Wesneski), a MLB ready lefthanded OF prospect in Roden, and a 2024 1st rd pick who becomes their best pitching prospect (and probably their 4th best prospect overall). This frees up a net ~$20M to go get another OF, SP, and/or RP. Giants get: SP Framber Valdez RP Ryan Pressly Astros get: P Carson Whisenhunt OF/1B Lamont Wade Jr. P Hayden Birdsong Astros get 2 MLB-ready Top 100 pitching prospects plus a solid everyday bat who mashes righties. Astros free up ~$25M to go get another bat and another arm. Orioles get: SP Framber Valdez RP Ryan Pressly CF Jake Meyers Astros get: OF Ryan O’Hearn CF Cedric Mullins P Trevor Rogers OF Heston Kjerstad OF Enrique Bradfield This is a blockbuster hypothetical that would see several change of scenery candidates change hands. Baltimore pays the price for not giving up top prospect Coby Mayo by letting go of both Kjerstad and Bradfield. This trade flips the Astros OF from a weakness to a strength, giving them O’Hearn, Mullins, and Kjerstad which puts McCormick into the 4th OF role and lets Dubon slide into the 11th man utility role.
What’s BMore’s Of after all that’s done and how much control do they have left. I’d do that deal from Houston’s perspective.
Their OF would be Tyler O’Neill, Colton Cowser, and either Jake Meyers or Coby Mayo. All under control for 3+ years. Kjerstad and O’Hearn are not currently slated to be everyday players for them, so the main change for them would be losing Mullins.
The Red Sox are looking to offload Masataka Yoshida. Houston would need to believe he could play the field, but he’d be a good add to the lineup. Maybe something like Boston takes on Montero and eats half Yoshida’s contract.
Wait, are they still allowed to trade Montero and get off that money? Wasn't sure if that door was closed when they DFA'd him last season.
I’m actually not sure how that works. I assume that as long as they retain his rights they can’t trade him along with his contract but I could be wrong.
Thinking about this some more, I think it’d be better (and slightly more realistic) to do the Baltimore trade but take out Meyers and Mullins (so it would just be Framber/Pressly for O’Hearn/Kjerstad/Bradfield/Rogers) That would free up ~$20M, enough for Houston to add a pitcher or 2. They could end up with a roster that looks like this: 2B Altuve 3B Paredes DH Alvarez 1B Walker C Diaz LF O’Hearn RF Kjerstad CF McCormick SS Pena Bench: Dubon, Caratini, Meyers, Singleton Rotation: Brown, Verlander, Blanco, Arrighetti, Garcia, McCullers Bullpen: Hader, Abreu, Neris, Scott, Ort, Dubin, Whitley Optioned: Rogers, Wesneski, Gordon, Gusto, Contreras, Hernandez, King, Salazar, Dezenzo, Whitcomb, Corona, Leon IL: Javier, France DFA: Sousa, Hummel, Trammell With having added Bradfield and Smith to the farm, bringing it well into average territory. As much risk as there would be in that rotation (heavily mitigated by the AAA depth that goes 7-8 deep), I would love this organizational roster.
