The Cubs are one team Pressly could close for. Right now, Porter Hodge with nine career saves is their guy.
After Bregman dragged his feet on the Astros’ offer in November into early December, I would have been very surprised if he returned. Now? Not so much. Other interested teams have had more than two months to try and come anywhere close to the contract he wants. If they had, reports would have circulated that the team and Bregman were in negotiations and nearing a deal. That hasn’t happened. I’m sure he has offers from the Tigers and Red Sox, but I doubt they exceed the Astros initial offer. At this point, Alex has to be thinking, I never really wanted to leave the Astros, and since I’m not getting the money I want from other clubs, why am I leaving? Sure, the Red Sox or Tigers could see these reports and increase their offers to 6 years, 180 million, but I doubt they do. The Tigers already got burned by Javier Baez and they have the best pitcher in baseball, Tarik Skubal, needing an extension in two years. The Red Sox have been talking about moving Bregman to second base despite the fact Rafael Devers is a terrible defensive third baseman. Not to mention, the Red Sox are a big market team, they don’t need two months to decide whether to offer Bregman $180-200 million. As for short term offers with opt outs, Bregman turns 31 in March. He’s not very likely to get a better long-term contract in free agency next year heading into his age 32 season.
That's because it don't matter where you start, so long as it's with a righteous 'J', it always ends up in the same place: 'us'. :} Hail Satan and Spinster "Torqualini" "Ballergnese" "Throwvolone" "Flinguini" "Heatza" "Carpnastio" Spaghetti. Aka "Cheese".
14 saves out of 15 opportunities in the postseason... which is a higher percentage than Mariano Rivera. Give the man some respect.
No - at least from my perspective it isn't... and as you know, in 2025 if "glory" is your thing, you can get lots of attention as a 7-8 inning guy if you perform well. There are also teams out there that want Pressly to close for them but he is trying to leverage it - and there is the complication of his family. I'll always appreciate Pressly - he has been nails for the Astros - and out of all the Astros closers in team history, if you told me that I needed one of them to come into LA or the Bronx and save a game 6 or 7---- it would be Pressly that I would turn to and not Wagner or Sambito or even Smith. That says something because Wagner is a deserving HOFer.
I trust his arm more than Altuve's - plus I am not really keen on suddenly taking a mid 30's middle infielder with a history of lower body injuries and asking him to move different in the outfield. Paredes can play "okay" at a lot of spots. He is best at 2nd base - but he would likely be an adequate LFer
Playing time if Astros add Bregman: Alvarez: DH 110g, LF 20g Altuve: 2B 100g, DH 20g Bregman: 3B 120g, DH 10g Walker: 1B 130g Diaz: C 100g, DH 20g Paredes: 2B 50g, LF 50g, 3B 30g McCormick: CF 100g, RF 30g Pena: SS 130g Dezenzo/Melton/Whitcomb/Leon: RF 130g Dubon: LF 60g, SS 30g, 2B 10g, 1B 10g Salazar: C 60g, 1B 20g Meyers: CF 60g Trammell/Hummel: LF 30g
It gets down to not wanting some mythical line in the salary cap sand? for one year? If the Dodger defer their salaries into the next century, why can't the Astros?
