I’ll let Dana Brown and the Astros’ front office handle how to keep the team under the Competitive Balance Tax. I just can’t imagine them running out an outfield of Dubon, Meyers and McCormick. With Bregman now off the board, I expect them to try to add another bat via trade, or at least sign outfield depth pieces like Alex Verdugo or Mark Canha to compete for jobs in Spring Training.
All he would need is 3 years 36 million to match what Crane offered him With the way salaries are rising he would have to have a major injury to not get that Having said that, it's a HUGE risk for the sox
Alex Bregman absolutely did not want to stay in Houston unless the Astros blew him out the water. He was moving like George Springer did the entire time. It’s cool. I appreciate everything he did for the city. $40M is wild. No thanks at that price.
On the bright side now we don't have to experiment with putting Altuve out in left field. Don't think that would have been a good strategy IMO.
If the Astros were still around $160/6 then the difference was $13.3 mil for the other 3 years. He can do well at their ballpark but would be hard for him to forego $80 mil the remaining 2 years of this contract by opting out and hoping to get a better deal? He went to the best ballpark he could to increase his stats and I can see him putting together a nice year there. .276, 27 HRs, 85 RBIs.
Not sure how you can think that? We offered him 26 million per year He got 40 million per year I mean damn
Red Sox fans are going to boo the hell out of Bregman before the season is over. Spending that kind of money on a .768 OPS 3rd baseman is hilarious.
Thanks Bregs for the memories. Glad you got a nice bag from Boston and glad Houston didn't pay that AAV for him.
Lmao yeah there are some delusional takes going on in here right now. He got a great deal…good for him.
Well, I was wrong. It never occurred to me that he would get $40M per season for 3 years with annual opt outs. Wow. I'm speechless. But getting $120M in 3 years is the benefit that I said it would take. If he doesn't opt out, he needs $36 in 3 yrs to match the Astros offer? Can't blame him for taking that. Red Sox are gonna have a kick ass team.
Problem with that is any deal Brown and the front office comes up with has to go through Crane, and history says he ain't approving it for a mid player For a stud, absolutely he would. He isn't cheap, but he is very risk averse, and he doesn't want to get into losing draft picks and international money to sign a guy who isn't close to a guaranteed upgrade I think they feel good about Chas bouncing back. I think they give Dezenzo/Leon a shot to win a job out there. I think they feel like Matthews is closer to MLB ready than what all the publications say he is. Brown is very aggressive on that kind of stuff. Whitcomb will also likely be given a shot out there. Then if that doesn't work I think they will play the trade market to try to find an upgrade. Having said all of that, it's a god awful OF against RHP
He got less base money and his final contract could be 3 years $45 million This was all for his widdle ego Happy the stros didn't waste payroll on him. the Red Sox are an undesirable team that need to overpay to get FA's to go there
