Even if you are 100% right about why we should get rid of Walker, that doesn’t answer the biggest question Why would Minnesota take that contract? And if they did take him in a deal for Carlos (they wouldn’t but I’ll play along) the prospect cost would be very high. Then we would have enough prospect capital to go get O’Hearn also?
do you understand that the astros wanted to grab something for tucker while he had 1 year left of team control? Bregman could had stayed even with the Walker deal signed (Rodgers is being paid peanuts so don't break that to the equation). Bregman wanted his big payday. Don't blame him for holding out for his figure and he got it. Not going to blame the guy.
Daily hypothetical with <5 days left : Astros get: SP Taj Bradley 2B Brandon Lowe Rays get: 2B Brice Matthews P Ethan Pecko P Bruce Mayer P Anderson Brito OF Chas McCormick Playoff roster: SS Pena LF Altuve DH Alvarez 2B Lowe 1B Walker C Caratini RF Smith CF Melton 3B Dubon Bench: Trammell, Diaz, Hummel, Short SP: Valdez, Brown, Javier, Bradley RP: Hader, Abreu, King, Okert, Sousa, McCullers, Garcia, Arrighetti, Gusto I am pretty wary of Houston trading with the Rays. I would be way happier with Crane throwing money into the fire to take a chance on Correa’s health than letting the Rays pick thru Houston’s farm system. But I do think Lowe is a good fit for Houston’s need and I trust the Astros to fix high ceiling pitchers from other teams, plus this trade keeps Houston under the CBT.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/07/rays-softening-stance-on-dealing-yandy-diaz-brandon-lowe.html Here we go. One thing I think is that Houston should avoid half-measures on offense. Guys like Mike Tauchman or Cedric Mullins don’t represent an upgrade over Trammell or Melton. Any bat they add needs to project as somebody who can comfortably hit in the top 5 of a contending lineup.
In your scenario, we keep P Ullolla P Blubaugh OF Melton Plus add the 2 new stars! Lowe was placed on the 10day IL on July 20. Hope he is ready to roll asap. Good idea SnakeD. Keep em coming!
Do you even understand that Dana is an idiot and an ******* for not trading Tucker in the 1947? I bet you put your bros before the stros. also, you are talking to a psych ward escapee here I think. Should probably pull an Elsa and “Let it go!”
Just saw a box score the other day of the 2023 lineup which we also thought could have used "upgrades".... by god, that lineup looks like murderer's row compared to what they have now. Real MLB players/hitters is what they need. If they get above average MLB players/hitters? Holy ****....
WTF? I am having a great deal of difficulty trying to figure out exactly what you are upset about. Seems to me his comment was dead on. Or is it sarcasm that has just flown over my head?
Was an off-day today, so here's tomorrow's lineup from 2023 Altuve Pena Tucker Bregman Yordan DH Abreu Chas Julks Maldy Javier P
you need to acquaint yourself with strosb4bros posting history. Let me leave you with this gem - procrastination is the assassin of opportunity. Or procrastination is the masturbation of assassination. Or something like that.
Astros traded Tucker before arbitration. Cubs settled with Tucker before arbitration with a 1-year $16M. Cubs wanted to pay him $15M while Tucker wanted $17M....they split the difference. I can link the article on it or you can look it up. So the Astros couldn't pay one of the best players (Tucker) in the game $17M a year. Jeremy Pena has turned down $105M over 5 years. Roughly $21M a year. Some here think Pena or Framber are going to get more. Sites are already meme'ing Framber in a Yankee uniform for 26/27. We can't outspend them. Is it fair? No, but it is what it is. The players are picking money over loyalty.
