yeah, I’d say, whichever one they can convince to sign for the minimum will be the one they use to compete with Salazar for the job in spring training
Hmmmm. Cant see much of match on the surface. Maybe Astros dump Walker to them and take back Manaea? Or send them Meyers and get back Senga with NY eating money?
Unless they are giving up on Vientos, that doesn't make sense. I'd guess it's Meyers but don't see much there either.
Bello comes with 5 seasons of control. Even though Houston doesn’t really need pitching anymore, Bello has a lot of value.
Would that really do that though? You still have Pena, Correa, Alvarez, Altuve with Brice Matthews and Cam Smith up and coming. I just don't get a lot of the doom and gloom.
Arrighetti He has 5 years of control left; the 5th year would cost 21M (option). That’s really 4 years of control left—the same as Arrighetti.
If you remove Paredes, you are relying on Brice, Dezenzo, and Allen to backup the entire IF. You would be asking for all of our IF to play 150 games. And you’d be asking for Alvarez to cover a ton of LF, or give the entire OF to Cole, Meyers, Cam, and Sanchez. Removing Paredes puts a ton of weight on aging vets and inexperienced young guys. In short, it asks the Astros to repeat 2025 with Paredes out.
I don't think staggering days off would be as difficult as you seem to think it would be. As it stands, Walker and Altuve played more than 150 games last season, Pena played 150 or more in 2 of the past 3 seasons, Correa played over 140 games The OF looks weaker, but Paredes doesn't really help that.
But if the Astros get Duran in return then Yordan is not playing LF much at all (assuming Meyers is not included in the trade).
Yeah but the premise was about Bello rather than Duran. I think getting Duran back is probably preferable, but even if they go Bello to solidify their pitching even more, I don't think it would "reduce our hitting to rubble" which was the initial claim.
C Diaz 100 g, Salazar 60 g 1B Walker 150 g, Diaz 10 g 2B Altuve 100 g, Paredes 50 g, Allen 10 g 3B Correa 140 g, Paredes 20 g SS Pena 150 g, Correa 10 g LF Alvarez 60 g, Altuve 40 g, Cole 40 g, Sanchez 20 CF Meyers 110 g, Cole 50 g RF Sanchez 70 g, Cam 90 g DH Alvarez 90 g, Altuve 10 g, Paredes 60 g Diaz 110 starts Altuve 150 starts Alvarez 150 starts Walker 150 starts Correa 150 starts Allen 10 starts Salazar 60 starts Pena 150 starts Cole 90 starts Meyers 110 starts Sanchez 90 starts Cam 90 starts Paredes 130 starts Paredes allows the Astros to deploy Alvarez and Altuve in LF 100 starts; this minimizes our hitting weakness. He also provides huge injury coverage for the IF.
