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I think the bigger reason for keeping Framber is that he's the only pitcher on the team without any questionmarks. You can generally pencil in...
Exactly. Everything went wrong for Correa and he still netted out 7 years for $235 million over his 2 free agency years. He was very close to...
That's fine - but if you believed that, it really didn't matter if they won or lost that game. If the elite members of the bullpen can't be...
After that at-bat, the Astros were up 2-1 going into the 8th inning with a supposedly elite bullpen. If you knew the season was over at that...
Everyone said all of these same things during the crazy Harper/Machado offseason. They were both unsigned in early Feburary when everyone had...
Except that it relies in the existence and functioning of a government supported and regulated internet. "Money perfected" probably should not...
Agreed that Correa was also different for a whole host of reasons. But that's my point - every situation is unique. Altuve wasn't a situation...
Boras has negotiated with the Astros in the past - he went through this with the Astros with Correa with the same results. The Astros stuck to 6...
Gimmick plays work against good and bad teams and are run in all sorts of games including the Superbowl. This particular one just requires fooling...
Exactly right. It's amusing when people insist the Astros need to be more like x-team, when x-team has never been as successful as the Astros. The...
He was also paid market (or above) value then. There was no arbitration uncertainty then, Altuve was 2 years from having a chance to make any real...
Different circumstances for Altuve and Bregman. Players rely on agents on to understand and maximize their value. Bregman is in his prime...
Signing an extension requires a willing player. Tucker had lots of money and any player that isn't desperate and believes in themselves is almost...
Fair point on the luxury tax. But agreed that you'd prefer saving money in the first 6 years - and by year 7, the CBA will have almost certainly...
My question is why? You can really only use that play once and they used it during an easy win against a bad team that they were already...
Yes, I dispute this. There is literally NO NEGATIVE to a free extra year. Crane would prefer a 100-yr $180 million contract over a 20-yr $180...
I think we need a remedial math 101 lesson. Who would be against saving $25.8MM today because they have to pay $25.8MM later when the time value...
You're saying Crane wouldn't accept one extra year of Alex Bregman at a net cost of $0 (where they could simply cut him after yr 6 if they...
They also lost MVP-type Soto, their #2 SP Cortes, and All-Star Holmes (not to mention a whole bunch of pending free agents). Are the Yankees...
I'm not sure it was really a horrible matchup. Obviously facing Skubal wasn't ideal, but he gets to pitch 1 out of 3 games, vs 2 out of 5 in an...
