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Seems like we should evaluate the Astros management based on how they are adressing the Astros needs and not what the Rangers are doing as the...
Plenty of time to turn things around, but given all the injuries to starting pitching it would be nice to still have Verlander around. I don't...
I tend to agree. I think that’s was more about the player option for year 3 than the salary the first two years. Although I think the Astros...
I’m surprised. Less about Montero getting a contract like this and more the Astros wanted to spend this kind of money on a reliever. Montero was...
If Verlander is half as good as this year, he’d still put up more WAR than Urquidy ever has in a season. You are projecting him to fall off a...
I don’t think you realize how good Verlander has been, or that Urquidy is not a #2 starter. Verlander was worth 4.7 more WAR this year than...
Urquidy 2022: 164 IP, 3.94 ERA, 134 K, 1.168 WHIP, 4.6 FIP, 98 ERA+, 1.2 WAR Verlander 2022: 175 IP, 1.75 ERA, 185 K, 0.829 WHIP, 2.49 FIP, 220...
I agree the decision wasn’t crazy. The Phillies got to where they were by being aggressive with the bullpen and Yordan had seen Wheeler as much as...
What do you mean? It’s going to continue on for at least another year.
If Verlander is willing to do a 2 year deal (or three with some sort of performance based option), I think he will be back. I don’t think the...
I think it’s more related to being able to sell the team.
In retrospect it worked out. If the Astros wound up losing in 7 with the production they had from the DH spot it would have looked terrible. One...
I’ve seen his name on lists of people who have opted out, but i’s probably a moot point. If he hasn’t technically opted out, he will.
Maldy did the exact same thing against the Braves last year. He worked a walk instead of being hit.
We saw how well walking Yordan in a similar situation to pitch to Bregman went for the Mariners. Bregman had been hotter than Alvarez in the...
Players under team control are underpaid relative to their value even if some of them make a lot of money through arbitration. If that wasn’t the...
Wanting a long term contract after being systematically underpaid for years isn’t exactly mercenary in my book.
Verlander is not signing a 10 year contract like Cole. The Astros can pay him and still go out and get some big time free agents while looking to...
Delete. Double post.
I think you have to look at his decisions (particularly this year) not as much as point decisions in a game, but looking across the whole year. Is...
