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There are certain elements that the teams have control over, usually cosmetic/internal improvements (locker rooms/clubhouses). NRG’s stuff is...
He’s not great… but he is still good enough to be an everyday MLB player. The 2025 Astros need more of those.
For current analogies... Miami's Joe Robbie stadium was "state of the art", still in line to host multiple super bowls and major events, but...
Like I said before, the Astrodome was approaching 30 years old (and already had undergone a massive renovation) when all their tenants said it was...
Once these new wave of stadiums get built (Chicago, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Buffalo, Cleveland, Washington), NRG will be closer to the bottom....
Depends on how you look at it… there are teams that have floated the price but they also get subsidies for the land and other components provided...
NRG is only 6 years younger than the Astrodome was when the Oilers moved… and that stadium had already undergone a major renovation to make it...
Every 15 years an SNL thread comes up and everybody laments that it should be cancelled or so and so cast was the “best” and its been downhill...
Doubtful the Astros would have upped their offer…. And word is there was no “sweetened” offer by them to begin with, likely a leak from Boras.
I thought Altuve played way too much last year (in the field, and in general for somebody 35). Granted if Dubon wasn’t already filling other...
But he’s unlikely to ever be what he was in 2015 again…. So he became a $15 million/yr pitcher, who’s never been healthy for any year of that...
Shane Reynolds pitched the clincher that year. Dave Mlicki (wrong vowel in the wrong place dude) pitched a playoff game.
He took that step… just happened to be his rookie year and the league adjusted. He adjusted back last year, which saw the power go down to cut...
Notable that the Astros have not had a drafted position player rise through the ranks and breakout since Tucker/Bregman were drafted in 2015....
I’m just pointing out what will be more conducive to getting a player to sign FA deals… the $/year and the flexibility of opt-outs will trump a...
Deferrals got him the opt outs. Astros dont do those. I’d take the flexibility plus superior money every time.
No need for random all caps or inferiority complex hyperbole… total coping mechanisms, lol.
And he would have likely rejected that deal without more $/year (or favorable opt-outs). Its basically a win-win right now given that the...
Thats another coping mechanism strategy... Bregman won't be a legend in Boston's history.... even he knows that. He will always be a legend...
We already know your answer... but would you have been ok if Crane offered a player a similar deal with the opt outs after each year, etc.? I...
