Astros, Josh Hader agree to 5 year, $95 million contract

It's worth it to me because it means Crane wants to extend this window of contention. You don't sign Hader to a 5-year deal worth that amount if you think 2024 is your last hurrah.

 

Lol i can’t

 

Also, it’s worth it to me, because I’m not paying for it and I like when the Astros win a lot I’ll hang up and listen kthanksbye!!!

 

If this is the truth, need to build that Lovie Smith statue at NRG and a duplicate at MMP








Yes I’m kidding

 

Now go get another bat and we're ready to take it back.

 

I don't follow the offseason much anymore, but I'd think/guess that an in-season addition of an impact bat is more likely.

 

I saw that the Padres had extended a qualifying offer to Hader in November 2023, so they will get a draft pick in return.

https://blueprintsportingnews.com/2023/11/06/blake-snell-josh-hader-receive-qualifying-offers/

So which draft pick would the Astros lose, as a result of signing Hader? A 2nd or a 3rd round pick? I have not kept up to date on the new rules, but I think you don’t lose the 1st round picks? But I have no clue to be honest.

 

maybe they'll get even more jealous and sign more players!

 

They lose their 2nd rounder.

 

I am pleasantly surprised. I think the Graveman injury and the high cost of retaining Nerris might be blessings in disguise leading to this signing.
Once again, props to Nook with the intel on this going back for months. Also, props to Jim Crane.

 

They included Hader in the Carlos Gomez and Mike Fiers trade back in 2015. I’d been closely watching his development and he was blazing 100 mph with good control. Hader was excelling where Appel was floundering, if they wanted to, they could have held onto Hader, the minor league system back then was deep enough.

Astros sent to Milwaukee Bret Philips, Domingo Santana, Adrian Houser, and Hader.

It was a trade that seriously imploded on the Astros, as Gomez was a zero, Mike Fiers didn’t even make the 2017 playoff roster - and ultimately blabbed about the trash can stuff. Meanwhile Hader was just a stud Closer since he joined the ML club.

Overall, Milwaukee won that trade big time. All 4 guys the Astros sent had ML careers - a superstar, a back of the rotation starter in Houser, a guy in Phillips that keeps chugging along with his defense, and even Domingo looked for a while to be quite impressive. Three of them were on a ML team in 2023. But even Domingo Santana looked promising for a while, find’s himself playing in Japan since 2020 or 2021.

 

I love how we're bumping up our mullet game. You can never have enough mullet.

 

I am pleased too. Nerris is 35 years old, and is set to be making 17 + million for the next 3 years. I’d rather have a much younger Hader at 19 million.

 

Yeah that is possible i just hope it's a good fit .

 

Thank you, I always appreciate your vast knowledge of baseball stuff…

 

Don't forget 6th inning specialist Forrest Whitley.

 

I first saw this on twitter and I thought it was fake. It ain’t fake. Spring training is getting close.

Nice signing.