Astros sign Jesse Crain

When, in the history of modern mankind, have you seen a mid-season contract extension for a middle reliever?

 

Have you seen the young pitching depth the Astros have in the minors? That's why

 

Crain signed a 1-year deal because of the pitching depth in 1 of the 30 MLB teams' farm systems??? Weird!

 

I can't recall one, but that doesn't mean it hasn't happened. Crain could also end up our closer.

 

I don't see anyone challenging him for that role at the moment even though he doesn't have closer experience.

 

I'm sure it will be an open competition, but he certainly has the most impressive history to fall back on. If he's 100% healthy, I would think he wins the job.

 

Provided he is healthy, the closer job is most likely as much his as 2nd base belongs to Altuve. I think almost all positions are open competition, but it can take a lot to overcome a guy with an impressive history. I tend not to put much merit in closing experience. If a guy can get outs in the 7th or 8th, they can get outs in the 9th.

 

I suspect 3b, ss, cf and catcher are already decided (along with 2b), plus I suspect another outfield spot is Springer's to lose.

 

That's not always true.

 

So now we can't even use "he" when we know from the context of the sentence that it's indeed a "he"? What in the hell is happening to the English language? #numberagreementisdead #soistheapostrophe #pleaseforgivethegrammarnazi

 

Hashtags happened to it.

Why is it so hard to understand that: a) people type posts quickly, don't proofread or edit themselves, and mistakes (that nobody should give a crap about) happen, or, b) it's possible that everybody wasn't afforded the same education and upbringing as you?

Also, you should have placed a comma after "so".

 

Touché!

Calm down, I was only joking. That's what the hashtag nonsense was supposed to convey. Sorry to waste the virtual space on it.

Touché, again!

 

"He" is not allowed by my fat fingers typing on a phone while walking, but not chewing gum.

 

What better explanation is there for it? Astros don't want lengthy contracts.

 

He signed a 1 year deal because he's coming off a major injury and wants to prove he is healthy to reestablish his value for a long term contract. It happens every year with otherwise good players.

 

$ figure out.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Crain received $3.25M on 1-yr deal. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23astros&amp;src=hash">#astros</a></p>&mdash; Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/statuses/419193832152895488">January 3, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Thanks tell, I've been waiting to see the $ amount. Not a bad deal at all. Low risk, with a real nice potential reward.

 

Yes, that was addressed earlier in thread.

 

Haven't really kept up with Jesse Crain story. Seems like he was having a great season with the WS (saw a 2012 salary of 4.5M on wikipedia for 2012) and then got traded to Tampa Bay for the stretch drive but never used him because of injury. It seems the Rays gave up some cash and a PTBNL for Crain. The PTBNL was going to be based on how Crain performed. Not sure how that worked out.

With Crain accepting a paycut and the Rays having no interest in him now after trading for him, I am wondering how significant the injury is.

 

Well, good thing we have physicals to assess and determine his current health and team doctors that we could consult prior to the signing. Obviously we were aware of his injury prior to signing. And yes, there is always risk involved when he comes to injuries and coming back healthy and stronger. It's a $3.25M investment. Worse case scenario is that it becomes a sunk cost, and the best case scenario is we have a legit closer that we can either extend or trade at the deadline.