I believe they could structure the extension as a follow-on to his current deal, so that they are separated for luxury tax purposes. I could be wrong tho.
Listening to a very engaging call on 790... Larry wants jake marisnick back , MT says “can’t carry 2 light hitting OF like him and Myles straw” caller then brings up JBJ and MT likes . I think jbj is a better player , but I bet jake comes a lot cheaper. Which , apparently , is a concern for us , not that I disagree . The main thing that I disagree with is that jake is light hitting . Maybe he meant batting average . But when jake was having a productive offensive spurt it was when he was able to connect on a few and mash some homers . I’d take either . But bringing back a fan favorite is always nice . Especially if we then use the savings to help in other areas
I mean, hopefully, only one of Jake and the Fastman would play at a time, flanked in left by Brantley and in right by Tucker (in my best Milo voice).
Straw is A+ on the field and bases. Has never been given consistent enough at bats to know what he’s really capable of. Still a .246 career hitter in 199 at bats.
Yes, the Astros would likely have it kick in next year unless Crane doesn't want to spend more money this year. Though, if Crane doesn't want to spend more money this year, they would tear up this arb contract and agree to an extension that includes this year such that the Astros are right against the cap this year.
2017 93 Altuve with general good years from a lot of guys. 2018 99 Verlander/Cole/Bregman responsible for underestimate. (edited: I was looking at an article that had a typo of 96) 2019 99 Verlander/Cole/Bregman/Alvarez responsible for underestimate.
Their projections for the NL this year are very very strange. EDIT: realized I was looking at the 2020 projections while still thinking that it’s 2020 and not 2021. I’d pick the Cardinals ahead of the Cubs, the White Sox ahead of the Indians and the Braves ahead of the Phillies, but other than that the projections look pretty realistic.
Braves are tough to project. They have some great position players, they have some sub-replacement level players and not much in between. If they are generally healthy, they will dramatically exceed their projections. If they get a couple of injured position players in the same month, their season will crater like the 2020 Astros regular season. Though, it took about 10 pitchers hurt, Altuve and Gurriel playing through something, and Alvarez out for all but one game to sink the Astros if they had to make a normal playoffs.
This does explain our offseason. If we really have a three-fourths chance of winning the division as-is (and >90% to make playoffs, I assume), it is better to keep the remaining powder dry until we see where the real gaps are as the season starts - underperformance, injuries, etc - and then make moves before the deadline.
Yep. Also, if they really do feel strongly that Javier/Urquidy/Whitley will be good SP this season (or Verlander will be ready by Sep) and Leon will be a good CF ready by next year, they were wise not to address CF/SP. I personally think they really should bring in another veteran starter so they can utilize Javier out of the bullpen but until Click proves he has made bad moves I give him the benefit of the doubt. If they don't bring in another outfielder, it's a pretty sure sign they think Souza (or Tucker) can play CF at least 40-50 games next season. There's no way they have that much confidence in Straw. I think Souza could be a pretty good player if he's finally fully healthy.
