Much respect. I hadn’t watched that video, that one was a tear jerker. So happy for her, Breggy is a good dude
I expect the Astros to address remaining needs but spread the money around rather than dumping it all on Correa. If they are indeed going to be “amongst the top clubs again in payroll in 2022” as Crane said and how he’s opened up the checkbook year after year they are about 35-40 mil shy of being in the top five of that group (with projected Arb increases). I see Pena as the starting shortstop. With the Astros adding A. Simmons or Iglesias as a super sub on a 2-3 yr deal. That will cancel the need to re-sign/replace both Diaz and Gurriel after 2022. No reason to upgrade CF with Leon in the wings and a nice tandem that can build trade value a few years down the line. Odorizzi will be dealt and I expect he’d get a nice return with his nice contract and thin FA market. He should get similar interest as any of the A’s starters they are dangling. He could land a cheap quality LH reliever or just quality prospects or both. Astros need a lefty reliever, really two. Atlanta proved what having four lefty relievers who throw fire can do too shutdown lefty hitters. I’m spending on/trading for another starter, 1-2 LH Relievers and a quality SS once Correa and Story are off the wire
https://theathletic.com/3109666/202...clearest-paths-to-helping-the-astros-in-2022/ I decided to identify the five Astros prospects with the clearest paths to contributing to the 2022 team. I took into account position, place on the organization’s depth chart, 40-man roster status, overall talent and potential, and more. Jeremy Peña, IF Jose Siri, OF Peter Solomon, RHP Like Siri, Solomon got a taste of the big leagues in 2021 but still has his rookie status intact. Though the 25-year-old righty projects to begin 2022 in the Triple-A rotation, he could be one of the first pitchers called up during the season when the bullpen needs reinforcements. The Astros’ starting pitching depth has Solomon pretty far down the pecking order for the major-league rotation, but he could carve out a role as a long reliever behind his five-pitch mix. Jonathan Bermudez, LHP Bermudez is in a similar position to Solomon as a depth starter who projects to begin in the Triple-A rotation but will probably be needed in the major-league bullpen for stretches. Relatively unknown a year ago, the 26-year-old left-hander is coming off a breakout season in Double A and Triple A. He’s one of only three lefties on the Astros’ 40-man roster, the other two being Valdez and Blake Taylor, which only boosts Bermudez’s odds at cracking the majors. Bermudez is known for his strike-throwing and offspeed stuff, especially his changeup. Think of him as the 2022 version of 2021 Kent Emanuel before Emanuel’s arm injury. Shawn Dubin, RHP This just as easily could have been Tyler Ivey, Seth Martinez or Forrest Whitley but Dubin gets the nod here because he has better stuff than Ivey and Martinez, and Whitley isn’t expected to be ready at the start of the season (if it begins on time) after having Tommy John surgery last March. The 26-year-old Dubin is an undersized power righty who missed a good chunk of last season because of lateral inflammation in his elbow. But in the 49 2/3 innings he did pitch, he struck out 35.4 percent of the Triple-A batters he faced. It’s easy to envision a bullpen role for him in the near future, and he could be dynamic in short spurts if he can harness enough control. Inevitably, readers of this story will remark, “What about Lee, Hunter Brown and Pedro León?” All fair questions. All three prospects have a chance to debut in 2022. But being on a 40-man roster is a big deal, and none of Lee, Brown or León are on the Astros’ 40-man roster yet. Put simply, their non-roster status lowers their odds of making it up and carving out a role compared to those already on the roster. Over the course of a season, that can change. But as of now, they need more to go their way to make it up and contribute in the short term than those on this list.
Liked it at the time… but looks more dated each and every year. Screams “90’s”. They got it right now and hope they never change.
Looking back, they're right there with the 2000's pinstripe pajamas as the worst uniforms in Stros history.
Is that based on current rosters? Losing Correa and still having the best record in the AL and winning the division by 10 games is pretty awesome.
The Rangers were a terrible baseball team, and they moved their 2 best players at the deadline. Before all the splashes Texas was likely a 105-110 loss projection, a truly abysmal team. Now they're a 85-90 loss projection, which is a huge jump. It just underscores why so many of us thought the spending spree was stupid. They spent a ton of money, and still coming close .500 feels like their best case scenario. Their core roster is still garbage for at least the next year or 2.
Yep. Would be the equivalent of the 2013 Astros overspending for Cano and Elsbury while still being at least 2 years away from promoting any of their young core minus Altuve (who had yet to turn into Altuve). Do the Rangers even have a possible Springer-Correa-Bregman ascension amongst their minor leaguers, while already possessing a talented Altuve-like player who will make adjustments/develop into a future MVP? Chances are they don't, hence why they simply decided to spend now.
