Legitimate bat that extends their lineup and protects Judge. That would definitely be a problem, but there has to be a limit to their spending at some point. We're talking about hundreds of millions of dollars in luxury taxes if they go after both Correa and Rodon. Still think SF is more likely, and I think he would be a good fit for them.
It wouldn't ruin any memories for me. I'll always be thankful for Correa. I would however hate him playing for the Yankees though. Those douche nozzle fans don't deserve him.
Going to be a different world from him coming from Houston to a city where the fans will boo and throw trash at you if you happen to have an off night. Wish him well wherever he ends up though.
Did Carlos get butt hurt watching us win with Pena last season, and now he wants to beat us for it? Lmao
I’m imagining his proposal immediately after the 2017 WS win, but him wearing pinstripes. Nope. Ruined.
Ohtani will hit free agency next year at the same age as Nimmo is this year. His bat is a step better than Nimmo's, and I'd argue his availability has been better (including pitching injuries). He's 2 years younger than Gausman when he hit free agency last year (who got 5). I'd say that's a decent comp for him as a pitcher, if not selling him short. When you look at that, it wouldn't shock me if he got 7+ years and approaching $50M per. If I were the Rangers, I would've waited a year and gone hard for Ohtani instead of DeGrom.
That's Great. LF is covered by Yordan and McCormick/Meyers./Leon. A regular DH is what we need when others are playing their regular positions. Give Me 80% of pre injury Brantley and I'm happy.
Yankee's fans will be disappointed with Correa and the boos will come. His regular season stats do not say 35 million AAV.
The price of groceries Did Not Change, the value of US currency did. Its an easy concept to understand if you are not standing in the middle of it. Try removing yourself from the situation by putting yourself in a place where sea shells are traded for goods and services. When the west coast is discovered the supply of seashells suddenly doubles and your old sea shells are worth half of what they where yesterday. Economics is a subject I love to discuss but this is not the place. If you wish we can move to another forum. This one should be reserved to baseball.
It's really time to put a pause on including Leon in future plans. He's striking out 32% of the time in the Puerto Rican Winter League. He's one more high K rate season in AAA from being irrelevant.
I am more and more convinced that they need to sign Conforto or Brantley. They need a bat to extend the lineup 7 deep and with current roster a left hander would be welcome. Yordan and McCormick can share left so this player only needs to hit. LF would be ideal but not important. Crane needs to reevaluate the market and realize contracts are simply longer than they used to be and adapt. Neither player will require a 3 year deal even in this market so go for it. I would offer: Brantley 1 yr $12M w/ player option $12 M for 2024 if he gets 400 PA. Conforto 1yr $20M + player option $18M for 2024. + if he takes the option it triggers a club option for $16M in 2025. That way if Conforto is bad in 2023 he can take $18M in 2024. But if he recovers and has a good 2nd year after surgery, then the Astros get rewarded for giving him the 2nd year by getting another year reasonably cheap before he is a FA to capitalize. If he's good in 2023 he is gone anyway. He won't sign for just 1 year. He probably won 't sign this either lol.
What is funny is I would bet money on Abreu having a better season at his price than Correa at 300 mil.
Leon could very much end up JAG But you are talking about 74 plate appearances. He is only 24, has 30-30 potential with the best arm in the minor leagues. He struck out 30.6% in 2021 and cut that to 28.8% in 2022. He also walks 14% of the time which takes some of the sting out of his strikeouts. If he makes a similar adjustment and improvement in 2023, he Ks 27.0% which is very workable for a guy hitting 7th or 8th in Houston with his skills. I would say a guy who strikes out 27% of the time and walks 14% of the time is preferable to a guy who strikes out 26% and walks 5% (Jeremy Pena at AAA in 2021). All other things equal.
