Prospects should never be untouchable. There's always a price.
***** Official 2017 Astros Off Season Thread *****
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Last: 7 yr ago by Mr.Bond
Ag_07 said:
This is my problem with Jeff LunhowQuote:
- The Astros prefer not to move upper-level prospects in their search for rotation upgrades, GM Jeff Luhnow tells MLB.com's Brian McTaggart. Houston has been asked about top prospect Francis Martes on numerous occasions, McTaggart writes, though Luhnow downplayed the possibility of dealing the right-hander. "The players we're staying away from are the players that are probably going to start the year on the big league club and are key parts of the 2017 plan," said the Houston GM. "Martes is a very valuable player, and very valuable players that are close to the big leagues get asked about a lot. That's no different with him. It would take something significant for us to move him." McTaggart also notes that outfield prospect Kyle Tucker is "generally considered untouchable."
Then who the hell is expecting to deal if he wants a top of the rotation stud like Sale, Quintana, or Archer? At some point he needs to take a leap of faith and turn prospects into assets.
I may be mistaken, but while these guys are solid prospects he's crazy if he thinks they can be legit contributors in 2017. Yeah they me on the squad but they'd be rookies with no ML experience, and I'm not seeing them as major pieces till at least 2018.
Exactly. Keeping all these "great" prospects with no room for them on the big league squad is worthless. What the hell does he e or the to trade for a top starter? Laughable if he thinks we will get guys like sale, Quintana, or archer without giving up a bregman, martes, or Tucker.
Who needs to give up top end guys for Sale, Quintana, or Archer when we can not give anything up and get guys like Fister, Fiers, and Morton.
Ag_07 said:
Who needs to give up top end guys for Sale, Quintana, or Archer when we can not give anything up and get guys like Fister, Fiers, and Morton.
Dear God, guys. We have had a good offseason. If we had given up the haul Boston did for Sale you guys would be pitching a fit.
Of course a GM is going to publicly state how much he likes his guys. A GM also has to keep 3, 5, and 10 year horizons in mind. Don't blow your load like the Rangers did last year.
Of course a GM is going to publicly state how much he likes his guys. A GM also has to keep 3, 5, and 10 year horizons in mind. Don't blow your load like the Rangers did last year.
ESPN had a segment on trading for Quintana. Said Astros give up Martes, Reed, and Daz. All 4 people on the panel said both teams should make the trade.
I'd be completely fine with that deal.
Maybe the Sox are asking for more. Jeff could have said those things to inflate the value of the prospects in order to need less of them in a deal. Some of you get so worked up about a comment when you have no idea of the full details that are going on in the background.
3B Paul 97 said:
Maybe the Sox are asking for more. Jeff could have said those things to inflate the value of the prospects in order to need less of them in a deal. Some of you get so worked up about a comment when you have no idea of the full details that are going on in the background.
Nobody's getting worked up brah.
3B Paul 97 said:
Some of you get so worked up about a comment when you have no idea of the full details that are going on in the background.
Yeah...That's not happening
Just throwing it out there as a thought for discussion. I also think it was worth noting as it's some good insight to why a deal hasn't been done.
Bottom line is that Lunhow thinks VERY highly of our prospects.
Ag_07 said:3B Paul 97 said:
Some of you get so worked up about a comment when you have no idea of the full details that are going on in the background.
Yeah...That's not happening
Just throwing it out there as a thought for discussion. I also think it was worth noting as it's some good insight to why a deal hasn't been done.
Bottom line is that Lunhow thinks VERY highly of our prospects.
And isn't it nice. Sounds like many of you would run the team like Drayton.
Like he said. This is posturing as much as anythinh to negotiate a deal. And I agree with Buck... I'm glad to have a front office that doesn't just go all in and empty the farm.
Oh and I would be fine with that Martes/Reed/Daz deal. Kyle Tucker needs to be dang hard to pry away. Kid tore it up as a 19 year old and will hit the league right about the time George Springer is a free agent.
Jeff needs to publically speak about how guys are untouchable if they are or not. Obviously not everyone is and not all those guys were left off the offer for Sale. Otherwise the Astros wouldn't have been constantly floated around as someone in talks for the trade.
Everything I have read leads me to believe Bregman is untouchable. Martes and Tucker are not untouchable, but it needs to be a really good deal to move them.
Looks like we signed Cuban lefty Cionel Perez after all (for $2mm instead of $5mm)
http://www.crawfishboxes.com/2016/12/9/13898138/astros-sign-cuban-pitcher-cionel-perez-againDeluxe said:
Looks like we signed Cuban lefty Cionel Perez after all (for $2mm instead of $5mm)
looks like Club Astros is now going to be Little Havana Salsa Bar
Sid said:http://www.crawfishboxes.com/2016/12/9/13898138/astros-sign-cuban-pitcher-cionel-perez-againDeluxe said:
Looks like we signed Cuban lefty Cionel Perez after all (for $2mm instead of $5mm)
Those kids sitting on top of the backstop in that article picture makes me cringe.
Man this has been strange for EE.
If we knew EE could be had for 2 yr 45 M then I bet we would have passed on Beltran. Right? Geez it's not too late. Go sign him. He can come off the books before he gets old & we have to pay other guys.
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How does no one want EE?
Age, position, teams with worse options that are willing to pay his number.
aggie1906 said:
If we knew EE could be had for 2 yr 45 M then I bet we would have passed on Beltran. Right? Geez it's not too late. Go sign him. He can come off the books before he gets old & we have to pay other guys.
now that I saw the tweets and the names that these teams are going after instead of him...I'd say something else is going on scaring these teams away. I am not sure if the Indians comments are a result of the physical or what.
That's a fake account
That's a fake Twitter account. I got fooled by a similar one during the Encarnacion to Astros rumors.
aggie1906 said:
How does no one want EE?
This was just yesterday.
Fake account. Here's the real one.
https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal
But maybe you knew that and are trolling us.
No I didn't. My bad.
It looks just like the real thing (same pic and what not).
It looks just like the real thing (same pic and what not).
The real account has the blue checkmark to indicate that it is a verified account
I realize that, but when I saw a familiar name and pic breaking news I didn't really question it. People have way too much time on their hands.
We've all been gotten by it.
you got GOT!
Yeah.....
Going through the #astros on twitter made me realize how many people out there post tweets like that trying to get followers.
Going through the #astros on twitter made me realize how many people out there post tweets like that trying to get followers.
Hmmm. Should Tucker really be untouchable?