*****Official Houston Astros 2020-2021 Offseason Thread*****

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Can we just take a moment to recognize the greatness of Dusty Baker rockin a doo rag with a tie dye mask and patented sweat bands?


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bearkatag15 said:



Typical GM talk
yep. Not even worth tweeting that
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I want us to win Dusty a ring this year. Would be fun to make him a Houston legend.
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Deluxe said:

I want us to win Dusty a ring this year. Would be fun to make him a Houston legend.


Yes! Let the sweatband and glove combo be immortalized in Houston!
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Tyler doing Tyler things.

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Farmer1906 said:

Tyler doing Tyler things.




Here comes the putter throw

Also, 86 pitches in spring training, damn
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I can forward the email with the purchase link if anyone needs it for todays 3pm pre-sale. The code is not email specific, just generic: ASTROS2021
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Just post the link up here
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Good point!

Link for ticket pre-sale at 3pm

code: ASTROS2021
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Email mentioned it was only April tickets going on sale today

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Your 2021 individual game presale begins today at 3:00pm CT! Tickets for all April Astros home games at Minute Maid Park will be available for purchase, including Opening Day*.

At this time, both traditional seating and limited socially distant seating options will be available for purchase. For the full list of socially distant seating options, view the link below. Masks will be required at all times except when actively eating or drinking in your ticketed seat regardless of the section you are in.

When ordering, please click on the Buy Tickets button and enter the password ASTROS2021

Presale Begins: Today, March 23rd at 3:00pm CT
Presale Ends: Tonight, March 23rd at 11:59pm CT
Public On-Sale: Wednesday, March 24th at 9:00 am CT

*Based on availability; restrictions may apply.


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It will be interesting to see what is available. Yesterday about 2 hours into the STH pre-sale there were still a ton of seats left for opening day

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Is it working for yall?
zgood10
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Not yet
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Not yet

Do all ML teams have an issue with EVERY ticket event?
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It's so slow
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Wow, upper deck starting at $79 a piece for the home opener
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Definitely a bunch available for the Saturday game of the A's series
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I was really surprised at how much was available. I don't mind the higher prices for the early and weekend games.
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zgood10 said:

Definitely a bunch available for the Saturday game of the A's series


That's what I bought. Reasonable prices too

2 club level for $59 each
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Ag_07 said:

Can we just take a moment to recognize the greatness of Dusty Baker rockin a doo rag with a tie dye mask and patented sweat bands?



If we could get an action shot of this and him yelling "GET ON THE MOUND....'LIL ****ER!" you could market the hell out of that!
Farmer1906
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I bought opening day upper deck behind home and club level for the Angels.
tjack16
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mine isn't even letting me get to a place to put the code in
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Excellent... I hope Kluber is awful for NY
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Got Monday april 12th Crawford box seats for AJ Hinch's return

$67
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Quote:

Astros
Strength of schedule: .483 (2nd-easiest)

The Astros will have a chance to take control of the AL West race right out of the gate. Their first nine games are against their strongest division foes, the Angels and A's. Those will be hard-fought -- all three are projected to be winning teams in 2021 -- but if the Astros can battle through that slate, what comes next gives them a big advantage. That's 12 of their next 16 April contests against the Tigers, Mariners and Rockies, who are projected to finish a combined 62 games under .500 this season. It's one of the most favorable first-month schedules for any team.

And at that same time, the Angels and A's will be facing a gauntlet of tough teams even after they get past their Astros series. The Angels face the White Sox, Blue Jays and Twins for 11 games in April; and Oakland sees the Dodgers, Twins and Rays for 10.
https://www.mlb.com/news/april-schedules-impact-on-mlb-playoff-race
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According to Heyman Astros have made an official extension offer to LMJ
BigTuna357
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Same here. We should meet up
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BigTuna357 said:

According to Heyman Astros have made an official extension offer to LMJ


That obviously not bad news, but I can't see is going over the luxury tax this year in order to extend anyone when we can give them the same deal in a few months without having to deal with the penalties of being a 2x offender.
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One creative idea would be to extend JV for $10-15M. That would lower his AAV by averaging that against his big salary this year.
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I don't think JV would go for only getting paid $15M.
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Agree with both. If you truly believe JV can do it. Give him an incentives contract with a base around 15 that can get up to 30 or something like that.
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Farmer1906 said:

BigTuna357 said:

According to Heyman Astros have made an official extension offer to LMJ


That obviously not bad news, but I can't see is going over the luxury tax this year in order to extend anyone when we can give them the same deal in a few months without having to deal with the penalties of being a 2x offender.
What is Lance scheduled to make this year? Possible that the extension would keep this year's salary around the same and really kick up afterwards to stay under the threshold?
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A player counts for his average annual value. So any extension will make Lances cap value go up, unless he's gonna sign for less than $6 mil per or something that obviously wouldn't happen.
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For the same reason, any extension signed by a Verlander where he makes less in the extended years than he does now would lower his luxury tax contribution this year.
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