***Official Houston Astros 2022-23 Offseason Thread***

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In reply to Farmer1906 • 1:40p, 1/10/23
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Farmer1906 said:


What a beautiful ballpark minus the shipping containers.
Gorgeous.

Where does everyone park?
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1:51p, 1/10/23
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Oof
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 1:54p, 1/10/23
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His career is riddled with injury issues. His contract and the one Kris Bryant signed are looking real bad already
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1:58p, 1/10/23
I don't think Bloom will be in Boston very much longer.
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2:19p, 1/10/23
Somebody smarter than me make sense of the Correa situation. You're tying up 33 million plus a year (possibly as much as 40 something with incentives) for a guy who you went 78-84 with last year. Your other key off season gets were Gallo and Vazquez, and while still young Correa isn't young enough to build a team around as a 5 year pay-off.

Seems you could have stretched that money a lot further with oft injured Buxton and Sano aging.
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In reply to CoachRTM • 2:25p, 1/10/23
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CoachRTM said:
Farmer1906 said:


What a beautiful ballpark minus the shipping containers.
Gorgeous.

Where does everyone park?


Can't afford gasoline prices there. They walk.
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2:30p, 1/10/23
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Most players have historically left a small market team to go to a contender and bigger payday. Carlos and his agent left a perennial contender to go to a small market team with less odds of getting to postseason, got a big payday but not near as much as projected. Convinced it would be for a very short time (1-3 years) and then you could realize that bigger payday, bigger market, better team. And now back to that same small market, .500 team. Seems to me Boras has a lot of explaining to do to CC and Daniella.
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In reply to mm98 • 2:31p, 1/10/23
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mm98 said:
CoachRTM said:
Farmer1906 said:


What a beautiful ballpark minus the shipping containers.
Gorgeous.

Where does everyone park?


Can't afford gasoline prices there. They walk.


Gas in Venezuela is the cheapest in the world
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In reply to Rustys-Beef-o-Reeno • 2:35p, 1/10/23
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Rustys-Beef-o-Reeno said:
mm98 said:
CoachRTM said:
Farmer1906 said:


What a beautiful ballpark minus the shipping containers.
Gorgeous.

Where does everyone park?


Can't afford gasoline prices there. They walk.


Gas in Venezuela is the cheapest in the world
It's the cars they can't afford
The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But, it's still on the list.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 2:51p, 1/10/23
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Oof


Dummies should have just kept Bogarts.
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In reply to Rustys-Beef-o-Reeno • 2:52p, 1/10/23
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Rustys-Beef-o-Reeno said:
mm98 said:
CoachRTM said:
Farmer1906 said:


What a beautiful ballpark minus the shipping containers.
Gorgeous.

Where does everyone park?


Can't afford gasoline prices there. They walk.


Gas in Venezuela is the cheapest in the world


That was kind of my joke but poorly delivered by me, I guess. My bad.
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In reply to Big Al 1992 • 2:53p, 1/10/23
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Big Al 1992 said:
Most players have historically left a small market team to go to a contender and bigger payday. Carlos and his agent left a perennial contender to go to a small market team with less odds of getting to postseason, got a big payday but not near as much as projected. Convinced it would be for a very short time (1-3 years) and then you could realize that bigger payday, bigger market, better team. And now back to that same small market, .500 team. Seems to me Boras has a lot of explaining to do to CC and Daniella.
I mean, if he had passed his medical with the Giants or Mets, that's exactly what would have happened.

Not sure how that is Boras' fault.
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In reply to Harry Dunne • 3:30p, 1/10/23
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Harry Dunne said:
Its true he does not play a very aesthetic brand of baseball, but I think he will be worth $1 yr/$11 million to a team like the Twins.
I don't care if he hits 5 home runs or 50, I just want the kid to have a shot at 223 before the window closes on his prime.
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In reply to concac • 3:40p, 1/10/23
RealTalk said:
Big Al 1992 said:
Most players have historically left a small market team to go to a contender and bigger payday. Carlos and his agent left a perennial contender to go to a small market team with less odds of getting to postseason, got a big payday but not near as much as projected. Convinced it would be for a very short time (1-3 years) and then you could realize that bigger payday, bigger market, better team. And now back to that same small market, .500 team. Seems to me Boras has a lot of explaining to do to CC and Daniella.
I mean, if he had passed his medical with the Giants or Mets, that's exactly what would have happened.

Not sure how that is Boras' fault.


Ok, so where's the release of his physical report?

Sure seems like just a lot of leverage used against him after what he said he felt after the slide versus anything anyone actually discovered in a report.

Seems to me that Boras should be more to blame for throwing his client out there without going into the negotiations first showing their own doctors reports. I guess Boras can't burn any bridges with clubs so sometimes better to represent yourself.
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 4:15p, 1/10/23
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EastCoastAgNc said:
Nothing personal against Ford, but am I the only one that thinks our radio broadcast team is meh at best? Never been a huge fan of Ford's play by play.
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In reply to cc10106 • 4:27p, 1/10/23
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cc10106 said:
I don't think Bloom will be in Boston very much longer.
so far he's been the media darling of all the national reporters

but that may be changing.

edit...whoa, didn't realize 4 to 6 months is the expected timeframe for Story's recovery
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In reply to Big Al 1992 • 4:30p, 1/10/23
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yes, when Carlos left the Astros...the plan was not to be in Minnesota for the next 7 years.

he lost free agency.

similar to George's ending up in Toronto
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In reply to W • 4:41p, 1/10/23
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I am not sure George considers it a loss. He's from the NE. Toronto is a contender who's paying him thru age 36.

Correa lost because of a medical issue. It's out of his control. Without that he gets a ridiculous 350 M.

In both instances, the Astros and free agents made the correct choice.
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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 4:47p, 1/10/23
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texasaggie2015 said:
EastCoastAgNc said:
Nothing personal against Ford, but am I the only one that thinks our radio broadcast team is meh at best? Never been a huge fan of Ford's play by play.
Completely disagree, so for me yes...you are alone
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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 5:30p, 1/10/23
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CC's been so busy in SF and NYC that he's coming back to the Twin Cities unaware he's no longer top dog on that offense.

Interesting ball placement
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 6:11p, 1/10/23
Farmer1906 said:
I am not sure George considers it a loss. He's from the NE. Toronto is a contender who's paying him thru age 36.

Correa lost because of a medical issue. It's out of his control. Without that he gets a ridiculous 350 M.

In both instances, the Astros and free agents made the correct choice.
Agree about George. Not to mention the organization screwed him. He 100% made the right choice.

Totally disagree w/ Correa. He could have stayed, made a little bit less but still plenty of $, won another ring or two, not have had anything come up about his injury history and then gotten one more decent payout from us or from someone else to end his career.

I know sticking with your stance until the bitter end is your trademark, and I think you had a strong case before all of this flopping happened, but based on the way it's ended up, you're wrong about this one.
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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 6:12p, 1/10/23
texasaggie2015 said:
EastCoastAgNc said:
Nothing personal against Ford, but am I the only one that thinks our radio broadcast team is meh at best? Never been a huge fan of Ford's play by play.
Have you listened to much other baseball on the radio? I think your opinion might change if you did. These guys are really really good.
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6:41p, 1/10/23
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Ford is really good. Total pro.
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In reply to Harry Dunne • 6:59p, 1/10/23
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Harry Dunne said:
Farmer1906 said:
I am not sure George considers it a loss. He's from the NE. Toronto is a contender who's paying him thru age 36.

Correa lost because of a medical issue. It's out of his control. Without that he gets a ridiculous 350 M.

In both instances, the Astros and free agents made the correct choice.
Agree about George. Not to mention the organization screwed him. He 100% made the right choice.

Totally disagree w/ Correa. He could have stayed, made a little bit less but still plenty of $, won another ring or two, not have had anything come up about his injury history and then gotten one more decent payout from us or from someone else to end his career.

I know sticking with your stance until the bitter end is your trademark, and I think you had a strong case before all of this flopping happened, but based on the way it's ended up, you're wrong about this one.


It's only "wrong" because he's damaged goods. No one seemed to know that, including Carlos. Knowing what the world knew then, it was the right choice. In the free market he would have made 385 in the years leaving the Astros. I think asking for a 200+ M pay cut is a little much. Even after the fact he is still making 75 M more as a Twin than Astro.
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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 7:11p, 1/10/23
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texasaggie2015 said:
EastCoastAgNc said:
Nothing personal against Ford, but am I the only one that thinks our radio broadcast team is meh at best? Never been a huge fan of Ford's play by play.


You're wrong. Ford and sparky are great.
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In reply to Silian Rail • 7:15p, 1/10/23
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Somebody smarter than me make sense of the Correa situation. You're tying up 33 million plus a year (possibly as much as 40 something with incentives) for a guy who you went 78-84 with last year. Your other key off season gets were Gallo and Vazquez, and while still young Correa isn't young enough to build a team around as a 5 year pay-off.

Seems you could have stretched that money a lot further with oft injured Buxton and Sano aging.
The Twins have a good farm and play in a weak division. I could easily see them in the playoffs this year.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 7:18p, 1/10/23
I agree that if he thought he could get those initial contracts, it was the right move to go...

But it ends up it was the wrong move.
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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 7:41p, 1/10/23
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Ford and Sparks are awesome to listen to. I usually turn down the TV and listen to their call of the game. I have listened to many other radio broadcasts and these guys are definitely in the top 3 or 4 at what they do. In my opinion, they are easily the best, but I'm pretty biased as a huge Astros fan.
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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 8:11p, 1/10/23
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texasaggie2015 said:
EastCoastAgNc said:
Nothing personal against Ford, but am I the only one that thinks our radio broadcast team is meh at best? Never been a huge fan of Ford's play by play.

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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 8:16p, 1/10/23
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texasaggie2015 said:
EastCoastAgNc said:
Nothing personal against Ford, but am I the only one that thinks our radio broadcast team is meh at best? Never been a huge fan of Ford's play by play.


Well you aren't alone. 2 other loonies starred your post. Then again they could have been Arlingtonian lurkers just out for mischief and mayhem.

All we know is between 1 and 3 of you are nuts.
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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 8:22p, 1/10/23
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texasaggie2015 said:
EastCoastAgNc said:
Nothing personal against Ford, but am I the only one that thinks our radio broadcast team is meh at best? Never been a huge fan of Ford's play by play.


SEE YA LATER...SEE YA LATER...SEE YA LATER!!!!!
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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 8:47p, 1/10/23
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texasaggie2015 said:
EastCoastAgNc said:
Nothing personal against Ford, but am I the only one that thinks our radio broadcast team is meh at best? Never been a huge fan of Ford's play by play.


Are we able to vote someone off the thread?
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