chlavinka said:

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I really hope we sign both. We will miss them

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Neris wants too much.

Matt Carpenter heads to Atlanta pic.twitter.com/3PD1oXO6rr

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) December 15, 2023

As @DOBrienATL noted, the Braves plan to trade Matt Carpenter, just as they flipped Marco Gonzales and Max Stassi after acquiring them in separate trades earlier this offseason, sources tell @TheAthletic. Team took on $4M of Carpenter’s $5.5M salary to obtain LH reliever Ray Kerr…

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 16, 2023

Top 40 pitchers heading into next year.

I already know I missed some people and this will look terrible by like May but whatever pic.twitter.com/HnY17yg7o1

— J (@CardinalsReek) December 15, 2023

Curious about the thoughts on this list.

bearkatag15 said:

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Top 40 pitchers heading into next year.

I already know I missed some people and this will look terrible by like May but whatever pic.twitter.com/HnY17yg7o1

— J (@CardinalsReek) December 15, 2023

Curious about the thoughts on this list.

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That is quite the drop by Framber, Javier and JV.

JV is understandable due to age. But we need Framber and Javier to go back to 2022 versions of themselves

This also has some wild picks. Yamamoto at 3 already? Woo & Bello on it? lol Scherzer made it? Glass Glasnow that high?

tjack16 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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This also has some wild picks. Yamamoto at 3 already? Woo & Bello on it? lol Scherzer made it? Glass Glasnow that high?

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Also Blake snell is on it twice

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In the comments he says the 2nd Snell should be Jason Steele. Said it was a typo

Tortured myself by rewatching the ALCS highlights this morning, really for the first time since it happened.

Two months later it's even more frustrating given the amount of opportunities we had to win in games 1 and 2. But it did give me hope because we should be returning a better team this year, and we likely wouldn't have to face Montgomery again who IMO was the difference in the series given how he shut us out game 1.

I think we make the ALCS again in 24 but this time we face Baltimore.

Matt Carpenter is a lefty who can play first base and corner outfield. Gets on base. He's definitely past his prime at 37 but will likely be cheap. Worth a flyer?

texasaggie2015 said:

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Matt Carpenter is a lefty who can play first base and corner outfield. Gets on base. He's definitely past his prime at 37 but will likely be cheap. Worth a flyer?

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He was traded to Atlanta yesterday. You think we'd want trade for him?

Top available free agents and their market value. There's a few under $10M that I'd take

Brandon Belt for a platoon bat to pair with Abreu would be nice for that cheap.

bearkatag15 said:

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texasaggie2015 said:

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Matt Carpenter is a lefty who can play first base and corner outfield. Gets on base. He's definitely past his prime at 37 but will likely be cheap. Worth a flyer?

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He was traded to Atlanta yesterday. You think we'd want trade for him?

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ATL is just looking to flip him. They have done it a few times already. Target someone. Give up peanuts. Take on a bad deal. Move the bad deal away.

As for Carpenter... I wouldn't expect much. He's 38. He hasn't exactly hit righties all that well except for the weird 2022 season where he was an MVP-level hitter in small bursts. He's more of a DH at this point in his career.

Just an FYI, its a little asier to go through Fangraphs FA Tracker than Spotrac.

https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/free-agent-tracker?&sign=unsigned

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While its not a market value calculation, they do have crowdsourced projections (usually under actual)

I'm a wuss. Just watched the games we won.

I'd take Brantley and platoon him at 1B

I'd love to have him back too but he seems to be at the end of the line. I doubt he'd make it for 80 games.

Congrats to Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker for being named to the All-@MLB 2nd-team for the 2023 season. pic.twitter.com/KlQo123Ppd

— Houston Astros (@astros) December 17, 2023

I wouldn't mind Enrique Hernandez. He'd be another Doobie, but would give give more IF/OF flexibility.

bearkatag15 said:

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Top 40 pitchers heading into next year.

I already know I missed some people and this will look terrible by like May but whatever pic.twitter.com/HnY17yg7o1

— J (@CardinalsReek) December 15, 2023

Curious about the thoughts on this list.

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I think I'd take that list, circle Scherzer, and tape it to JV's locker.

Off season topic on your personal Astros history (seen in person)

First game you went to:
Most recent game you've been to:
Best game you've been to:
Worst game you've been to:
Favorite game you've been to:
Favorite memory:

Bonus, favorite sports memory in person not involving the Astros

tjack16 said:

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Off season topic on your personal Astros history (seen in person)

First game you went to: 1999 vs the Padres in the Dome (I was 6)

Most recent game you've been to: 2023 ALCS Game 7

Best game you've been to: 2022 ALCS Game 2, 2019 ALCS Game 2, or 2021 9th inning comeback vs Yankees (Altuve walk off)

Worst game you've been to: 2023 ALCS Game 7 or 2019 WS Game 7

Favorite game you've been to: 2021 ALCS Game 6 (clinch the pennant) or 2019 ALCS Game 2 (Correa walk off HR)

Favorite memory: Marwin grand slam vs Rangers in 2017, my brother and I making our first Astros road trip to St Louis in 2019, or Altuve caps off 9th inning comeback with walk off against the Yankees.

Bonus, favorite sports memory in person not involving the Astros. Acie Law hits "the shot", Michael Barash walk off vs the sips, and LSU 7 OT game.

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Quote:

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The Houston Astros don't plan to trade co-ace Framber Valdez, at least not this winter, but they are listening, with more than five teams already checking in on him.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2023/12/17/gary-sheffield-deserves-baseball-hall-of-fame/71944010007/

tjack16 said:

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Off season topic on your personal Astros history (seen in person)

First game you went to:
Most recent game you've been to:
Best game you've been to:
Worst game you've been to:
Favorite game you've been to:
Favorite memory:

Bonus, favorite sports memory in person not involving the Astros

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No clue
Random game last season
No clue
No clue
No clue
Doing Astros buddy events as a kid

2002 Aggies vs Oklahoma, Reggie McNeal's coming out. Picked up tickets from a family friends that morning. Similar setup for when I was able to go to the Red/White/Blue game

tjack16 said:

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Off season topic on your personal Astros history (seen in person)

First game you went to:
Most recent game you've been to:
Best game you've been to:
Worst game you've been to:
Favorite game you've been to:
Favorite memory:

Bonus, favorite sports memory in person not involving the Astros

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Was going as a child. First remember the dome in probably 89.
Game 2
ALCS 2 2017
ALCS 2 2021
ALCS 2 2019
In person: Correa walk off;
Ever: Yorbomb
Reggie's 4th TD against OU

This is what Ohtani passed up on by not waiting. He could have gotten a 300 M dollar deal with an opt out halfway thru only to get a 700 M deal after.

It's just so rare someone so good hits the market at 25.

If Monty goes to a non Arlington team, their pitching rotation is one that's going to put them in a giant hole.

While he doesn’t have a qualifying offer attached, LHP Jordan Montgomery is a big name to watch for Boston.

— Jack Azoulay-Haron (@AzoulayHaron) December 17, 2023

Free-agent outfielder Lourdes Gurriel in agreement with Diamondbacks, pending physical, source tells @TheAthletic.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 17, 2023

14 M a year. About what you expect for a guy who's usually around 2 WAR. Mildly above Avg bat with sub par defense and base running.

Gurriel’s deal is a three-year, $42 million deal with a possible opt-out after two years and a player option for 2027.

The Dbacks have made him a key fixture in their lineup for the next few years! https://t.co/p7Xd9yQEwc

— Just Baseball (@JustBB_Media) December 17, 2023

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.@JimBowdenGM on his report yesterday that the Red Sox and Giants had made $300+ MM offers to Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

He said both are “legitimately in this thing.”

The length of the deal could end up between 12-14 years.
pic.twitter.com/ShhGglHcLC

— Tyler Milliken ⚾️ (@tylermilliken_) December 17, 2023

This is insane... The number of years, wow

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Giants are an interesting comparison for our future. Thats a team that long resisted the monster deal in spite of being a big market club. They somehow won 107 games in 2022 with a bunch of aging stars who were nearing (or past) their primes and a bunch of prospects that were not well regarded stepping up (Yaz, Wade, Webb). Since then they have floundered in mediocrity and are now willing to throw 12 year deals out to free agents. I wonder what Crane will think of resisting a long term deal with Tucker when in 2026 we have a lineup of old Altuve, Yordan and a bunch of slappy Pena types.

tjack16 said:

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Off season topic on your personal Astros history (seen in person)

First game you went to: Can't recall but Pete Harnisch was pitching and Howe was the skipper
Most recent game you've been to: Father's day 2023 against the Reds
Best game you've been to: Can't remember
Worst game you've been to: Can't remember
Favorite game you've been to: Can't remember
Favorite memory: Meeting Mike Hampton in middle school. He had on a giant brace on his foot.

Bonus, favorite sports memory in person not involving the Astros: Manziel to Mike Evans 97 yard TD.

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MaxPower said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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.@JimBowdenGM on his report yesterday that the Red Sox and Giants had made $300+ MM offers to Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

He said both are “legitimately in this thing.”

The length of the deal could end up between 12-14 years.
pic.twitter.com/ShhGglHcLC

— Tyler Milliken ⚾️ (@tylermilliken_) December 17, 2023

This is insane... The number of years, wow

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Giants are an interesting comparison for our future. Thats a team that long resisted the monster deal in spite of being a big market club. They somehow won 107 games in 2022 with a bunch of aging stars who were nearing (or past) their primes and a bunch of prospects that were not well regarded stepping up (Yaz, Wade, Webb). Since then they have floundered in mediocrity and are now willing to throw 12 year deals out to free agents. I wonder what Crane will think of resisting a long term deal with Tucker when in 2026 we have a lineup of old Altuve, Yordan and a bunch of slappy Pena types.

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Do Chas & Yainer not exist? No one else developed?