My biggest hope for the offseason is that Cintron gets fired. Watching other teams go opposite field with their approach was frustrating. Watching our hitters trying to pull outside pitches and not trying to go opposite field was extremely frustrating.

MaxPower said:

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All I do is Nguyen said:

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Breggy already better than Cole

Wearing an Astros hat as a free agent, God bless him https://t.co/FypmacDlwL

— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) October 2, 2024

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We have some high expectations….In all seriousness, I'm not so certain he isn't back. I can't think of any obvious suitors for him. I'm not saying he is Pennie's on the dollars but there's a world where he signs for 5 years, $125M ish and we are that huckleberry. Suarez reemerging was probably the best thing that could have happened for us.

Down the stretch really made me think we have two DH….Altuve and Yordan. Yordan were an ok OF but you just can't risk losing his bat and he's already seemingly duct taped together. Altuve is just a butcher at 2B and given his age it's likely to get worse. I don't know how you fix having your two best (at least best signed for multiple years) players being bat only "position" players. I'd still like to see Altuve at least give LF a try. His sprint speed is still solid and his stone hands can be covered up a bit in an OF spot but his arm is an issue anywhere. 2B is simply a more important defensive position than LF.

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Cue up the Altuve to CF move. Biggio pt2

Queue the I don't believe you gif

davidthomps18 said:

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I think Schwarber ends up with this record eventually fwiw

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He will need to stop bunting

I believe both Christian Walker and Josh Bell from the DBacks are free agents. Walker is not only a good hitter but an excellent first baseman.

tjack16 said:

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So my optimal 2025 lineup assuming we don't resign Bregman

1. Altuve - 2B
2. Tucker - RF Offseason acquisition
3. Alvarez - DH
4. Diaz - 1B
5. Offseason acquisition - LF
6. Caratini - C
7. Dezenzo - 3B
8. Meyers/McCormick CF Offseason acquisition in place of one of them.
9. Pena - SS Offseason acquisition

I'd like for them to go get a bat for the corner outfield.
Jurickson Profar is top of my list followed by Ozuna, Santander, Bellinger or Hoskins

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Tucker is a great player, but I feel betting on Pena, Jake, Chas to be in your order 2-3 places isn't worth signing him to max long term deal. It would be more like the early 2000 astros with all the money tied up in the killer Bs for nestalgia instead of trying to retool to continue the run.

Resigning Altuve makes him and Yordan the faces of this franchise regarding position players. Diaz could grow into that as well.

I think you can move Tucker for a couple of good pieces and sign 3-5 above average free agents instead for mid term contracts that would have a bigger impact overall long term. $300MM over 9 years is a lot of money and can really handcuff a team.

I'm not opposed to a pitching arm, but I feel pitching isn't our issue and we might be in a situation where we have too many guys for the available spots.

Cintron needs to go.

A good salesman needs to get LMJ moved.

Bring back Neris on the cheap, but move Montero.

Move Chaz and Jake at this point.

I'd take CW at 1st and I'm good with a sensible offer to Breggy, but not something that needs to be forced and overdone.

Too many things needed

PrestigeWorldwideAg12 said:

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Cintron needs to go.

A good salesman needs to get LMJ moved.

Bring back Neris on the cheap, but move Montero.

Move Chaz and Jake at this point.

I'd take CW at 1st and I'm good with a sensible offer to Breggy, but not something that needs to be forced and overdone.

Too many things needed

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Yes please to firing Cintron. Not sold on signing Neris to anything long term. If Bregman will do a 3 year deal for reasonable but < Altuve money, sign him. If he wants longer than 3 years that would be a no from me.

tjack16 said:

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So my optimal 2025 lineup assuming we don't resign Bregman

1. Altuve - 2B
2. Tucker - RF
3. Alvarez - DH
4. Diaz - 1B
5. Offseason acquisition - LF (go get Profar)
6. Caratini - C
7. Dezenzo - 3B
8. Meyers/McCormick CF
9. Pena - SS

I'd like for them to go get a bat for the corner outfield.
Jurickson Profar is top of my list followed by Ozuna, Santander, Bellinger or Hoskins

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Your optimal lineup is kind of stinky. This is what we are aiming for? That might also be the worst defensive right side of the IF in MLB.

I say all that but I don't have any great solutions. If you are keeping Tucker and Framber for one more year just to let them walk then this team is heading toward a run of sub .500 seasons.

PrestigeWorldwideAg12 said:

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Cintron needs to go.

A good salesman needs to get LMJ moved.

Bring back Neris on the cheap, but move Montero.

Move Chaz and Jake at this point.

I'd take CW at 1st and I'm good with a sensible offer to Breggy, but not something that needs to be forced and overdone.

Too many things needed

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You are delulu

No ones going to take an injured LMJ and noones going to take Montero until we bring him up and prove he can still throw.

Jake is not terrible, but idk who would take him or who we would get. Chaz is the same.

Bregs gone, tbh not sure that's a bad thing. If he can't throw to first, we have too many DH's

Crane doesn't like to spend money, he will but he won't go nuts.

It's hard to even speculate what we might do not knowing the budget. Is Crane willing to carry a top 3 payroll again? The penalties for repeat offenders gets worse. I give him kudos for going into that territory even once but I can't blame him if he tries to cut cost. You could get a boatload of prospects and save $30+M moving Tucker and Framber. It may seem odd but I'd rather resign Kooch and trade Framber than keep Framber and let Kooch walk, mainly because you can get a lot for Framber and get nothing for losing Kooch.

Dana said it -- the Astros have to try to upgrade at many positions

running it back with Jake, Chas, Pena, Dubon, and Big Jon won't work

that's too many below average hitters

by the way...

Jake posted .526 OPS after the all-star break with a mind-numbing 12 GiDP's

for the season .646 OPS and OPS+ of 85 with 17 GiDP's

that equals terrible

I don't know where this narrative came from. Ryan Pressly doesn't have a buyout — and does have a no-trade clause in his contract. His $14 million option vested after he made 45 appearances this season. https://t.co/KEZgTM1y3k

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) October 3, 2024

what happened to the mutual option?

paying Pressly $14 MM in 2025 is not part of the plan to upgrade the roster at numerous positions

I don't think it was ever a thing. It's always been a vesting option.

1876er said:

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You only trade Tucker if you're not in contention next July.

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Tigers just traded their best pitcher and beat us with a bunch of AAA guys who played their ass off. No one should be untradeable.

MaxPower said:

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1876er said:

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You only trade Tucker if you're not in contention next July.

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Tigers just traded their best pitcher and beat us with a bunch of AAA guys who played their ass off. No one should be untradeable.

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The likely Cy Young winner still on their roster might disagree, but I get the gist.