Reminds me of the glory days of Jim Rome's Jungle, where he would implore Clippers' fans to call their team office and remind Elgin Baylor (then the GM) that the draft was the next day.Wabs said:
Seems like a good day to make a move and get some OF help. Dana, you awake yet?
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can't blame the Tigers
they are still dealing with the Javy Baez disaster
gave him an opt out...and of course he didn't take it
Detroit has paid $67 MM so far for 1.8 WAR from Baez
and he still has 3 years and $73 MM left on his contract
Completely agree with everyone's assessment of Bregman's worth. I don't want the tigers to lock into a 5 year deal. Have seen too much warning track power and GIDP from Bregman. For the right deal, he could be worth it.
However, even with Javy on the books and Tarik free agency on the horizon, this team has loads of money to spend. Ownership just refuses to do so. We could have have offered Soto more money than he signed with the Mets and still had a middle of the pack team 2025 team salary.
We used to spend. Not any more. Cheap
At this point is Alex better off waiting until ST starts and someone gets injured?
Seems like that's the only situation that'll get him what he wants.
Seems like that's the only situation that'll get him what he wants.
What is it exactly that he wants? Is it the first $200M bidder? If it is, then I don't see that happening. He had a good, fair offer from the Astros and he didn't take it. I have a feeling that's going to cost him in more ways than just $$.Ag_07 said:
At this point is Alex better off waiting until ST starts and someone gets injured?
Seems like that's the only situation that'll get him what he wants.
Ag_07 said:
At this point is Alex better off waiting until ST starts and someone gets injured?
Seems like that's the only situation that'll get him what he wants.
I wonder if teams think his asking price plus the QO are too high and they will hang him out to dry until July when the QO expires. It happened to Keuchel and Kimbrel several years ago.
Man that would be a kick to the chuggies.
I don't think it'll come to that. He'll have plenty will to do a Bellinger type deal. 2 year, 52 M with an opt out after 1.
I hope you are right. I don't want to lose the draft pick.
I don't know what he wants
I'm just thinking if you've waited this long go ahead and wait a little longer until someone gets injured and you're demand ticks up.
At this point what's another 3 weeks?
I'm just thinking if you've waited this long go ahead and wait a little longer until someone gets injured and you're demand ticks up.
At this point what's another 3 weeks?
Another 3 weeks may mean mid-July before Breggy breaks out of his slow starts.Ag_07 said:
I don't know what he wants
I'm just thinking if you've waited this long go ahead and wait a little longer until someone gets injured and you're demand ticks up.
At this point what's another 3 weeks?
Bregman is a mid bat, elite defender. Not worth what he wants, the stros offer was very fair.
HarryRocket said:
Bregman is a mid bat, elite defender. Not worth what he wants, the stros offer was very fair.
He's been an elite defender but frankly, having 2 elbow surgeries (even if they weren't UCL) would give me pause.
2025 ZiPS Projections: Houston Astros https://t.co/TLxogzPyKn
— FanGraphs Baseball (@fangraphs) January 23, 2025
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The Astros' projection won't match that of the best National League teams, but right now they project as the American League's best, about one to two wins better than the Orioles and Yankees on the strength of their spare starting pitching, which ZiPS sees as deeper than what the other two teams boast. It doesn't make them overwhelming favorites in the AL West, but with the Mariners and Rangers failing to take big leads forward, ZiPS still sees the Astros as a tier above their divisional rivals.
The comments in there on Melton mirror what others here have said, which is disappointing. I wish we had held onto Clifford.
sounds just like the projection of a poster a week or so back who claimed Crane is sitting on his hands this year hoping to only make bank and rebuilding for future years (sarcasm)Farmer1906 said:Quote:
The Astros' projection won't match that of the best National League teams, but right now they project as the American League's best, about one to two wins better than the Orioles and Yankees on the strength of their spare starting pitching, which ZiPS sees as deeper than what the other two teams boast. It doesn't make them overwhelming favorites in the AL West, but with the Mariners and Rangers failing to take big leads forward, ZiPS still sees the Astros as a tier above their divisional rivals.
If the team stays healthy they will be very much in it come October.
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Yordan's age comps are pretttttty pretttttttty good
I thought Ketch had indicated he had some diva-esque type demands that were putting teams off as well. Maybe with the Astros out of it he can elaborate a bit on that.Wabs said:What is it exactly that he wants? Is it the first $200M bidder? If it is, then I don't see that happening. He had a good, fair offer from the Astros and he didn't take it. I have a feeling that's going to cost him in more ways than just $$.Ag_07 said:
At this point is Alex better off waiting until ST starts and someone gets injured?
Seems like that's the only situation that'll get him what he wants.
Most certainly wasn't me and I haven't heard anything like that
My apologies. I remember it being somebody that seemed like they had inside info, so I immediately thought of you. I think it came up during the time the story about Soto wanting a suite paid for by the Yankees came out and somebody said Bregman had some demands that were causing some friction as well. May have been as simple as he wanted to go to a team with spring training in AZ.texasaggie2015 said:
Most certainly wasn't me and I haven't heard anything like that
He can play a good CF and bats lefty. Those two things alone give him at least some value.EastCoastAgNc said:
The comments in there on Melton mirror what others here have said, which is disappointing. I wish we had held onto Clifford.
Tune in to the Hall of Fame press conference and hear from Billy Wagner: https://t.co/Ga9GJgLiLy
— Houston Astros (@astros) January 23, 2025
Ichiro wants to have a word with whoever didn't vote for him 😂pic.twitter.com/aN1sEfjmoJ
— Baseball Quotes (@BaseballQuotes1) January 23, 2025
I can just imagine the Curb your Enthusiasm episode about this. Larry is a hall of fame voter, but through some horrible comedy of errors, his glasses are broken and he's up against the deadline to fill out the ballot. He makes a mistake and votes for someone other than Ichiro and sends it in. Sits down to watch the announcement and sees Ichiro miss unanimous by 1 vote, and somehow it comes out that he was the one who didn't vote for him. At the end of the episode he has a very awkward meeting with Ichiro at his house.
AggiEE said:Alex Bregman, Tigers Reportedly At "Standstill" https://t.co/WHSIiCEkkw pic.twitter.com/BD7PPgX80V
— MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) January 21, 2025
The Curious Case of Bregman and Boras
Kicking off #AstrosCaravan in Austin!
— Houston Astros (@astros) January 23, 2025
Fans were in for a sweet treat at @ILoveBlueBell! pic.twitter.com/YQVB6ZmaVO
It's Big Jon less big?
When did blue bell relocate to Austin?
Gut looks much smaller.
You can take your kids on a free tour of the Bluebell factory in Brenham and get free ice cream after.EastCoastAgNc said:Kicking off #AstrosCaravan in Austin!
— Houston Astros (@astros) January 23, 2025
Fans were in for a sweet treat at @ILoveBlueBell! pic.twitter.com/YQVB6ZmaVO
It's Big Jon less big?
The Houston Astros are keeping the door ajar for free-agent third baseman Alex Bregman to return, but are not optimistic. Bregman has serious offers from at least 2 teams.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) January 23, 2025
If the Astros pulled it off, Bregman could stay at 3B, Isaac Paredes move to 2B and Jose Altuve move to LF.
Uhh what?
Ole Bob
Jose can barely throw the ball to first base.
texasaggie2015 said:
Ole Bob
If they are worried about his arm strength and accuracy throwing to first base, I shudder to think about what happens in the outfield... Plus the additional wear on his body from running around the outfield all the time
You have nothing to worry about there
Pretty sure that was just clickbait.
"serious offers"
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