***** Official Houston Astros 2024-2025 Offseason Thread *****

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Quo Vadis?
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I'm super stoked about this. We had Tucker for 1 year left anyway and God forbid he foul another ball off his shin.
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Marvin said:

What is the contract difference with this trade for '25?
They both have to go through arbitration but it's roughly $8-10M.
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so that means no bregs too, right?

or someone moves to first?
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MaxPower said:

Marvin said:

What is the contract difference with this trade for '25?
They both have to go through arbitration but it's roughly $8-10M.
Which means we have around 20-23 M in space to stay under the tax. If we move Pressly then we can afford Bregman and stay under.
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I think you have to trade Presley now for OF depth. We can't seriously be planning on a Dubon, Meyers, and Chas outfield.
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Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:

so that means no bregs too, right?
No. Paredes plays 1B too. Bregman & Paredes in the same line up means a lot of walks and cheap HRs.
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Wesneski is not as sexy an addition as Suzuki from the earlier trade discussion, but it could still be great based on what you do from here.

Now you clearly have the payroll space to sign a plus bat (which you need to do to offset the loss of Tucker and Bregman).

Wesneski gives you an arm to stash in the pen that provides security for starting rotation depth. Moves like yhat may affect your opportunity to see what you can get for Framber.

Pressly still stands to get traded, opening up more possibilities.

I like this trade as a starting point for 2025, but there is plenty more work to be done. I REALLY like it for 2026 and beyond.
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Farmer1906 said:



The holden age of the Astros was great while it lasted.
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I understand the move, but this is how I'm feeling now...
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Farmer1906 said:

MaxPower said:

Marvin said:

What is the contract difference with this trade for '25?
They both have to go through arbitration but it's roughly $8-10M.
Which means we have around 20-23 M in space to stay under the tax. If we move Pressly then we can afford Bregman and stay under.

That's what I was wondering- whether Crane and Dana spend it on Penguin or an outfielder.
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OKCAg2002 said:

I think you have to trade Presley now for OF depth. We can't seriously be planning on a Dubon, Meyers, and Chas outfield.


Yikes that's the worst outfield in the majors. Probably some minor league outfields could compete
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Teoscar??
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Farmer1906 said:

Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:

so that means no bregs too, right?
No. Paredes plays 1B too. Bregman & Paredes in the same line up means a lot of walks and cheap HRs.


Except bregmans walks dropped a ton
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If we are doing it, let's do all of it. Trade Pressly and Framber too and let's reload
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Thanks for the memories Tuck.
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HEB commercial just going to be altuve watching tv by himself eating chips.

hate it, but good business. baseball is hard.
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Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:

HEB commercial just going to be altuve watching tv by himself eating chips.



Never forget their employee of the month...... LMJ
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Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:

HEB commercial just going to be altuve watching tv by himself eating chips.


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This OF is so insanely bad. Holy christ. Offer Hernandez 3/80
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MaxPower
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Fangraphs had us projected at $215M payroll before the trades which puts us at $206M after the trade. That puts us closer to $35M under (if we keep Framber and Pressly). Profar or Santander have to be first priority. Santander has a QO though. Not much at 1B unless you want Walker.
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Extremely underwhelming. Wow.

C+ for me.
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Yeah. The fact we don't get Suzuki or Belli in return really stings for me. We desperately need an outfield upgrade. This needs to be a start and not a finish.
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MaxPower said:

Santander has a QO though.

But we get a pick if Bregman leaves

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Not much at 1B unless you want Walker.

Alonso?
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EastCoastAgNc said:


Let me know if anyone wants to buy a drink for this here Cubs fan, thinking Ninfa's on Navigation beforehand.
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texasaggie2015 said:

Extremely underwhelming. Wow.

C+ for me.

For one year of Tucker? I don't know, I suspect Dana got what he could.
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I'm good with the move as long as we follow up with more moves to shore up the OF. We were never keeping Tuck past this season and for a 1 year rental it's not a bad return imo. Major league contributors and one big minor league piece
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texasaggie2015 said:

Extremely underwhelming. Wow.

C+ for me.



Cubs fans aren't happy about what they gave up. What realistically did you want
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EastCoastAgNc said:




I'm sure Tucker will get a nice video package.
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Beat40 said:

EastCoastAgNc said:




I'm sure Tucker will get a nice video package.


He'll be overcome with emotion
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It got us our 3B for this year and for the foreseeable future.
 
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