DEC. 5: The Astros announced that Beltran has passed his physical, making the contract complete.
DEC. 3: The Astros have agreed to a one-year, $16MM deal with free agent DH Carlos Beltran, ESPN’s Buster Olney writes (Twitter links). Beltran is an MVP Sports Group client. Beltran will receive a no-trade clause, Bob Nightengale of USA Today tweets. Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News had previously tweeted that Beltran would sign today. Since Beltran was traded last season, the Yankees could not extend him a qualifying offer, and thus the Astros will not have to sacrifice a draft pick.
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The Astros had repeatedly been connected to Beltran, and earlier this week it emerged that they were confident they could sign either Beltran or Edwin Encarnacion. The Red Sox, too, reportedly were very strongly interested in signing Beltran. The Yankees looked like a possibility as well, although Feinsand tweeted today that they were out of the running. Beltran agreeing to terms with Houston could pave the way for the Yankees to sign Encarnacion, though, as FOX Sports’ Jon Morosi tweets.
In Houston, Beltran will join a new-look Astros lineup that also now features catcher Brian McCann, left fielder Nori Aoki and right fielder Josh Reddick. Those three veterans will join a young core that includes Carlos Correa, Alex Bregman and George Springer, alongside top second baseman Jose Altuve.
Before the Beltran deal, Evan Gattis had been slated to fit in with the Astros at DH, and the Astros recently exercised their $5.2MM option on him. Gattis is coming off a strong season in which he hit .251/.319/.508 with 32 home runs. His exact role with the 2017 Astros is unclear, but he figures to catch sometimes (playing while McCann sits), while also sometimes playing corner outfield or DH’ing on days in which Beltran plays in the field.
Beltran turns 40 in April, but he showed no signs of slowing down last season, batting .295/.337/.513 with 29 homers for the Yankees and Rangers. That hitting line placed him among the game’s better designated hitters — the only ones who were markedly better were David Ortiz, Nelson Cruz and Encarnacion. The switch-hitting Beltran was particularly deadly against lefties, batting .338/.380/.589 with nine homers in 163 plate appearances, but he also hit righties well. Beltran no longer has the baserunning or defensive value he did as a young man, but his skills at the plate have aged remarkably well, as he’s topped an .800 OPS in five of the last six seasons.
Beltran now has 421 home runs in a career that stretches all the way back to 1998. In that span of nearly two decades, he’s played with both Astros manager A.J. Hinch (with the Royals in 2001 and 2002) and bench coach Alex Cora (with the Mets in 2009 and 2010). Jake Kaplan of the Houston Chronicle tweets that Hinch and Cora’s familiarity with Beltran might have played a role in the Astros’ decision to acquire him. This will be Beltran’s second stint with the Astros — he hit .258/.368/.559 with 23 homers with them down the stretch in 2004.
MLBTR ranked Beltran the 33rd-best free agent available this offseason and predicted he would get a one-year, $14MM deal. The $16MM Beltran will receive next season is a slight raise on the $15MM per season he received on his previous three-year deal with the Yankees, and is the same as the amount Ortiz received in both 2015 and 2016.
Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.
The Astros might be a playoff team this year.
It’s possible but they still need starting pitching. Rangers will likely take the west again with Seattle right there too.
I wouldn’t give anything to the rangers, I have Astros in first, Seattle in 2nd and then the Rangers.
Agree with 24
Astros getting offseason hype. That never bodes well for the season. I have rangers ahead unless houston cashes in some trade chips for an ace
Where would you have them if Texas signs EE? Not saying they will, but Texas should be very aggressive as they know the AL west just got more competitive with houston and seattles moves so far.
I still like Hammels and Darvish anchoring the top. And Sale is still in play and will be interesting to see who goes all in on him.
Stros have to figure out how to beat the Rangers first. Unfortunately Texas absolutely owned them last year.
Yes they did.
It would be surprising if they manage to do that again. Both teams are good teams, and you could argue that the Astros have more talented players than the Rangers. I would expect to see a much more even record next year.
That is NO doubt. The Astros need to bring the silver boot to Houston this year to even think of winning an AL West. I really like Houston’s pitching but I hope Luhnow does more for the pitching staff… Prefer some long term solution to include our young pitching staff.
I’m an Astros fan. The Astros haven’t done anything till they take the field. I hope they take the field and play the Rangers hard. Then bring the boot to H town.
Look at what the DBacks did last offseason. Brought in millions of dollars in players through free agency and trade and how’d that work out. As much as the offseason helps to know what’s ahead nothing is certain and it’s a long 162 game season
Just ask San Diego the year before that…
But the difference is that Houston has the second best young core in baseball, while AZ and SD had no talent whatsoever
I’m sorry but Arizona had Goldschmidt, Pollack (who was injured), Corbin (injured), Segura, Peralta (injured), and Lamb. To say the the Dbacks are untalented is ignorant. They were just hurt and underperformed. The Padres comment is true.
I agree with 24TheKid. I think the Stros and Ms have been improving a lot and have been 2 of the most active teams. Astros added Reddick, McCann, Beltran. Mariners added Segura, Haniger, Rzepczynski. Rangers need to try to add pitching so they can keep the Houston and Seattle offenses down.
Arizona also lost its best all-around player for the whole season and lost another of its starting outfielder for most of the year. Few teams can overcome that amount of injury.
No way Astros finish ahead of Rangers. Astros don’t have the pitching and Beltran isn’t going to give you more than a DH
Same with Texas IMO
Texas overachieved last year. They were one of the luckiest teams in baseball history when it came to one run games and run differential.
What has Seattle possibly done to make you think that??? Gotten older?
I’d prefer signing Napoli, Carlos Gomez, and trading Profar + for a young starter
It’s called making the plays that need to be made in crunch time
It worked well for the Cubs last season didn’t it?
Did you see the crap we had last year?
As much as Texas got lucky, Houston got unlucky!! Had problems with Castro,Gomez,Rasmus, that couldn’t bat over .230 on the high end,
Kuechel got a lil cocky from his CY young, and was a average pitcher at best, McCullers was dominate when healthy, first 45-50 games we were asleep, then you had Hinch putting two prospects in that weren’t ready!!
Plus Bregman went 0-45, and 3-75 or something, and Gurriel was rushed to the bigs where he actually didn’t do to bad, and Bregman finally figured it out, and when Altuve struggled towards the end of the year before he got hurt, most fans didn’t even realize Altuve struggles with Bregman on fire!!
I’d like Martes to come up, like McCullers, and produce, AJ Reeds struggles wasn’t the first time a top prospect to do so, so I hope he can get back on track, if he even gets a chance, I still think AJ Reed can turn it around, and be a slugging power hitting 1stbasemen!!
Texas can Have & Keep that ugly Silver Boot. We need the Pennant. As far as stats of this & that. You can throw all that JUNK out the window. Have we forgot the game is played on the field. Charlie Morton out of baseball a year just might of rested his arm up for an awesome return.
Nobody knows until we see. Remember, the proof is in the pudding!
That’s an ignorant statement about the silver boot. No the Rangers can’t keep the silver boot. The Astros need to take it from them. It’s a pride and self confidence thing. No BS, it needs to be a mission that Houston no longer lets the Rangers dominate them on the field. Rangers did it last year and years before because they had a stronger team. This year there are no excuses. If pitching stands pat we are close to the same and we are closed to the same with bats. No excuses this year.
They need to learn how to actually hit and need starting pitching. Beltran is old and this could become dead weight. The AL West is going to be an all out brawl.
Agee, would like to see M’s get front-mid rotation guy. Looking forward to some good baseball
Losing walker hurt
It’s only a one year deal and Angels will be nowhere near that brawl sorry fam
Concur gmflores. The Angels we be the ring girl at best. I love training to fight, and I would not want one Angel in my corner.
Nice job DD!!! Miss on Morales now wt Beltran
I read somewhere that Statistically the Rangers were one of the luckiest teams in baseball last year. I think it was something like they won the most extra inning games (because they played in the most) or something like that. Don’t quote me on that. But if that is true then I wouldn’t expect them to win the division again this year if they don’t improve.
They absolutely were. I think at one point towards the end of the year, they actually had a negative run differential… They finished at +8. The two teams behind them, the Mariners and Astros, had run differentials of +61 and +23. That USUALLY is a good indicator of which teams are best during the regular season.
Ah, I think that’s the stat I read. Thanks!
FiveThirtyEight had an article about their success/luck in one run games. I would not be shocked if that luck is not there next season.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-texas-rangers-are-making-unsustainable-history-in-one-run-games/
Yeah but it’s not luck. It’s the ability to make plays when you need it most
That’s simply not true. Take off your Texas Rangers coloured glasses and you’d see that
I’m not saying it’s entirely luck but to believe that level of winning one run games at that ratio is unrealistic.
Wanted to Yankees to get him watch so we didn’t have to spend the money of EE.
damn I butchered that statement
It’s cool Bro. I wanted him back with the Yankees as well… I would take Napoli, can’t stand Encarnacion.
Hopefully you guys take Napoli so the Sox are forced to do something else
Agreed. Wanted a Beltran signing more than anyone else besides Chapman. Really hope this doesn’t mean EE gets signed.
Wow. Thought they’d be getting EE for sure.
does anyone know if there’s a link to the top 50 FA picks leader board yet?
no, but I’m pretty sure you’re not in last place…I’ve only gotten 1 correct so far, this Beltran-to-Astros pick…Every year we do this I get progressively worse, haha
Just like Chris Carter’s baa…Hang in there lol
Thank you. As good as he was, didn’t want him to go back to Yankees
Yankees should concentrate on Carter. Save all the money for harper, macado and a sp next season. They are going no where this year.
That’s not particularly true.
Machado and Harper are free agents in 2019
Marchado!!
lol…
“We’ll just sign Harpa, Macado and a SP”
You gotta love it…
I’m batting 1.000 so far on these predictions
I think I’m batting lower than Chris Carter’s baa
Carter will rise to the occasion and become the new age reggie Jackson for the yanks
How do you check your answers
The Astros are a TOR starter from being the best team in the AL.
Yeah but the cost of Springer + Bregman + Martes would ruin their future. I’d love them to go after Sale
They could make it work without both Springer AND Bregman.
That’s one hell of a lineup. Add a top 1 or 2 pitcher and…
Trust me. I wanted beltran to resign with the yanks just for the sole purpose of them not over spending on encarnacion. We do not need to pay another player past his prime. Carter will come on the cheap.
I do not want Carter’s strikeouts at all
Thought the red sox would get Beltran for sure
Assuming some rebound from a couple of their SP… and maybe adding one more solid ToR type arm, Astros will be fun to watch this year
Great now give us Bregman + for Sale and they’ll be right on track
That’s an overpay Bregman>Sale
lol ok
What happened to the roster resource links in the articles?
Where do all these guys fit? Additions of Mccan, Reddick, and now Beltran.
Reddick/Springer and Gattis/Aoki platoon,
Beltran DHs
McCann catches
I find it hard to believe they paid Reddick all the money to platoon. I think he’s your regular RF… and likely Springer in CF. Aoki/Hernandez/Marisnick type platoon in LF.
Odd man out seems to be Gattis. Not sure if he just becomes a big bench bat or where he fits.
You’re crazy. No way Springer platoons. He is everyday CF. Reddick/Aoki in RF. Beltran/Aoki in LF. Depends on handedness of the SP
Ya, platooning Springer is one of the dumber comments I’ve seen haha he’s one of the best young players in baseball
Reddick plays RF, Springer in CF, and Gattis/Aoki platoons in LF. I should have been more clear. I would never suggest to platoon a player like Springer, my apologies.
1. Springer CF
2. Beltran LF
3. Altuve 2B
4. Correa SS
5. Bregman 3B
6. Reddick RF
7. Gattis DH
8. McCann C
9. Gurriel 1B
If Gattis could play 1st base that would be so helpful
Nah, Gurriel is most likely better than Gattis
Yankees sign EE now please.
I get the feeling EE is headed back to Toronto after this signing.
#NapoliToTexasTho
Astros will have best offense in AL
They won’t even have the best offense in the division with the Mariners adding Segura.
No
There’s alot of question marks on that offense still health of Reddick? Who’s on third/ first? I think a team in Boston might have something to say about best offense in al. Still a great offense top 2-3 but still plenty of off-season the Rangers could make moves. ( 2 of the best hitters are still available)
Wonder what pitcher we’ll get now. We must get another starter.
We were lucky to have him in NY for as long as we had him. He was a special player for the Mets ( except for that third called strike ) he had a great influence on the young guys this year with the Yankees and exceeded expectations !!
I truly enjoyed watching him hit all these years. Wish him nothing but the best in Houston!! A future HOF er in my opinion !!
i agree..i wish him well
Hoping the Yanks stick to the plan and go after Napoli or Carter or Holliday. Say no to EE, too old and too much. no need to pay for his would be declining years.
I think the Astros are one good pitcher away from being the front runner in the AL next year.
You mean like they one they traded to the Phillies for Ken Giles?
and Ken GIles was a really good reliever if you look pasted ERA last year
Yeah you’re right, it was an excellent trade. Good, young starters are a dime a dozen I can see why the Astros did that.
Because Velasquez is all that good? Hes never thrown a full MLB season, let alone a good MLB season. His fastball is flat and he doesn’t have a good offspeed pitch. Trading him for Giles wasn’t exactly a bad move. Appel/Obie/Eshelman and Arauz hasn’t done anything good at all
Vince will go the route of Cosart. He already started to later in the year and he’said hurt every year at some point. So no, nothing like the pitcher we traded for Giles.
Why wouldn’t the NYY fans want EE
Because we’re tired of seeing mid-30’s players signed to giant, long term contracts that usually provide 1 or 2 years of production and then 3-4 years of general suckitude.
Age and money.
Loss of draft pick and would tie up money. I think most Yanks fans are comfortable with 1-2 down years while they clean house for the youth movement.
Yankees are finally getting bad money off the books. They don’t want to be in this situation in four years when EE is up in age and possibly declining.
Two years ago this was a young team on the rise. Then last season they trade Velasquez for Giles and missed the playoffs. Now they’re stocking up on old trash and are on their way to being the perpetually below-average team we’ve all come to laugh at. It’s official, the Astros’ flash-in-the-pan run is dead.
They’ll lose 90 games next year, guaranteed.
lol says a Braves fan. Yall will lose 100 games next year. Guaranteed.
you are comical. Trash? beltran is production. the Astros are on the right path. the hiccup last year was SP….might be again this year but they are not a below avg team. As a braves fan you must remember all the years they played your beloved braves…win or lose, they were in the playoff hunt and will be again for the next 5 years.
don’t feed the trash troll
lmao..now i know what the 420 stands for..u been smoking 2 much
Someone is feisty today. Maybe the Braves can trade Markaikas straight up for Sale and win 70 games this year.
I’m assuming NY wouldn’t give a no-trade.
Seattle has a great Offense!!
A Chris Sale trade makes way too much sense.
I agree. But hopefully without giving up Bregman or Springer.
That won’t happen anymore, Encarnacion was key for that, now they move either and create a hole.
Glad we have Beltran back, but I’m a bit disappointed not to land Encarnacion, due to Beltran being a one year stopgap rather than multi-year mid-lineup force, and the possibility of a Sale trade.
Why arent the astros considering Gattis for 1B? They have a need at 1B. Beltran DH. Gattis 1st. McCann Catcher.
They just threw a bunch of money at Gurriel to play 1B
That isn’t true. They through a lot of money at him to play 3B, but then we found the Bregman problem.
Which prompt them to move him to 1B, which is where he probably should be. They can always try to trade Gattis for pitching
Because Gattis’ offense is woefully inadequate for an AL 1B?
I love how all the Astros fans on here are saying “we’re just one starting pitcher away!” when they traded that pitcher for a very overrated Ken Giles. The front office is blowing this! But what do you expect from a front office that can’t even rebuild the club without getting hacked? They got hacked by a real organization that actually wins World Series’.
Josh Reddick? Seriously? Brian McCann??? And now fossil Carlos Beltran. How does Beltran even know if he’ll like it in Houston? He’s never even played for the Astros before.
Sorry, folks but this is a bad team.
3/10. Suggest going back to the troll academy.
Mccain is a better hitter than Castro. Reddick can platoon. And Beltran played for Houston in 2004. Plus, Beltran hit around .294 last year so he is still a good hitter. Obvious trolling is obvious..
Beltran was the most successful player the Astros playoff history? What do you mean he has never played for the Astros? Educate yourself before commenting please. Your comment failed the second I read that.he and his wife on numerous occasions have said they loved Houston.
Beltran has never played for Houston? That’s a weird thing to write because it isn’t true.
Anyone that posts up a user name of “ATLBARVES” and calls themself a Braves fan is obviously not a Braves fan, and having McCann, Beltran, Gurriel, Altuve, Springer, Gattis, is a pretty good offense to start with.
He has when they were an NL team.
If some MLB players can even remember the pitch sequence of an at-bat 25 years ago, (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/opening-25-year-old-baseball-cards-with-frank-thomas-171055334.html), I’d be willing to bet the vast majority of mlb players can remember a post season when they hit 455/.500/1.091 4 HRs in the NLDS and .417/.563/.958 4 HRs in the NLCS (http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2008/10/13/634453/reminder-carlos-beltran-s). I’m pretty confident Carlos remembers HOU and I even bet HOU remembers him.
I hope this is more him wanting to go to Houston than it was the Red Sox not matching that offer. I was hoping the Sox were going to get him, he’d be a good fit. Now I’m dreading they sign Napoli
Having Bregman for a full year will be big too. I just cannot get passed their rotation. Nice bullpen though.
Gotta like it. Good bridge to the future. They need pitching, but who doesn’t…….
And yes, the Rangers WERE the luckiest team in MLB last year. Run Differential isn’t an absolute, but it’s generally usefull. And has a way of reversing itself the following year.
If Texas gets Sale (I can see it), gonna be a heck of a division to watch…and don’t sleep on Seattle. Could be more fun than AL East.
yup,AL west looking tuff..the rangers have 2 aces that are both healthy now if they stay that way and they fill 1st base they will be tuff
The Cubs don’t.
The Astros are looking solid offensively for 2017. They now need to improve their pitching staff and have more depth in order to trade for an impact starter like Chris Sale, Chris Archer or Sonny Gray. Of course, each of those pitchers teams would be looking for good young MLB talent and/or top rated prospects in return and not older short term veterans.
Beltran and McCann? Gonna be slow on them base paths.
We have plenty of speed….Altuve Springer Correa Bregman Aoki Reddick….
Really would’ve like to see Beltran back with the Yankees. I hope they go for Napoli and not EE I would even prefer Carter than EE
Are you nuts? Why would anybody prefer Mike Napoli or Chris Carter over Edwin Encarnacion, especially a Yankee fan who has seen plenty of the former and latter throughout their playing careers with A.L. East rivals.
As someone above said, “Age and money”
Encarnacion just finished his age 33 season and has virtually matched or exceeded his career triple slash numbers in each of the last 5 years. Whatever salary he commands over the next 4 years or so he figures to earn, especially when he will either DH or play 1B.
In the meantime, 35-year old Mike Napoli, who is coming off a nice season with the Indians still has numbers that pale in comparison to Encarnacion, be it in 2016 or anytime since 2011.
Chris Carter’s numbers are not even worth discussing.
Btw-Carlos Beltran, the preference of many Yankee fans, will play next season at age 40 for the Astros. He remains productive, more so than Napoli or Carter. Encarnacion should be at least as productive as Beltran was and is 6 years younger. In addition, the Yankees would be taking a primary force away from a division rival in Toronto that is still very much in the running for his services, not to mention the Red Sox who also continue to show interest in the slugger as a replacement for David Ortiz.
George Steinbrenner must be turning in his grave with this new breed of Yankee fans who are suddenly worried about how much money they spend, especially on an almost sure bet like Encarnacion.
I would take double E in a Ranger uniform in a heart beat!
Because Napoli would probably take 2 years/25 million. Encarnacion won’t take less than 4 years with like 18 mil per year
I’ve booed this guy for the last 10 years but glad we signed him. Astros SPs should be fine. No need to give up springer or Bregman for sale. Just need to pitch to their potential. Former cy young, McCullers, McHugh, Musgrove and Fiers/Morton/Paulino/martes. Should be able too score enough runs for an above average bullpen to win. Beat the Rangers!
“Just need to pitch to their potential”
That’s a huge ask for everyone to pitch to their potential.
That comment made me laugh too. That never happens. What is more practical is asking their SPs to stay healthy. Cubs did that last year and was a big reason they won 103 games.
Pitch to their potential or stay healthy should be enough to win with the lineup. I don’t see that as a big ask. My hope would be Kuechel and McCullers get 30 starts in apiece, that may be a big ask. Getting 162 games from 9 SPs may actually be a stretch, so include Devinski and Peacock. My point is that the starters on the roster should be enough to win the West, getting deep into the playoffs would include Kuechel and McCullers pitching to their potential.
It’s a starter group with plenty of upside
How would rangers win west your joking right
just like they did last year!
Imagine if the Astros hit in the draft instead of huge misses with Appel then Aiken
Aiken led to Bregman
I don’t necessarily se an ‘odd man out’ situation here. As the Cubs just shown, it pays to have multiple moving parts you can plug here and there. I don’t think they can play Springer in CF everyday though, so they need to get one. Dyson would make a lot of sense here since he can cover more ground than anybody.
Who’s their LFer?
Aoki
Aoki, Gattis, and Beltran should see most of the time out there, I’d think.
If the pitching can rebound this team could easily be a playoff team.
Absolutely. And if they can add an ace, I think they’re a legit contender.
if the rangers trade 4 Archer or Gray or maybe even sale! there looks like a lot of astro fans will see another season with a bunch of Ranger aswhoopens!
I love how all the Astros fans on here are saying “we’re just one starting pitcher away!” when they traded that pitcher for a very overrated Ken Giles. The front office is messing this up! But what do you expect from a front office that can’t even rebuild the club without getting hacked? They got hacked by a real organization that actually wins World Series’.
Josh Reddick? Seriously? Brian McCann??? And now fossil Carlos Beltran. How does Beltran even know if he’ll like it in Houston? He’s never even played for the Astros before.
Sorry, folks but this is a bad team.
This has to be satire, there’s just no way
I thought he was just uneducated, now I think hes trolling. Beltran has played for the Astros before.
hater much?
If you’re trolling whatever. If you’re not you must be mad about the return the Phil’s got. Look more closely, everyone, including Vv, stalled out last year.
roll another 420…wrong again beltran played 4 Houston
If only the Astros rotation were led by Colon and Dickey, then a WS title could be claimed on December 3rd! Also, wasn’t it Beltran that helped the Astros eliminate the Braves in ’04?
LOL barves? 420?
This ruins my yearly fantasy baseball strategy of taking Evan Gattis and waiting for him to gain C eligibility.
Per Rosenthal. Rangers and Astros out on Sale at the current asking price. Nats still in. Good news for Houston that Texas is out
That is only true if the White Sox don’t budge on the asking price, it may just be bait. If the talks with the nationals and Sox stall, then the Sox will be forced to lower their asking price, or keep Sale. Keeping Sale would be a very bad move.
Yeah, being forced to keep a 28-year old ace pitcher with 3 more years of team-friendly control would be disastrous to the White Sox. lol
Btw-Don’t believe everything you read and also keep in mind that the Nats are hardly the only team in baseball with any interest in the “Condor”.
well they are bad and have shown that they aren’t going to the playoffs even with him pitching well, so it doesn’t make a ton of sense to keep him.
It’ll be the Red Sox. Just can’t see them passing on a top-5 SP to go with a top-5 offense for the next 3 years. This is the time you back up the farm system truck and empty it on the White Sox. You don’t get chances like this very often.
I still wouldn’t rule Encarnacion out for the Astros. I believe they will still be involved with Encarnacion, but likely won’t be as aggressive. They still need a 1st baseman, and i personally don’t like Gurriel taking that position. However, i see Encarnacion going back to Toronto
The Winter Meetings should of started today then MLB Network would be covering this move right know.
AJ Reed,White can play 1B and also has Moran to play 3B. Could sign Rich Hill or so on orveven one of top Closers on the market.
I like how a 1 million dollar per year increase is considered a “slight pay raise” in sports. When I disclosed earning a college degree in an interview, my new job took their baseline hourly wage and added 25 cents to it.
You’re probably not one of the best 800 people at your job on earth. And I doubt people pay 50 bucks a day to watch you work. There’s no shame in that. Supply and demand.
Before I predict, I need to see what these teams all look like April 2, 2017. There’s too many trade possibilities….
The white sox have no sense of urgency in trading Sale. The teams in on him now will be in at the trade deadline, as they all project as contenders. Problem is you’re less inclined to add an every day player like bregman, turner, or mazzara that late in the season. You may end up with a better prospect package though. Also, Haven’t heard much about Quintana lately. He’s a stud and a legit 2 for most of these teams.
Could this mean Gattis to Boston for someone like Pomerantz
I say Red Sox trade Pmerantz because who knows If he can repeat his success so trade him now while he has value. Pomerantz can be replaced by Bucholtz or Owens or my favorite 2 choices Brian Johnson or Michael Kopech. The Astros have no place for Gattis now and even with Beltran being on a one year deal they still have the prospects to replace both Gattis and Beltran after this season.
Does this make sense to everyone or is it just me.
does not make any sense. You do not give up a quality pitcher for Gattis. typical Astros. Two catchers that can not catch. 3 DH.. No one with 1B experience.
I want call Pomerantz a quality pitcher yet. Last year could have been a complete fluke and he is trash this upcoming season. Gattis has the raw power the Red Sox are looking for in someone to replace Ortiz, maybe they don’t give them Pomerantz but the Red Sox would be smart to ask the Astros about Gattis
I hope not on Pomeranz for Gattis. Pomeranz always seems to come up small in big situations. Seems soft too. Gattis is a productive offensive contributor at C that is cheap and controllable during his prime at a weak offensive position.
I seriously thought he was going to be a Yankee again after seeing him at dellin betances’s wedding last week. It’s like when LeBron went to Carmelo’s wedding in Connecticut in 2010 and then didn’t sign with the Knicks. Even Robby cano was at betances’ wedding
Nice move. Holliday to yanks
Where did you read this, please?
You must have meant nice for Beltran and then nice for Holliday if he goes to the yanks. Got it.
Let’s go Halos….
Halos….lmao…
Morosi
What’s crazy is that Houston finished with 84 wins and was in the WC race with a week in the season to go. Tells me I’m not THAT worried about the pitching if they’re unable to land a SP. This is same starting pitching staff and a little youth plus 5-6 black holes in the lineup.
Plus Kuechal and Mcullers were both out all of Sept.
A little youth? What do you call Correa, Springer, Altuve and Bregman? What about McCullers, Giles and Devenski? Did they get rid of A.J. Reed, Tyler White and Teoscar Hernandez? Don’t post if you don’t know the team.
What happened with the anticipated love affair withEe and Astros?
I think that’s pretty obvious. Smaller committment (both money and years) and no draft pick attached to the signing.
Dang. Maybe that means EE in Boston though!
It will be interesting to see what this does for Encarnacion’s market. Do the Yankess meet his asking price, or is he forced to come back to the Blue Jays, hat in hand, accepting their reported 4yr/$80MM offer?
Pressure is on now if it wasn’t already its hot now
Will he still get boo’d by their redneck fans?
Be quiet you rusty hinge
This is a cool move for HOU and their fanbase. I would be pumped to have a player of his caliber and history with the team return to the lineup. Cool move for baseball too. Houston could be real scary next year.