Will the Astros finally spend big money this winter?

He needs to or fans will get disinterested.

Having a stocked farm system is great, but you can't rely on rookies to carry the team every year.

Need some quality veterans to fill the gaps

So $15MM for Feldman didn't do it for you?

Future is bright

Not sure this is the off season to do it. The FA market is mostly shite which will drive up the prices for the few desirable pieces

I certainly dont want a 5 yr/$100m deal for jared weaver. SP are so overpaid today its disgusting. I wouldnt mind iwakuma from the mariners he's a solid AL pitcher. I wanted justin turner for 3b for a while but with 19 homers in the last few months he probably drove his price through the roof. We're gonna have altuve/springer/correa/gurriel/bregman as 5 everyday guys next year. The rest of the lineup we can be fine if its trash, our 2005 world series team had 4 or 5 black holes in the regular lineup and we were fine bc of pitching. So shoring up our rotation is #1 by far because keuchel,mchugh just wont cut it as your 1-2 punch. Mccullers is an an ace but he seems to have injury issues. We just need a good starter or two and pray keuchel regains his cy young form

The worst free agent class in years on the heels of potentially one of the best ever... Tough.

I'd much rather shore up the offense than pitching.

The starters are manageable when you don't have to rely on the top 4 in the lineup to produce ALL the runs

ETA: Ramos, Desmond, Encarnacion, etc. need 1 or 2 veteran bats

the greatest need is bats

need to fill at least 3 of 4 needs

C
1B
DH
OF


they MIGHT have answers at ONE of those in the
A if Bregman gets more time in the OF next year in Spring Training
or B
the Cuban can be taught to play first if he struggles at 3rd and of course

C either MIGHT be an upgrade at DH at a minimum

so Houston MIGHT already have 1/3 answers OF 1B DH

but MAYBE ,just a 3B with a better stick


easiest to fill is DH,, rent-a-stick

I think C is the greatest need ,

the 'stros have at 3 players that could at least be serviceable at 1b

then your left with the OF


its a mess

but the ONE question you don't have an answer for is C

and theres not a lot available as FA

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Lucroy has a club option, he's not going anywhere

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Didnt realize that. Meh he has the stench of the rangers on him now anyways