re: DAT 2015-2016 Offseason Thread

The whole Carter/Gattis thing is so interesting. Will they keep both, one or none? Will they try to make Gattis more valuable again as an option at catcher? I cannot even begin to guess what the front office will do there.

i think if you have Dallas, a legit 2, McCullers(who flashes ace stuff), then Mchugh, you're really going to be formidable in that division

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frick that. Price or bust. Astro belongs in Houston.

Haven't read any posts yet so sorry if I repeat anything someone has said


Great season. Will never take for granted having a team worth watching every night through mid October after the last 5 years.

There is no reason not to be extremely optimistic about the future, with the big 4 (Correa, DK, Springer, Altuve) seemingly not going anywhere anytime soon.

I'm pretty confident we would be playing for a few more weeks if we had traded for a pitcher like Kazmir was the first half of the season, but I'm still glad we made moves at the deadline to try and win this year.

I'm stoked to see what Luhnow and company do this offseason. A few things I'd like to see:

-a legit closer where we can put Gregerson in a set up role. As well as another bullpen arm or 2, preferrebly one that can throw heat. Interested to see what our plans for Velasquez and Feliz are moving forward

-A few months ago I was pretty confident we'd be signing an ace to a big contract, but not so sure now. Feel like McCullers may change that. Definitely want to atleast sign a middle of the rotation guy though. Jordan Zimmerman is pretty intriguing as one of the bigger names. Feel like Cubs Yankees Red Sox and Angels will be hard to beat for Price and Cueto. Keuchel, Free Agent, Lance, McHugh, Fiers/Feldman/Velasquez/Appel is a pretty solid rotation


-Would give anything to sign a starting catcher worth a damn but have no expectation that will happen

-Explore trading Lowrie and/or Valbuena and either give Tony Kemp a shot at utility man or sign one

-Wouldn't mind getting rid of Gattis or Carter. In a perfect world AJ and White can be 1st and DH.

-Magically turn Bregman into a catcher

Have many more thoughts but will let the season die down before getting into more discussions about the future



hell of a season

I've forgotten who's available in FA this year aside from the really big names, but aside from bullpen help (either by signing or trade) I would like to see a solid, reliable veteran bat added for sure. Could be in the OF, 1B or 3B.

We don't need to spend big on a SP and I hope we don't, would be fine with a mid/back rotation guy though.

It was an awesome year with you baws and I cannot wait for the future of this team. Disappointing as frick tonight but I have a feeling they will remember this all year next year

They have prospects they appear to rate very high on the doorstep. They will probably give them a chance at the rotation and corner infield spots. I just don't think they will bite on the free agency prices to come for TOR pitchers. I wonder what Zimmerman will cost.

If they get a closer and OF combo who end up costing over $30 million/year together as expected, it's unlikely they will throw too much more cash around.

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They will make a big trade with all those prospect but I'm hoping they don't give up too much.

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If they make a splashy move this offseason I think it will be via trade rather than signing someone like Price to a long term deal

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needs to prove they will spend to build a championship team.

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Here we go.

I dont think they have to go out and spend massive amounts of money on a big name. I think it's more important to go ahead and start working on extensions on Kuechel, Springer, and McHugh. Start putting money to the side to drop $200M for Correa down the line. It's coming.

Too early in the offseason to get into what is spent and not spent with you.