re: DAT: 2020/2021 Offseason Thread

I think that’s the issue, is he says he’s stubborn and does stuff for himself, but he’s gain & lost weight and tinkered with adding/subtracting pitches, clearly someone is in his ear about doing some of these things.

I haven’t given up hope yet, if he figures it out he’s a #2-4 pretty easily

Bauer is a POS self-centered bitch and Syndergaard isn't. It's that simple.

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He basically said nobody has a combination of “control-plus” and “stuff-plus” that Urquidy has. When talking about his pitch repertoire, he stated that if you could build a pitcher in a lab, Urquidy is what you would come out with.

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Is there any question that Jeff luhnow was tGOAT?

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So Bregman is fat AND he is going to become a woman?

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Man, this is an Astros baseball thread. We're not here to talk about Fiers.

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Man, this is an Astros baseball thread. We're not here to talk about Fiers.

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Point taken.

I just want to see Yuri transition away from whatever he became in October last year. If that involves him losing a penis, then so be it. It is a sacrifice I am willing to make.

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I really think Yuli benefitted greatly to the juiced balls. I think MLB began changing them right before post-season began last season.

Yuli went from legit HR power, the the "Warning Track Power" that he was projected by many *experts* to have when he was first signed.

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I agree with all this, but that doesn't explain all the ground balls to short he hit in the playoffs

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I agree with all this, but that doesn't explain all the ground balls to short he hit in the playoffs

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He was trying to pull every pitch he saw because he wasn't getting the carry he was used to having... pitchers were giving him nothing pullable. End result, GB 6-3.

That's who Yuli always has been though. An extremely aggressive hitter who wants to ambush early fastballs and drive into the LCF gap.

I think, for whatever reason, he was tired in the playoffs and was pressing because he had been shite for all of September too. His barrel and hard hit %'s all line up with the previous years so there wasn't much drop there, he did strike out a percentage point more than usual. He feels like a clutch player so it was extremely disappointing to see him turning into Josh Reddick with RISP He also had a .235 BABIP which feels pretty unlucky.

Sorry in advance if this is all already known, but some of it was new info to me. Kinda understand a little better why the CBT is such a big deal. Seems to be less about the money and more about what you lose in draft assets and bonus pool money. Rosenthal article...

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Why the Astros won’t sign Bradley Jr.


The financial penalty for exceeding the luxury-tax threshold is not what is deterring the Astros from signing free-agent center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. The team is more concerned with the diminished draft-pick compensation it would receive if it went past $210 million and then made qualifying offers to Correa and possibly right-handers Justin Verlander and Zack Greinke at the end of the season.

The Astros’ current luxury-tax payroll, according to Fangraphs, is $201.3 million, leaving them room for potential additions at the deadline. Bradley is unlikely to accept a salary that would keep them under the threshold. And if they go over, any compensation pick would fall from after the second round to after the fourth round. In 2019, the dropoff would have been from No. 78 to No. 138.

Going over also would cost the Astros young talent if they signed a free agent with a qualifying offer – say, Corey Seager to replace Correa. The penalty then would be their second- and fifth-highest picks and a $1 million reduction in their international bonus pool, as opposed to only a second-rounder and $500,000 reduction if they stayed under. And remember, every pick is critical for a team that lost its first- and second-round selections in 2020 and ’21 as part of its penalty for the sign-stealing scandal.

Correa seems certain to merit the one-year qualifying offer, which likely will be in the $18 million to $19 million range. Verlander, who is expected to miss the entire season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, would be an interesting call entering his age 39 season, as would Greinke entering his age 38. Righty Lance McCullers, 27, would be unlikely to receive a QO unless he has a big season.

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