FWIW, current state of the roster in my view. Assumes roster sizes will be set at 26 with max of 13 pitchers. Yellow are the players expected to be on the injured list to start the season, green are the players on the restricted list and blue are the players I expect to lose their 40-man roster spots as free agents get signed and space is needed.
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Read somewhere, Click said he is ākeeping his powder dryā because there is too much uncertainty with the market and 2021 schedule. doesnāt want to rush into anything. Expects free agent signings to pick up as the season nears.
Be also said that both Springer and Brantley are still in play.
" we are engaged on a number of fronts, those guys included. And so we will continue to put our best foot forward there and see if we can keep the team together."
Sounds to me like nothing else is going to happen until at least one of them gets signed.
Due to lack of roster space and expected salary Click is saving his bullets for them.
I just hope that if the Astros donāt sign them, there are quality free agents left on the board.
But if Click can sign either of them, much less both, he becomes an instant Houston hero.
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The lack of position player depth on the 40 man roster is glaring. We could use a JD Davis, Teoscar Hernandez, Kiki Hernandez infusion. Sadly, MLB decided we needed to be gutted for a decade for playing to the same rules that every other top team in the league played within.
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First NRI (aside from Colin Barber) of 2021. No MLB experience. I wouldnāt think he has a great shot at making opening day roster but will provide outfield depth at AAA (although the 25 year old enters 2021 with only 30 games of experience at that level). Currently hitting .282/.352/.427 for Gigantes Del Cibao in LIDOM play and that .779 OPS ranks 5th in the league. Toolsy guy who brings speed and defense. Minor league free agent.
I have no idea who Deesha Thosar of the NYDN is but she is reporting that Mets and Blue Jays are the final two bidders on Georgeā¦
I think thatās been the conventional wisdom for a week or two.
Feinsand keeps whistling the same tuneā¦
https://twitter.com/Feinsand/status/1346189771551473666
The heaping helping of baggage that comes with Puig also includes this btwā¦
Donāt want Puig. He is a punk.
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I do, heās a crazy ass Latino, right up my alley.
Bat licking probably violates COVID protocols
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Puig has the skills to be an improvement over Reddick on the field and at the plate. However, Puig is such an attention seeker that Iām somewhat dubious if his style of put on goofiness is as conducive to a good team chemistry as was Reddickās organic goofiness. I really think we need a calming veteran presence somewhere in the outfield. It seems as if Springer is too much to hope for at this point but Iām trying real hard to be optimistic and will be until the bitter end when the cold hard reality slaps me in the face.
I donāt think itās anything close to put on goofiness; I think heās crazy as fuck.
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Ken Rosenthal has the power to overrule any contract and send him to Houston when he reports the signing
His mom had him tested. Heās actually not crazy.
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Former Ray and Marlin, high strikeout, high walk guy
Exactly what my liver needs.
A 1 yr deal for $1.1MM per reporting from various sources.
I really hope the team can work out a long term deal with Carlos Correa.
I realize he has been injury prone but think he has grown physically and mentally and that is behind him.
I see an MVP trophy is his future in the next 5 years.
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