They could be upset at the way the Astros handled the “cheating” scandal.
This is remarkably accurate.
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Everything I have read over the years is that the Astros have attempted on more than one occasion to sign him long term, but with no interest by Correa camp.
Who are Lawford and Bishop?
Really??? Yuli is Lawford, Bregman is Bishop…
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Counting from the 2015 playoff berth, 2021 will be year seven of the current run. The Astros are grappling with the same time constraint every team, except the Yankees, must face. You can assemble an amazing amount of talent when most or all of your best players are still under club control. Once they start hitting free agency, it unravels.
Of course this is obvious, but MLB and sportswriters still seem not to understand it. I keep seeing articles asking how to deal with so-called tanking. It is as if they do not grasp the fundamentals of economic incentives. You will never be able to address this problem in baseball’s current dysfunctional salary system. The price signals are grossly distorted by seniority.
As long as there is a regime under which a team can collect a core of players who have less than six years of service time, and pay them half or a third of what they would make as free agents, there is no stopping teams from doing that. There is literally a difference of hundreds of millions of dollars constructing a team that way. Some really bad seasons is a small price to pay.
I realize a lot of people would find it ridiculous to propose shortening the time to free agency as a solution. They would say it makes it all the easier for the Yankees to pick off talent from other clubs. But having free agency with less service time would have something of a leveling effect on salaries. Many younger players would become pricier, but many older players would become cheaper.
This would not eliminate so-called tanking entirely, but it would lessen the incentives for it, which are almost impossible to ignore in the present circumstances.
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I agree that Correa seems to be one of the main leaders on the team. Obviously he was a huge part of the World Series win and the deep playoff runs. I also liked how he stepped up and took up for his teammates when the media was giving the team so much crap for the sign stealing mess. Springer just seemed to be a guy who would come in and get a rally started in the playoffs. It’s just sad to see him go and will be tough watching him play for another team.
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It would be easier to implement a floating (tied to revenue) salary cap and floor.
Neither of our proposals will happen in our lifetimes.
Who is Rickles?
Brandon Taubman?
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Perfect!
What is with James? I remember the injuries late season, but did he have major surgery?
Yes. Hip surgery.
I haven’t seen any recent updates regarding how he’s recuperating but the initial recovery time when James had the surgery back in late October was reported as between 6 and 8 months. If it’s the latter, that would be late June as far as a possible return date. In which case he would be a candidate for the 60 day IL along with Verlander.
More important, who is Shirley McLaine?
Current snapshot where the Astros stand relative to other teams regards CBT payroll:
Source: Spotrac
This after finishing 2nd to the Yankees in CBT payroll in 2020.
Now things are getting done.
I think Castro is the perfect compliment to Maldonado and now there won’t be a chasm behind the plate if something happens to keep him out of the lineup.
Now let’s hope we can make a trade or two rather than just losing more players to waiver claims.
I see Castro as a huge improvement over Garneau
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