Iām not sure I agree but maybe Iām missing something. The club option guarantees Paredes a salary of a little more than 13 million next season and the only way that doesnāt happen is if they decide not to offer him a contract at all. So if the Astros spread playing time around a little bit and he ends up getting 60 to 75 at bats less than he normally would, he doesnāt have to worry about it hurting his value next year bc itās locked in. Unless of course he just plays terrible or has an another catastrophic injury. Under that scenario, the Astros might not offer him a contract, but I would say that scenario is also very unlikely. Knock on wood, of course
Thats where we arenāt connecting.
My understanding is that they can decline the option and still offer arbitration because he is not eligible for FA until after 2027.
Valdez to the Tigers. Three years for $115M.
Thatās a lot of damn money for him. No way Iād have paid that. Includes a $20M signing bonus.
Agree thatās a lot of money for him. Thatās a lot of innings the Astros will have to replace.
That deal screams āAJ vouched for himā
Framber had 13 career starts and a 4.60 ERA when Hinch was fired.
I was thinking 3 yrs $90 M with opt outs would be good and max I would consider.
I mean personally. As in, āI can make sure heās not attacking his catcher again.ā
Lol
The Astros will have a real draft pool this year! Huzzah!
I hope nothing but the best for Valdez and Detroit. Except when they play the Astros. But holy hell IMO the Tiger went overboard on that commitment.
Amen and absolution. Even if the compensation pick is after the fourth round, itās still an additional pick (and one the Astros desperately need).
THEY HAD TO OUTBID THE PIRATES!!!11!!!
The Pirates have taken their seat in the cuck chair and signed Jose Urquidy.
[aw shit, cabreraād.]
Anyway, in non-cabreraād news, Tarik Skubal won his arbitration case and will make $32M.
The Tigers really fucked up coming in at $19M. Price made that like 12 years ago. If they had set thereās at like 22M or 23M then maybe they would have argued below the midpoint, but at 19M they really had no shot
If I were the arbiter of that one, Iādve given him 40 and told the Tigers to suck it.
The only way the Tigers were winning that one was to show up with pictures of Skubal fucking the arbitratorās wife
I agree but most FAgent deals look crazy when they are signed. Then you fast forward 3-4 years and those deals look reasonable to the new ones that are signed. For instance, Freddie Freeman is making $27M per in the deal he signed 3-1/2 years ago. That was a lot of money to hand a large, 32 year old first baseman. Looks pretty good about right now.
That was the case as long as new TV deals kept growing. Those days are over (with the possible exception of LA, NY, and Boston). I expect MLB to work hard to get all of those rights under their roof, which ought to lead to some interesting fights.