That didn’t age very well for the Sea Hags.
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The icing on the cake is that AJ Hinch is who the White Sox baseball people wanted to hire, but were overruled by Reinsdorf in favor of the then decrepit Tank Commander. And the game was called by Jason Benetti for Tigers TV who had been fired by the White Sox last season after the front office felt he was too critical.
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Yes!
There’s a great article somewhere online about how the entire shitshow of the Sox got to this point.
Hinch is involved, as a “shoulda coulda hired that guy”
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Twins are in the process of eliminating themselves against the Orioles
Edit: down 7, bot 8
3 straight hits plate 2 for the Twins with no outs in the 9th. 7-2
Twins are eliminated
We know who the AL teams are, just have to see who is 5 and who is 6 between the Royals and Tigers
In the NL
Braves beat the Royals
Dbacks trail 5-2 vs the Padres in the 5th
Mets trail 7-3 to the Brewers in the 8th
Mets lose to the Brewers
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I watched the Correa “sprint” on that play. That epitomizes what I think of him after he left here. He threw his team under the bus. Peña would have been safe by 10 feet.
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I guess it wasn’t Showrea’s time.
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Certainly not his time to hustle.
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Correa still has never hit 30 HR.
His career high in rbi was 96 back in 2016.
He’s currently sits at 14 HR and 54 rbi on the season.
‘But he’s only played in 86 games.’
Exactly.
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I certainly always expected him to eventually have a season where he hits .300, 40 HR 40 2B 110 R 125 RBI. He just never got there.
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The front office definitely made the right call on both Springer and Correa.
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Along similar lines, there’s not a Jeremy Peña in the organization behind Bregman, but if he’s going to perform like “a guy”, then replace him with a guy.
Bregman has 4.1 WAR this year, 3rd among all 3b.
He’s not “a guy”. He’s frustrating, he’s miscast as a run producer, but he’s damn good.
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I think he’s good too, particularly in the field. But he was abysmal at the beginning, great in the middle, and terrible at the end of this season.
Bregman is never going to be an MVP-caliber hitter again, but the Astros do not have a Jeremy Peña waiting in the wings like they did with the Correa situation. Desenzo nor Whitcomb are suitable replacements. Does that mean the Astros should give Bregman $300 million over 10 years? No.
But, ultimately I think Bregman is going to get a comparable deal to the extension Matt Chapman signed with San Francisco this season. It’s either pay Bregman or the Astros front office will have to significantly upgrade the production they get from 1B or CF this offseason.
Also, when the best player in franchise history goes on public record declaring he wants Bregman to stay, that should carry significant weight as to how valuable Bregman is to the team.
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Well stated argument.
The main question I have is which Bregman are you going to get for 162 games a year moving forward?
And players make terrible GMs. As do we fans. How many of us typed ‘Pay the man’ during Correa’s last season? I know I did many times.
Anyway I know this has been hashed out many times this season. I don’t dislike AB or think he’s terrible. If he signs here and it doesn’t hamper their ability to plug other holes, fine with me. But my expectations for him are fairly low.
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I think the Bregman the Astros got this year is in line with what I expect moving forward. He could have a slight offensive uptick a season here or there if he gets in a groove at the plate. Alex Bregman is an all-star caliber third baseman, not an MVP one.
Also, I’m not arguing the Astros should sign him simply because Altuve said so. My main point is how do the Astros continue to keep the contention window open when they lose another piece of the core? You can rinse and repeat that question with Tucker next year. I understand everyone here, myself included, wants them to pay Tucker, but for that to happen, Crane will have to give a longer contract and money than he has proven to have the stomach for during his tenure as owner. If the Astros had a good farm system, you could simply replace Bregman and Tucker with good prospects and use the savings elsewhere, but their current system is one of the weaker farm systems in baseball. That makes an internal replacement not really a viable option, and it will be tough to acquire a really good 3B via trade.
Plus, the Astros already have a thin lineup and need an offensive upgrade at 1B. Losing Bregman means they now would need significant offensive upgrades at both 3B and 1B unless Crane’s intent is to slam the contention window shut and rebuild. Would you rather pay Bregman or give Pete Alonso a similar contract, for example?
Finally, Bregman made $28.5 million this season. Paying him a similar annual salary or even slightly below isn’t going to raise payroll.
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