I think Framber Signs with the Orioles in the next week or two
Iām with you. Teams have not been treating the draft penalties the way they did during Keuchelās free agency. Ranger Suarez got $130M; Framber will get a good offer and heāll take it. The draft pick just isnāt that much of a difference maker for teams looking at him.
The guy is a 2-time All-Star who will give you 180-200 innings with a 3.25 or so ERA. And heās left-handed. Thatās a valuable commodity. Iām pretty sure teams are playing chicken with his representation over his head case reputation, but February is approaching, and one of these teams will crack and make an acceptable offer. Pitching is too valuable to screw around when a good option is out there.
But Iām glad heāll be somebody elseās head case.
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The Astros have done pretty well in the last decade at getting the best years out of their players before they move on.
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While reading about the Peralta trade, I learned that the Brewers top prospect is named Jesus Made
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Thatās as good as Angel Pagan.
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What is the floor at which Framber becomes an Astros target?
1 year, $10M?
2 years, $12.5M per year?
3 years $12M per year?
This is just a āwhat ifā game.
3/$90M with opt outs
I think Crane is serious about not exceeding the threshold. How much headroom do we have there? That would seem to be all we could pay him (less some amount for bonus contingencies (e.g., innings pitched, number of ABs) for everybody).
If no Walker trade and Paredes still on the roster, about $2M give or take
Max Headroom
I believe his qualifying offer was around $22mm. I canāt see Framber taking any less than that.
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If there is one organization that can āfixā Framber. And he needs fixedā¦ itās the Astros.
I can see this two different ways. He can choose to repair his shit along side a proven pitching machine and maybe it works out and (imho) it doesnāt work out. Heās been in the system and he hasnāt reached his potential.
I donāt think heās going to suddenly start figuring it out in Houston.
He might reach that potential somewhere else and I wouldnāt be terribly surprised. I also donāt think that will happen.
Itās his choice. But if I were him, Iād take the most amount of money possible. Because this is likely the last lucrative contact heāll get.
Fuck Framber. Motherfucker threw at his own catcher in anger for his own dumbassery. Remember when we were talking about a clubhouse uprising if they traded Framber mid-season? Well, I imagine thereād be one if they brought him back. Let that guy go and be a headcase for the Reds.
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Hard to imagine Framber listening to the Astros on how to āfixā him at this point. I suspect he thinks all of his problems are the clubsā fault.
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He gone, people.
He gone.
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And good riddance.
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In the latest notes from The Athletic, they report that the Astros were in on Freddy Peralta before pivoting to Meadows.
Iām not sure what the Astros could have offered, given Peraltaās track record and his team control.
The Mets gave up two top-100 prospects, the Astros werenāt topping that.