Yes. What had me excited about Varsho was that he was a legit CF. That would have allowed the team to have more patience with Brantley IMO. Now you have to really gamble on Brantley’s health and risk missing out on say Benintendi…or you sign Benintendi now, but then that probably spells the end of the line for Brantley in Houston. Tough deal.
Arizona is not yet ready to compete, not by a long shot. Strom knows many of the players in our system I’m guessing. I’m hoping they’ve aimed high with us to start and will shop there outfielders elsewhere only to ultimately come back to the Astros and settle on players that Strom can tell them will be high percentage shots to pan out.
I’m assuming that similar to Brantley they are waiting on Yuli’s medical situation to get sorted out. Clearly not as bad as Bradley but if he had a sprained MCL as some reported then that’s typically a 4 to 6 week timetable before he could start back on baseball activities.
I’ve never bought into the Varsho trade talk. I have no doubt they have checked in on him, but the ask for a power hitting outfielder with that many years of control I always felt was going to be way too costly. The Snakes shouldn’t trade him for anything less than one of Brown or Javier and other players. That’s too steep if you ask me. Pitching is too valuable and while they will cost your more dollars, there are still free agent outfield options available.
I actually think that’s a pretty good place for him. Thirteen years is a ridiculously long contract, but he could shine in SF and if he stays healthy over the long run (a big “if”), the contract could see him to the almost inevitable transition to third base in eight to ten years.
I’m happy for him, I hope he gives the Dodgers nothing but hell.
The trend appears to be years and years and years, and I don’t think Crane wants any part of it. No, Correa wasn’t an Astros target, but they appear to be losing to teams who are willing to give more years. And now this happened.
When you adjust the 13 year deal for inflation, that is really closer to what 25 million a year looked like last year, proving it wasn’t about the yearly total as much as the total of the contact.