2025-2026 offseason thread

Enscheff said:
I’m going to assume AA had an offer on the table for more years, less per year, and no opt outs.

The Astros are either getting a legit SP for 1 year, or a terrible pitcher for 3 years. The silver lining for them is the absolute downside of $54M can’t be disastrous.

Those $150M+ projections were waaaay off base.
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Framber is likely leaving and this guy is at least a one-year bridge so at that level it makes sense for the Astros.
 
The stros are gambling that they are getting an elite pitcher at18+ million this year with the opportunity to negotiate with him the entire year to work an extension out. If they can't then they got that one year at a discount. The gamble is if he sucks you are stuck with him... but so was any team that signed him to 3 years guaranteed.

no one is disagreeing that player options suck for the team.. but they did get the Astro's at least one good season of elite pitching.. the Braves got nothing.
 
I wouldn’t say this is a bad deal the Astros. There’s significant upside for a year and the downside isn’t that significant. What’re the chances the guy can’t pitch in the majors in any capacity? That seems very low, and is really the only way it’s ends up a bad deal.
 
Super said:
It’s wild Yamamoto got 12/$325 and Imai had to settle for this kind of deal. Yamamoto was clearly a better prospect, but still.
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Totally different stratosphere, honestly. The Mets offered Yama even more money. He was as close to a sure thing as you'd expect out of Japan.
 
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