The Crawfish Boxes

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Honestly, I’d be surprised if Alex Bregman would re-sign with the Astros simply due to the financials. As long as Jim Crane owned the franchise, he avoided handing out the type of contracts it would likely take to retain Bregman’s services. The club’s recent big contracts from last offseason — extension and free agency — for Jose Altuve … [Read more...] about What If The Astros Don’t Re-Sign Alex Bregman

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images One possible deal to get the ball rolling In my last HOF index piece I looked at some possible deals that the Astros could make this offseason. In particular I looked at Alex Bregman and whether the team should re-sign him. In that vain, I am going to lay some possible alternatives that they could take to build a team that can compete for a … [Read more...] about Astros Offseason Plan A

Thomas Shea-Imagn Images Who is getting paid and who isn’t? In the previous article I wrote, I talked about how in 2024, the Houston Astros ended the year with the 3rd highest payroll in baseball while having more buried money than any other team and retaining less than 10% for 2025. I talked about where money is going this offseason for sure and who is coming back, … [Read more...] about Where should the money go this offseason?

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Good morning and welcome to the Weekend Boil. Just a normal Friday. Nothing special about it. Last year and next year, of course, but not this one. Nothing special happening in the world of baseball today. Houston Astros News Astros Inbox: Bregman’s status, rotation plans and more Ex-Astros player calls … [Read more...] about Astros Crawfish Boil: October 25, 2024

Trey Cabbage | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Of the 55 players to suit up for the Astros in 2024, Trey Cabbage was the 33rd most positive in terms of impact. This offseason, I’ve been reviewing each of the players to appear in a game for Houston in 2024. Instead of using bWAR or fWAR again, I decided to use OPS+ and ERA+, multiplied by PA or BF (respectively). In … [Read more...] about Trey Cabbage, the 33rd-most positively impactful Astro of 2024