Thomas Shea-Imagn Images Who should be paid and who shouldn’t? How much are we going to have to pay? With the season ended at the hands of the Detroit Tigers, it is now time to start looking ahead to the 2025 season. There is a long list of players who are going to be gone come next season and it is time for the team to start figuring out what they are going to do about … [Read more...] about Where is and where should the money go this offseason?
Astros Crawfish Boil: October 15, 2024
Spencer Arrighetti | Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Welcome to the Tuesday Boil. Welcome to the Tuesday Boil! Houston Astros News Astros part ways with third-base coach Pettis after 10 seasons How Astros offseason pitching solutions could involve getting creative in the trade market (SportsMap Houston) Alex Bregman thanks Astros fans in … [Read more...] about Astros Crawfish Boil: October 15, 2024
An Offseason Payroll Primer
Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images It really hinges on what happens with Alex Bregman. For the first time in club history, the Astros will pay a CB tax of around $4.5 million this offseason for spending over the initial two thresholds of $237 million and $257 million in 2024. The first time, you may wonder? Didn’t Houston also exceed the first threshold … [Read more...] about An Offseason Payroll Primer
Astros Crawfish Boil: October 14, 2024
Jose Altuve | Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Welcome to the Indigenous People Day (née Columbus Day) Boil. Dodgers, Yankees, Mets & Guardians The only non-top-two seed remaining is the New York Mets, a sixth-seed who have taken out (in order), the fifth-seed (to get into the playoffs), the third-seed, (used three games to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers in the … [Read more...] about Astros Crawfish Boil: October 14, 2024
César Salazar, the 37th-most positively impactful Astro of 2024
César Salazar | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Of the 55 players to appear for Houston in 2024, three were catchers. César Salazar appeared in a dozen games for the Houston Astros in 2024. Despite this exceedingly small sample size, Salazar managed to rank 37th (in positive impact) out of Houston’s 55 players to appear with the team through the season. Salazar is … [Read more...] about César Salazar, the 37th-most positively impactful Astro of 2024