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The latest news and rumors for the Astros and from around the league: it’s all in here. Today’s off-season edition of The Crawfish Boil:
- Some highlights from the Baseball Tonight podcast with Buster Olney and friends:
- Paul Skenes sending a message through the media to Pirates ownership to spend more money and be more proactive in making the team better
- The Mets never made an actual offer to Pete Alonso.
- The Mets refused to go more than 3 years for either Edwin Diaz or Pete Alonso.
- Is Bo Bichette’s best fit the Yankees?
- Mets could be very active in trade market
- Could there be a clash coming between Mets GM David Stearns and Mets owner Steve Cohen? (Cohen gave Juan Soto a 15 year deal last season)
- Alex Bregman’s market may not be as robust as previously thought – fewer teams are willing to spend big money this offseason
- Red Sox thought they were going to land Pete Alonso but wouldn’t go past 4 years. Pivot back to Bregman?
- Could Bregman wind up with another short term type deal like last year?
- Red Sox looking for 2 impact bats?
- Ketel Marte deal seems imminent – DBacks looking for SP help. Royals a fit?
- Is Kyle Tucker’s best bet for next team is Toronto?
- Yankees to be active in trade market?
You can get the whole podcast here:
- Highlights from Chandler Rome’s latest on 7 things learned about the Astros at the Winter Meetings:
- How tenuous are the jobs of Manager Joe Espada and GM Dana Brown? Neither has a contract past this season, no negotiations are known and Brown may not have the final call on Espada’s future since his own future is in question.
- Brown said he has no intention of trading Jeremy Pena, who has 2 years of team control remaining.
- Astros do not believe Cesar Salazar is a good enough hitter to serve as a regular backup at MLB level.
- Team would like to bring back Victor Caratini, but there are teams interested in him as a starter and likely to offer more money.
- Espada doesn’t want either Hader or Abreu to pitch more than one inning.
- Espada wants to use Spring Training to see what young relievers are ready to step up and handle leverage roles.
- Brown said the Astros had a lot of conversations addressing “return to play” procedures, but would not address them publicly. The team did not renew the contract of long-time head athletic trainer Jeremiah Randall.
- Recently signed SP Ryan Weiss will compete for a spot “in the back-end” of the rotation according to Brown, as well A.J. Blubaugh and Nate Pearson.
- Brown said SP Lance McCullers Jr. is “locked in” heading into the final season of his contract and said he is “excited about seeing him in Spring Training”. Brown feels McCullers is motivated to prove he can still be a quality major league pitcher.
You can read the whole story here:
- With the Blue Jays becoming a destination team following a run to a World Series appearance, the team is keeping it’s leader in place:
- Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports that the Mets checked in on White Sox CF Luis Robert, but the hold up on the deal is money. Mets want White Sox to offset some of Robert’s salary and Jerry Reinsdorf refuses to give Steve Cohen money.
- The Royals have given All-Star 3B Maikel Garcia a new 5-year extension.
- Christopher Morel has signed with the Marlins per Mike Rodriguez:
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