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[Official] Astros Offseason

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Castor27, Sep 29, 2025.

  1. Htown Legend

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    Dana talks a lot, doesn’t do a lot

    did we do this because Joey still has options and Sanchez is a moron?
     
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  3. mikol13

    mikol13 Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoosiers!
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    I’m happy to offload Sanchez. I expected too much when he first got here. He was mashing and then it all fell apart.

    Loperfido is a nice story but of course not a needle mover.
     
  4. CisBuds4U

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    We must’ve really wanted a lefty bat! Welcome back Joey
     
  5. ryan_98

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    and salary relief too
     
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    Whatever.
     
  7. Snake Diggit

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    Salary relief and adding an optional LH fringey OF with a tiny bit of upside. Not a great trade but not terrible. Let’s see what they do with the added money.
     
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  8. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard

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    We had Bo Porter.
     
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    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard

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    He will just use 3 PHs in a row in one game then go into extras with everyone trying to figure out if a reliever can be the Manfraud runner
     
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    They did it to clear $6.8 million from their payroll (more like six million if Loperfido makes the opening day roster). This gets them further away from the CBT.
     
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    Backup C upgrade incoming. Or Jaren Duran salary.
     
  12. Radricky

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    Great trade in my opinion.
    Gets rid of Sanchez and his salary, adds outfield depth, sets up another move.
     
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    I'm a bit confused, couldn't we have just nontendered Sanchez and saved the money.

    Hopefully, this is before a bigger mover.
     
  14. Major

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    Sure but why? They got a free player with upside instead. And they'd need another OF so they'd have had to pay for one in that case.
     
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  15. DVauthrin

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    Yes, they could have done that earlier this offseason. Instead, they accomplished the same thing while also getting a player who could help provide depth in the outfield.
     
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    We also had Baker
     
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    Dollars to donuts, Dana Brown really, really like Loperfido as a player.
     
  18. GOATuve

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    Maybe he hits this season. They obviously were done with Sanchez.
     
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    Man, I really don't want to trade Parades. I really don't. It's a side effect of Walker being ass and overly paid, nobody wants him so we have to trade the younger, better, more positionally versatile, cheaper player.

    An example of how a bad move can domino into other forced, bad moves.
     
  20. Snake Diggit

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    Yes but this trade proves Sanchez had surplus value. If they’d nontendered him they wouldn’t have gotten Loperfido. Not a huge difference but Loperfido is a decent bench player with some upside.
     
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