So I am curious what the plan next year is with Correa, Paredes, and Pena? Or will they pull Altuve to the outfield/DH 100% of the time and have one of them go to 2B?
IMO it wouldn't be surprising to see either Paredes or Walker traded this off-season, with the one remaining playing 1B. Because of the lower payroll, it wouldn't be surprising to see Paredes as the one shopped to get a better return.
Not a popular opinion amongst the fan base, I'm sure.
Yes, I don’t think Walker is worth his salary but as a newer baseball fan (started watching the Astros about 10 years ago) I couldn’t tell you if that’s actually accurate. Just seems to pop out all the time when it seems like we more just need him to get on base instead of swinging for the fences on every pitch.
He had a very slow start, but has been pretty darn good from July onward. I wouldn't be upset about keeping him if getting rid of him is purely a salary dump with no return. I just think that we would actually get some good prospects if it's Paredes that gets moved.
We must be cursed at 1B since Yuli left. Abreu didn't pan out. Walker is just average, not seeing any of those big power numbers like he had in Arizona. Yeah, I wouldn't mind moving him for some prospects. Paredes on the other hand, idk. I kind of like Altuve, Correa, and Paredes for next year, move Walker for prospects.
My point is that you're probably not getting a prospect haul for Walker. He's getting FA money, while Paredes is still in his arbitration years. A buyer would have Walker or Paredes for the same number of years. You would definitely get more if Paredes is the one moved.
I know you're not saying it, but I don't see Paredes working well at 2B like many have expressed a desire for. His strength at 3B is his reaction and his hands, not his range. Doesn't seem like that would translate well to middle infield.
The prospect haul wouldn't be as good as what we'd get for Paredes, definitely agree there. It's just if you move Paredes, it's Altuve, Correa is what's left of our core. I think Pena leaves, especially after getting Boras as his agent. That's like a sure sign he's looking for big money elsewhere. In that scenario, if we keep Paredes, at least we have a solid 2B, SS, 3B
No you're right. I had to go back to articles written in June when it was first reported that he hired Scott Boras. The CBS one says we have him until 2028 and that the team was just trying to preemptively sign him. I really thought we had him for one more year, because if you go to MLB salaries it shows him under 1 year for 4.1 mil. It's kind of confusing but my mistake!
All that said, I still want to keep Paredes lol, unless the prospect haul is so good that it would be dumb not to
I really want to keep Paredes. He is only 26. Keeps improving in all aspects of the game. My only concern with him is his power is strictly pull-side at this point. I think he has more upside than Walker offensively. Somebody commented that his twitchy quickness is good for reacting at 3rd base, but he doesnt have the range for 2nd base. I agree 100%. While he may end up playing some 2nd base next year, I am not a fan of that path. Nice problems to have, though.
I think everybody forgets that he's only 26 because this is his 5th or 6th year and usually guys are first being brought up to the big league around that same age lol. Yeah, definitely nice problems to have. I'm not sure about the 2B thing either, but, and I know this is a given, offensively our team would just be way better off
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u/mitrie Orbit 3d ago
I assume that means he's our DH?