Reddick to the Astros

[David]

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[David]

I expect this to be a good signing, but I also thought Heyward would be a beast in 2016. Reddick's quality

 

I think so too.

[Tryptamine]

Color me confused unless another trade is coming. The Astros now have Gurriell at 3B, which means the OF now consists of Bregman,Springer and Reddick. Who is playing CF in this scenario?

[Gilby]

Why wouldn't Guerriell play 1B with Bregman at 3rd? Pretty sure that's what they're doing, no? McCann and Gattis can split between C and DH.

[Tryptamine]

Why wouldn't Guerriell play 1B with Bregman at 3rd? Pretty sure that's what they're doing, no? McCann and Gattis can split between C and DH.

 

You think they're giving up on AJ Reed already?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Why wouldn't Guerriell play 1B with Bregman at 3rd? Pretty sure that's what they're doing, no? McCann and Gattis can split between C and DH.

 

You think they're giving up on AJ Reed already?

 

Well Reed had a .530 OPS with a 34% K rate in his MLB time this year, so I think a team planning on competing probably wants to have a contingency if he ends up being a AAAA slugger(Gurriel is no sure thing himself either). This year's Cubs clearly illustrate that too many players for spots is pretty much a myth, so as long as they aren't doing anything silly like putting Bregman at 1B, they're probably fine.

[Gilby]

Why wouldn't Guerriell play 1B with Bregman at 3rd? Pretty sure that's what they're doing, no? McCann and Gattis can split between C and DH.

 

You think they're giving up on AJ Reed already?

 

Or he'll share time with Gurriel if he starts to hit, IDK. I do know Hinch is in love with Bregman at 3B, or at least that's what the ESPN telecast said when we played them late in the year.

[Tryptamine]

This contract has to mean Dexter's price just rose substantially,right? After seeing Reddick get his deal I wouldn't be at all surprised to see 5/75 for Dex.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

This contract has to mean Dexter's price just rose substantially,right? After seeing Reddick get his deal I wouldn't be at all surprised to see 5/75 for Dex.

 

Contract crowdsourcing had 4/49 as Reddick's average and 4/56 as the median, compared to 4/62 and 4/64 respectively for Fowler. Maybe it ups the total a couple million, but I don't think this is much of a departure from expectations.

[Tim]

Well, I doubt they'll be interested in Soler anymore. Was hoping Reddick would go elsewhere.

[SRQCub]

Bregman isn't going to the OF in Houston. Sounds like they want to move Correia to 3B and put Bregman back at SS.

 

They have such a logjam of young talent all over the place. I really don't understand why they went out and picked up Gurriel when they did.

[Gmoney08]

Bregman isn't going to the OF in Houston. Sounds like they want to move Correia to 3B and put Bregman back at SS.

 

They have such a logjam of young talent all over the place. I really don't understand why they went out and picked up Gurriel when they did.

 

Adding young talent is rarely a bad thing.

 

People used to be confused why we traded Shark for another..... SS.

[davell]

Bregman isn't going to the OF in Houston. Sounds like they want to move Correia to 3B and put Bregman back at SS.

 

They have such a logjam of young talent all over the place. I really don't understand why they went out and picked up Gurriel when they did.

 

Adding young talent is rarely a bad thing.

 

People used to be confused why we traded Shark for another..... SS.

 

They signed the 32 year old Gurriel. He may wind up being decent, but he's not young talent.

[SRQCub]

Bregman isn't going to the OF in Houston. Sounds like they want to move Correia to 3B and put Bregman back at SS.

 

They have such a logjam of young talent all over the place. I really don't understand why they went out and picked up Gurriel when they did.

 

Adding young talent is rarely a bad thing.

 

People used to be confused why we traded Shark for another..... SS.

 

They signed the 32 year old Gurriel. He may wind up being decent, but he's not young talent.

 

I wasn't calling him young. I was merely pointing out that I wasn't sure why they added him when they had so much young talent on the roster. Having DFA'd Singleton today, maybe that answers the question, partially.