Feldman agrees with Astros, 3 years, $30 million

[Angrioter]

Source: Feldman agrees with #Astros, three years, $30 million, pending physical.

[Angrioter]

Fowler and Feldman?

[bzapple]

Too much news AHHHHHHHH

 

Seems solid. They could use an innings eater to take some pressure off their young pitchers.

[jaysblue]

Ew. Awful signing. If No. 5 starters are getting 3 year deals worth $10 million AAV, that is crazy.

[Chappy]

Ew. Awful signing. If No. 5 starters are getting 3 year deals worth $10 million AAV, that is crazy.

 

I'd rather have JA Happ at his AAV.

[Jays]

I'd rather have JA Happ at his AAV.

 

The Happ contract isn't bad after all. There's only one man that could have envisioned this.

[Chappy]

The Happ contract isn't bad after all. There's only one man that could have envisioned this.

 

The thing about AA is that he is very good with contracts. Getting guys to sign team friendly extensions, targeting players with cheap control and foreseeing the market down the line. He made a colossal mistake last winter and now he is hated, but I still think there is a very good GM within him (no he didn't eat another GM).

[Grant77]

This might end up being the worst sub-100 mil contract of the offseason. Ridiculous

[G-Snarls]

Ew. Awful signing. If No. 5 starters are getting 3 year deals worth $10 million AAV, that is crazy.

 

Somewhere, in a mediocre chain restaurant, Scott Feldman and Phil Hughes are grinning from ear to ear

[Chappy]

Somewhere, in a mediocre chain restaurant, Scott Feldman and Phil Hughes are grinning from ear to ear

 

It's astonishing. Why the f*** would they do this?

[G-Snarls]

It's astonishing. Why the f*** would they do this?

 

What, eat at TGI Fridays?? Cause they haven't gotten paid any of those big bucks yet

 

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(JK, I know that isn't what you were getting at. It's just Friday afternoon and a want a beer or five)

[G-Snarls]

Hughes 3 years 24M

 

Feldman 3 years 30M

 

Just WOW

 

#NiceTimeToBeAPitcher

[G-Snarls]

This inflation makes David Price, Clayton Kershaw and Felix Hernandez each worth about 60M per season

[Anemic0ffense]

Contracts like this make me hate baseball more and more...

[G-Snarls]

Fixed.

 

Yeah I could have gone on...

[G-Snarls]

Hey, Anthopoulos: This means that Stroman and Sanchez could provide incredible value at league minimum salary even if they only reach league average or 4th/5th starter caliber. Suggest you keep.

[KingKat]

Hey, Anthopoulos: This means that Stroman and Sanchez could provide incredible value at league minimum salary even if they only reach league average or 4th/5th starter caliber. Suggest you keep.

 

Or Stroman becomes a reliever and Sanchez busts alltogether and you miss out on whatever value they had because you didn't trade them now (i.e. Snider, Arencibia and others that were kepth until they lost the last shread of value).

[G-Snarls]

Or Stroman becomes a reliever and Sanchez busts alltogether and you miss out on whatever value they had because you didn't trade them now (i.e. Snider, Arencibia and others that were kepth until they lost the last shread of value).

 

Ouch

 

Yeah, that's true

[bzapple]

$10M AAV really isn't that much for a league average starter these days.

[Chappy]

$10M AAV really isn't that much for a league average starter these days.

 

I don't consider Feldman league average. If #5's are getting this much, I can't wait to see what happens when a true MLB proven ace hits the market with the way this trend is heading.

[Howard Roark]

Can anyone fathom why exactly they did this? I'm struggling to come up with a single logical possibility for them wanting a guy like this, at a price like this, at this point in their bottoming-out/accumulating young assets stage of rebuilding. Unless they turn around and flip him at the deadline for young/cheap/upside like they've done with everyone else on their roster above the age of 28. IF that's what they're going to do, I like it. Basically just buying prospects, if that's what they end up doing. For any other reason, this would be a horrible/nonsensical signing.

[GD]

Fixed.

 

You don't think Kershaw is in those guys' leagues?

[TheHurl]

He's just not flashy...overall the value is right (Surprised they had to give him 3 years), the guy is a ground ball machine. I'm just surprised that it was Houston that gave him the contract. Trying to build value and move him later is likely.

[connorp]

Can anyone fathom why exactly they did this? I'm struggling to come up with a single logical possibility for them wanting a guy like this, at a price like this, at this point in their bottoming-out/accumulating young assets stage of rebuilding. Unless they turn around and flip him at the deadline for young/cheap/upside like they've done with everyone else on their roster above the age of 28. IF that's what they're going to do, I like it. Basically just buying prospects, if that's what they end up doing. For any other reason, this would be a horrible/nonsensical signing.

 

Well.. one thing that we dont look into much as fans is the business side of things. I dont know much about the Astros' operations.. but there's so many things to consider in terms of tv deals, attendance, merchandising, etc.. they might be thinking they at least want to win a few more games. They could have seen a worrying trend from last season's debacle.. and rather than spend a ton of money when they arent ready to compete.. at least try to gain some wins.

 

I would definitely think that way as an owner.. you can think that and still be fiscally responsbile.. I mean.. the tv deal with mlb gives team an extra $25m.. plus Stros prob get a lot of rev sharing... there's no reason for a $25-$30m payroll.. its robbing the fans

[G-Snarls]

[G-Snarls]

15/2 would have been fine

[bzapple]

15/2 would have been fine

 

Gotta pay more when you're the worst team in baseball.

[Angrioter]

Gotta pay more when you're the worst team in baseball.

 

or you play in Canada or Seattle