He should be available soon but they really don't need him now
Travis and Tulo are locked in, and Barney seems like the best overall utility infielder.
We need mostly OF backup at the moment
He does seem like the kind of guy who would take a 1 year deal hoping to have a good year and cash in after that, rather than accept a mediocre 3 year deal now. Even though the latter MIGHT be smarter financially.
Hmmmm, this made me look them up to compare
Miller has better K and BB rates
What is Britton doing to keep his ERA and FIP so low??? Because both are lower than Miller's
I like him too
I want him back on a 1 year deal badly. I just don't want the team to give him a stupid loyalty type contract. And I'm confident that Shapiro and Atkins won't.
How many Cy Youngs did Mariano Rivera win?
Edit: I am not REMOTELY suggesting Britton is in the same echelon
Edit: Zero. Rivera was top 5 in 5 seasons but never won. (had to look it up)
Bettances FIP 1.25 is amazing
I didn't realize how much Bettances and Britton are on opposite sides of the ERA/FIP scale.
Though I suspect writers have a hard time ignoring Britton's 0.57 ERA and the saves, as you note...
It's hard to decide who the best starter is this year
It's easy to decide who the best RP/closer is and it's by a huge margin
It may actually come to that with the starters splitting the vote too much for any of them to win it
I don't imagine the Astros really wanted a 1.3 WAR season (what he's on pace for) out of Colby for 16 million dollars. That's 23% of their entire payroll this year.
Edit: Oh, and no draft pick. Cause there's no way they roll the dice on him again.
Sure is
Until recently it didn't seem to matter. They just seemed to keep winning no matter what.
But they finally sem to be faltering, and hopefully continue to do so.