Dream 2023 Astros Opening Day Roster

My Dream 2023 Houston Astros Opening Day Roster

Starting Rotation:

Ace: Framber Valdez LHP

SP2: Lance McCullers Jr. RHP

SP3: Cristian Javier RHP

SP4: Luis García RHP

SP5: Hunter Brown RHP

Bullpen:

Long RP: José Urquidy RHP

MRP1: Héctor Neris RHP

MRP2: Ryne Stanek RHP

MRP3: Andrew Chafin LHP

MRP4: Seth Martinez RHP

SU1: Rafael Montero RHP

SU2: Bryan Abreu RHP

CL: Ryan Pressly RHP

Starting Lineup:

Jose Altuve 2B R/R

Jeremy Peña SS R/R

Yordan Álvarez LF/DH L/R

Alex Bregman 3B R/R

Kyle Tucker RF L/R

Yuli Gurriel 1B R/R

Michael Brantley DH/LF L/L

Chas McCormick CF R/L

Martín Maldonado C R/R

Bench:

C: Korey Lee R/R

INF Utility: David Hensley R/R

INF/OF Utility: Pedro Leon R/R

OF: Jake Meyers R/L

Moves:

1. Let Justin Verlander walk (we have 6 viable starters and need to fill 1B/OF)

2. Non-Tender Phil Maton and let him walk (I always enjoyed Maton because he threw High spin breaking balls but with my scenario we don’t really need him at a $4Mish cost)

3. Trade Mauricio Dubon for Minor Leaguers (Farm System Boost and clears a spot on the 40-Man to call up Pedro Leon in Dubon’s place)

4. Resign Yuli Gurriel to a 2 Year $20M

5. Resign Rafael Montero to a 3 Year $30M Deal (Already did this but for $34.5M over 3 years)

6. Resign Michael Brantley to a 2 Year $25M

7. Sign Andrew Chafin to a 2 Year $20M

8. Extend Kyle Tucker on a Yordanesque deal where his contract is backloaded

Total Spent on FA for 2023: $44,000,000

What my Dream Scenario looks like for the Astros 2023 Payroll:

Contracted Players:

Alex Bregman $30,166,666

Jose Altuve $29,000,000

Lance McCullers Jr. $15,833,333

Ryan Pressly $14,000,000

Michael Brantley $12,500,000

Rafael Montero $11,500,000

Yuli Gurriel $10,000,000

Andrew Chafin $10,000,000

Hector Neris $8,000,000

Yordan Álvarez $7,833,333

Kyle Tucker $7,000,000 (after extension)

Martín Maldonado $4,000,000

Arbitration Players (spotrac Estimated):

Framber Valdez (ARB2) $8,795,042

Ryne Stanek (ARB3) $4,065,644

Jose Urquidy (ARB1) $3,687,756

Cristian Javier (ARB1) $3,113,231

Blake Taylor (ARB1) $900,000

Team Control Payroll:

$30,000,000 (23 Guys needed to fill out the 40-Man Roster and easily an over-projection of this cost)

Deferred Payroll:

Zack Greinke $12,500,000

Buried Payroll:

Pedro Báez $2,000,000

Will Smith $1,000,000

Trey Mancini $250,000

Contracted: $159,833,332

Arbitration: $20,561,673

Team Control: $30,000,000

Deferred Payroll: $12,500,000

Buried Payroll: $3,250,000

Total 2023 Payroll: $226,145,005

CBT Threshold: $233,000,000

2023 40-Man in Dream Scenario Pitchers:

Bryan Abreu

Brandon Bielak

Ronel Blanco

Hunter Brown

Andrew Chafin*

Shawn Dubin

J.P. France**

Luis Garcia

Josh James

Cristian Javier

Seth Martinez

Lance McCullers Jr.

Rafael Montero*

Jayden Murray**

Parker Mushinski

Hector Neris

Enoli Paredes

Ryan Pressly

Ryne Stanek

Blake Taylor

Jose Urquidy

Framber Valdez

Forrest Whitley

Catchers:

Yainer Díaz

Korey Lee

Martin Maldonado

INFs:

Jose Altuve

Alex Bregman

Yuli Gurriel*

David Hensley

J.J. Matijevic

Joe Perez

Jeremy Peña

OFs:

Michael Brantley*

Corey Julks**

Pedro Leon**

Jake Meyers

Chas McCormick

Kyle Tucker

DH:

Yordan Álvarez

*Free Agent Signing

**Added to 40-Man from MiLB