Chad

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Yes you can lol. For a young foreign player why not take the gamble. They would sigh it. Like Pena, should have extended him with some deferred contract coming off a World Series. That just an example. It can be done quit being naive

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 You don’t defer arbitration salaries. Also, players have to want to defer. The team just can’t say we’re deferring your contract.

The Dubon trade still baffles me.

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Anyone? Should have started with Pena 3 years ago

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Defer what contract?

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Shit go defer the contract

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 He wanted to reset and get under the CBT. Many teams have done this including the Red Sox and Rangers. The payroll is still very high.

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 But if we’re already over what difference did it make

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 We were already over, which you pointed out, so what difference did it really make?

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 The penalties for exceeding the CBT get progressively worse the longer you exceed it. The payroll is still among the top 10 in MLB. That is not cheap. It’s still a business. Every owner does this except the uber rich teams.

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 And Dubon? That’s the original argument

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 That’s silly. You get 3 years of Paredes, 5, years of Wesneski, and 6 years of Cam Smith. That’s a win regardless of what happens with Paredes. Trades are not evaluated on extensions. That’s a separate transaction.

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Tucker trade only goes pans out if we extend Paredes with what Wesniski has done. Cam is fine but he’s not lights out. But my argument is still trading Dubón for a downgrade for less money is a sigh of cheapness, how am I wrong?

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Like what? It’s too early to make a call on Imai. Burrows looks to be a good trade with 5 years of control. The Kyle Tucker trade was a good trade for only losing one year of Tucker.

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 I’m aware, but it’s still his doing. But I guess let me rephrase, which move has been the best move from Brown? I will agree, Hader and Walker have been somewhat good but everything else offsets that pretty bad

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Paredes was a trade.

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Which one of browns signings is doing best? Paredes, the one that we don’t extend?

@JStyers89753 @chad___B @michaelschwab13 Dana has only been here 3 years and will have 5 top 100 prospects. What did Luhnow do in his first 3 years? It takes 5+ years of drafting and developing to see results. Fans just want miracles in a short time.

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Sounds like a response of a team ran for business rather than to win

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 They probably shouldn’t extend them. They’ll get paid way more than the value they’ll bring.

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Luhnow is the only reason we’re relevant, Crane and Brown are ass. That’s my argument

@JStyers89753 @chad___B @michaelschwab13 One of the biggest reasons the Astros had a run of excellence for nearly 10 years is because they maximized the players young years and didn’t pay for their down years, which was a strategy recommended by Jeff Luhnow. $240M is $240M no matter how you spend it.

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Lemme know when they extend Pena or Brown

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Go to bed, Chad. You’re embarrassing yourself as a casual who has very little knowledge of baseball economics.

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 No? It’s make a competitive team keep spending. If you’re gonna say the “window will be open as long as I’m owner” you gotta back it up. I’m casual for calling them out? I bet I’ve been to more games in a year than you have in your life 😂

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 LMAO! I suppose your next casual response will be “he’s a billionaire.” 🤣🤣

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 27 million over? Wow! Just because the rest of the league is cheap too doesn’t mean anything.

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 You shifted gears by asking how much he exceeded the CBT after calling him cheap knowing a cheap owner doesn’t have a top 5 payroll.

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Are we supposed to be impressed with that number when it’s nothing but busts? Just because they fucked up doesn’t mean they shouldn’t continue to keep spending money.

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 He exceeded the CBT by $27M in 2024, with the 3rd highest payroll in MLB. He’s not cheap. You made a dumb reply and didn’t know how to recover so you shifted gears. 🤣

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Still haven’t answered my questions

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 He’s had a payroll in the top 7 of MLB for 5+ years. You just got called out on your stupid reply and tried to shift gears. 🤣

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Nope

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Are you John Styers or are you trolling?

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 That’s the thing l, I didn’t ask how many teams did I asked how much we did it by

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 You said Crane is cheap. I said he exceeded the CBT in 2024 and 2025, and you asked by how much when very few teams have exceeded the CBT. 🤣🤣

@SanAntonioTim @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Are you trolling or just retarded

@chad___B @JStyers89753 @michaelschwab13 Um, Chad, was that really to you, dimwit?