Also: Private jet travel for one roundtrip per year plus one trip to and from the All-Star Game. Also receives an additional hotel room on the road besides his suite. Awards package also doubled from current contract. Gets $500K for MVP, $300K for 2nd or 3rd, $150K for fourth or…

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 24, 2026

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Hitting “guru’s” these days pic.twitter.com/BiJMNvyOkQ

— Baseball Quotes (@BaseballQuotes1) January 24, 2026

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He's missing the white New Balance and jorts with the huge gut of Teacherman

Astros manager Joe Espada reiterated today that Jose Altuve will play predominantly second base this season, but will get an occasional start in left field.

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) January 24, 2026

Astros GM Dana Brown said today "we’re still having conversations about certain moves that we could make to make the team better." Brown specified he still has interest in adding a left-handed bat.

— Matt Kawahara (@matthewkawahara) January 24, 2026

Farmer1906 said:

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23-25 SLG
Abreu .465
Paredes .443

And this is with Paredes playing in very friendly RHH HR parks while Abreu played in a difficult LHH HR park.

Exit Velo / EV90 / Max EV 23-25
Abreu 91.2 / 106.7 / 114.4
Paredes 86.3 / 201.3 / 107.7

Not even close there.

Paredes is a really good player. I know that. But you seem to have built him up to something more than he is.

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You're just cherry picking seasons. We know Isaac did not play well in 2024, reason why he was traded. Looking at his career, that was an outlier. Last season, 2025, in our ballpark which is very similar to Fenway, Parades did significantly better.

Higher OPS, higher slug.

It doesn't matter to me if Abreu plays in a difficult LHH HR park - we got Issac because he fits Daikin Park.

Abreu also struck out significantly more than Parades, hit for worse average, and had a much lower OBP. Collectively Abreu currently is a worse hitter than Parades and makes our team worse for the next two seasons if we trade him for Abreu.

Farmer1906 said:

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Sounds like a bluff. Paredes ain't playing second no matter how many "reps" he gets.

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How do you know? He's played it before in his career, and he's unlikely to be worse than Altuve.

Parades has plenty of options to get regular playing time playing 1B, DH, 2B, 3B. He doesn't need to play very many at 2B.

If I were the team I would also have him play some LF at Daikin park where it's not really an issue.

AggiEE said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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23-25 SLG
Abreu .465
Paredes .443

And this is with Paredes playing in very friendly RHH HR parks while Abreu played in a difficult LHH HR park.

Exit Velo / EV90 / Max EV 23-25
Abreu 91.2 / 106.7 / 114.4
Paredes 86.3 / 201.3 / 107.7

Not even close there.

Paredes is a really good player. I know that. But you seem to have built him up to something more than he is.

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You're just cherry picking seasons. We know Isaac did not play well in 2024, reason why he was traded. Looking at his career, that was an outlier. Last season, 2025, in our ballpark which is very similar to Fenway, Parades did significantly better.

Higher OPS, higher slug.

It doesn't matter to me if Abreu plays in a difficult LHH HR park - we got Issac because he fits Daikin Park.

Abreu also struck out significantly more than Parades, hit for worse average, and had a much lower OBP. Collectively Abreu currently is a worse hitter than Parades and makes our team worse for the next two seasons if we trade him for Abreu.

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This is a goal post move. You just said pop which is what I addressed.

I used the last 3 years because it is a close window and covers Abreu's career. Going back to 23 helps Paredes.

AggiEE said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Sounds like a bluff. Paredes ain't playing second no matter how many "reps" he gets.

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How do you know? He's played it before in his career, and he's unlikely to be worse than Altuve.

Parades has plenty of options to get regular playing time playing 1B, DH, 2B, 3B. He doesn't need to play very many at 2B.

If I were the team I would also have him play some LF at Daikin park where it's not really an issue.

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My eyes and sources.

I agree. It can work from a pure innings/PA standpoint. But it's not going to be a good conversation, to tell a vet like Paredes he's not even a starter. It's not going to be great for the locker room. Paredes, Walker, or someone is going to be uphappy.

Farmer1906 said:

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AggiEE said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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23-25 SLG
Abreu .465
Paredes .443

And this is with Paredes playing in very friendly RHH HR parks while Abreu played in a difficult LHH HR park.

Exit Velo / EV90 / Max EV 23-25
Abreu 91.2 / 106.7 / 114.4
Paredes 86.3 / 201.3 / 107.7

Not even close there.

Paredes is a really good player. I know that. But you seem to have built him up to something more than he is.

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You're just cherry picking seasons. We know Isaac did not play well in 2024, reason why he was traded. Looking at his career, that was an outlier. Last season, 2025, in our ballpark which is very similar to Fenway, Parades did significantly better.

Higher OPS, higher slug.

It doesn't matter to me if Abreu plays in a difficult LHH HR park - we got Issac because he fits Daikin Park.

Abreu also struck out significantly more than Parades, hit for worse average, and had a much lower OBP. Collectively Abreu currently is a worse hitter than Parades and makes our team worse for the next two seasons if we trade him for Abreu.

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This is a goal post move. You just said pop which is what I addressed.

I used the last 3 years because it is a close window and covers Abreu's career. Going back to 23 helps Paredes.

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Yes and we should take into consideration longer and larger sample size for Parades, that absolutely matters.

AggiEE said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Sounds like a bluff. Paredes ain't playing second no matter how many "reps" he gets.

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How do you know? He's played it before in his career, and he's unlikely to be worse than Altuve.

Parades has plenty of options to get regular playing time playing 1B, DH, 2B, 3B. He doesn't need to play very many at 2B.

If I were the team I would also have him play some LF at Daikin park where it's not really an issue.

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From what I understand, his range made it tough to play him at 2nd and OF before the injury, but basically makes it no chance to play those after the hamstring injury.

Farmer1906 said:

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AggiEE said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Sounds like a bluff. Paredes ain't playing second no matter how many "reps" he gets.

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How do you know? He's played it before in his career, and he's unlikely to be worse than Altuve.

Parades has plenty of options to get regular playing time playing 1B, DH, 2B, 3B. He doesn't need to play very many at 2B.

If I were the team I would also have him play some LF at Daikin park where it's not really an issue.

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My eyes and sources.

I agree. It can work from a pure innings/PA standpoint. But it's not going to be a good conversation, to tell a vet like Paredes he's not even a starter. It's not going to be great for the locker room. Paredes, Walker, or someone is going to be uphappy.

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Parades doesn't seem like some prima donna Devers type person. I don't know why the locker room would be an issue.

I think it's an easy conversation to tell Parades he's going to get the same or more ABs than last year if he stays healthy but he will need to rotate around positions in order to do what's best for the team.

superaggie73 said:

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AggiEE said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Sounds like a bluff. Paredes ain't playing second no matter how many "reps" he gets.

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How do you know? He's played it before in his career, and he's unlikely to be worse than Altuve.

Parades has plenty of options to get regular playing time playing 1B, DH, 2B, 3B. He doesn't need to play very many at 2B.

If I were the team I would also have him play some LF at Daikin park where it's not really an issue.

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From what I understand, his range made it tough to play him at 2nd and OF before the injury, but basically makes it no chance to play those after the hamstring injury.

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We really have no idea how bad the hamstring injury is though or if hes basically fully recovered. Altuve has terrible range at 2B, so again, I don't think starting Parades at 2B makes us any worse.

it's funny...

a year ago the Astros put so, so, so much emphasis on infield defense during the offseason

and now we're looking at Altuve at 2B and Walker at 1B as the primary options

we'll see if Josh Bell can score from first base again on a ground ball thru the 4-3 hole -- yikes

From @Joelsherman1,

“The Rangers felt the relationship between Marcus Semien and Corey Seager had become so toxic that they were willing to take Nimmo and $5 million from the Mets to move the three years at $72 million owed Semien”

— Michael Marino (@MarinoMLB) January 24, 2026

Whoa, I didn't know anything about that

Yu Darvish, 39, considered an icon among Japanese players who have followed him to MLB, has informed the San Padres that he is retiring. He is walking away from the $43 million left in the next 3 years of his contract, as @sdutKevinAcee reports.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) January 24, 2026

What guys do walk away from guaranteed money?

Wonder who was the issue? I thought Semien was a clubhouse guy.

AggiEE said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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AggiEE said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Sounds like a bluff. Paredes ain't playing second no matter how many "reps" he gets.

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How do you know? He's played it before in his career, and he's unlikely to be worse than Altuve.

Parades has plenty of options to get regular playing time playing 1B, DH, 2B, 3B. He doesn't need to play very many at 2B.

If I were the team I would also have him play some LF at Daikin park where it's not really an issue.

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My eyes and sources.

I agree. It can work from a pure innings/PA standpoint. But it's not going to be a good conversation, to tell a vet like Paredes he's not even a starter. It's not going to be great for the locker room. Paredes, Walker, or someone is going to be uphappy.

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Parades doesn't seem like some prima donna Devers type person. I don't know why the locker room would be an issue.

I think it's an easy conversation to tell Parades he's going to get the same or more ABs than last year if he stays healthy but he will need to rotate around positions in order to do what's best for the team.

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With injuries, he only played 102 games last season. The two seasons prior he played 143 and 153 games and was 18th in MVP voting the season he played 143 and an AS the season he played 153. There is absolutely no way in hell he's going to be ok playing the same number of games as last year AND move around the infield. It'd be an insult to him to play him less than 85% of games as well.

That's why it becomes a locker room issue - playing time can equal respect. You start treating Paredes as a glorified utility man and the rest of the team sees it.

3rd Coast said:

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Wonder who was the issue? I thought Semien was a clubhouse guy.

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I have a buddy who is a life long Rangers fan. He said Seager is a guy who likes to come to the stadium every day and do his same routine and take care of himself. Basically a guy who just wants to show up, do his thing, and put up big numbers. Simien was trying to do team meetings and get togethers and rally the troops in a bad season and he wanted Seager to be a leader in the clubhouse (all the rah rah stuff). But Seager wanted no part in all of that and just let his work effort and play do the talking.

I wouldn't mind Seager on our team. Dude is nails in the playoffs.