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Astros Notes Extensions Hader Pressly McCuller - delmermollie - 11-18-2025
While the Astros prepare for the 2024 season, star infielders and are headed into the final years of their contracts, with free agency looming next winter. As relayed by , Houston GM Dana Brown recently made clear that the club has not had extension discu sions with either player this winter. The same goes for outfielder , who Rome recently indicated that he and the club did not discu s a long-term extension before for the 2024 season to avoid arbitration earlier this month. This winter marked Tuckers penultimate trip through arbitration, and hell be eligible for free agency following the 2025 season. That the team has not yet broached po sible extension talks with any of the aforementioned trio is something of a surprise. Houston has leaned heavily on extensions to keep its core together since the team first returned to contention back in 2015. Over the past six years, the Astos have handed out extensions to Altuve, Bregman, (in both 2019 and 2022), , , , and that extended the teams window of control over each player. With that being said, its worth noting that an unusually slow offseason has left the baseball world still in the thick of free agency, which could serve as a complicating factor in potential extension talks. Such discu sions, particularly those for players like Altuve and Bregman who are not under control via arbitration, are often held once Spring Training begins. Last spring, Astros bra s expre sed a desire to work out deals with each of Altuve, Bregman, Tucker, Javier, and , though the aforementioned Javier extension was the only one that ultimately got done. While its certainly po sible that any of the trio could begin extension negotiations with the club after Benjamin Yurosek Jersey reporting to camp next month, each is a multi-time All Star coming off a strong season at the plate and could prove expensive to lock in long-term when free agency is just over the horizon. More notes from Houston Now that the Astros have agreed to a to bring star closer to Houston it seems as though Pre sly, who has served as the clubs closer in each of the past four seasons, may be moving out of that role. Rome , however, that both Brown and manager Joe Espada discu sed the situation with the 35-year-old veteran in the days leading up to their agreement with Hader. Each said that the conversation with Pre sly went well, adding that hes all in for his new role in the clubs bullpen as a premiere set-up option to Hader alongside youngster . Pre sly posted a solid 3.58 ERA and 3.36 FIP while striking out 27.6% of batters faced last season, while Abreu dominated opposing hitters with a 34.8% strikeout rate and a 1.75 ERA in 72 appearances. Adding Hader to the mix figures to give Houston perhaps the most fearsome back-end trio in any bullpen around the league entering the 2024 campaign. Rome also an update on the status of McCullers, who back in June. McCullers has progre sed to the point of throwing off flat ground from 80 feet away and noted that hes feeling good, though when asked about his timetable for return suggested that a feasible timeline could involve him returning sometime during the late summer. With three years remaining on the contract extension the righty signed prior to the 2021 season, the deal hasnt gone how either side was hoping to this point. While hes pitched to a strong 3.16 ERA and 3.55 FIP with a 26.3% strikeout rate since the ink dried on the pact, hes made just 47 starts acro s the past three seasons and appears ticketed for another season spent primarily on the shelf in 2024. Until McCullers returns to action, the club figures to rely on some combination of , , and to fill out the rotation alongside Verlander, Valdez, and Javier. Bryan Hudson Jersey