The Houston Astros made the decision to tender contracts to all their players eligible for arbitration.
Teams around the league faced tough decisions this past Friday when it was the deadline to non-tender contracts to players on their rosters, but for the, they tendered contracts to all eight of their arbitration eligible players, keeping Bryan Abreu, Mauricio Dubon, Luis Garcia, Chas McCormick, Jake Meyers, Jeremy Pena, Kyle Tucker and Framber Valdez in the mix for 2025.
Meyers and McCormick were the two most likely candidates who could have been made free agents if the Astros didn't feel like they wanted to keep them around, but if they are actually interested in not having one or both of those players on their roster, then keeping them through the winter where they can search for trades is the much more savvy approach.
So, while the non-tender decision made by the Astros weren't surprising, they have now set themselves up to make more moves this winter, especially if they can trade some of the logjam they have in the outfield and in the starting rotation to improve other areas of the roster.Brad Wakai graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Journalism.
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