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A reporter following the Houston Astros revealed the money the team has to strengthen for the MLB 2023 season. That’s more than $ 50 million!
It’s only been a couple of days since the title of Houston Astros in the 2022 world series and discussions have already begun on what the 2023 MLB season will be. Everything looks fine Jose Altuve, Framber Valdez, Jeremy Rock and society, since the team has more than $ 50 million to strengthen.
According to the official website of the Astros, Aledmys Díaz, Yuli Gurriel, Christian Vásquez, Rafael Montero, Jason Mastro and Michael Brantley they have chosen to become free agents. In case of Justin Verlander there is a player option for $ 25 million to continue another season with the Houston team.
Will Smith’s squad option and player and Trey Mancini squad option are also among the players who may not return. Houston Astros. However, the team led by Jeremy Peña in the 2022 world series he has money to spare to bring some heavyweights from the league team who are now free agents.
According to the Fangraphs portal, Estimated payroll of the Astros for the MLB 2023 season is of 166,170,477 million dollars. This figure takes into account possible arbitration salaries, but does not include options for Justin Verlander, Will Smith, and Trey Mancini. However, with that initial value, the Houston team would not reach the first $ 233 million luxury tax threshold.
The money the Houston Astros have to strengthen the team in MLB 2023
According to Michael Schwab of the newsletter “The Juice Box Diary”, The Houston Astros have about $ 63 million to spend on reinforcements during the off-season of MLB 2023 and this money would be more than enough to bring the likes of Justin Verlander and Yuli Gurriel back to life. Everything looks more than good for José Altuve and company to return to the world series and, why not, repeat the championship.
