Let's have a contest to see who can come up with the craziest "Chron Comment" style offseason moves to turn the Astros into a contender next year. The winner will get the same prize I received when I won the "Guess Jason Castro's Debut Date" Contest in 2010 (I never received it.)
Here's my entry (yes, I'm allowed to win again):
Trade Tony Sipp, Brad Peacock, Jon Singleton, and Dexter Fowler to Toronto for Edwin Encarnacion.
Trade Brett Oberholtzer, Marwin Gonzalez, Matt Dominguez, and Jonathan Villar to the Angels for Erick Aybar.
Trade Jason Castro to the Dodgers for Kenley Jansen.
Sign Russel Martin.
Sign Pablo Sandoval
Sign Melky Cabrera
Sign Nick Markakis
Sign Jon Lester
Sign Max Scherzer
Sign Huston Street
Sign Luke Gregerson
Sign Andrew Miller
Lineup
1. Altuve 2B
2. Aybar SS
3. Encarnacion 1B
4. Carter DH
5. Springer CF
6. Cabrera LF
7. Sandoval 3B
8. Markakis RF
9. Martin C
SP1 Lester
SP2 Scherzer
SP3 Keuchel
SP4 McHugh
SP5 Feldman
9th inning Street
8th inning Jansen
7th inning Gregerson
LOOGY Miller
Middle Reliever Fields
Middle Reliever Qualls
Long Man Folty