In a span of less than a week, the Astros have locked up Ryan Pressly, Alex Bregman, and Justin Verlainder (in that order) to various contract extensions. For a club looking to maintain its current window of contention past the 2019 season, it was an important step.
Here is the amount of money the Astros have committed towards the three extensions:
- Pressly: Two-years, $17.5 million
- Bregman: Five-years, $100 million
- Verlander: Two-years, $66 million
The Astros committed $183.5 million towards three players in the foreseeable future. There was a time when we witnessed Houston constantly ranked in the bottom tier of payroll in baseball.