The MLB General Manager meetings in Phoenix in their third day and the Astros have a little smoke around them. Houston Chronicle’s Jake Kaplan spoke with Houston’s GM Jeff Luhnow, noting that he would be open to signing a free agent with a qualifying offer attached. Luhnow expects for the Astros’ payroll increase compared to 2016.
Luhnow: "We're as ready as we ever have been to be aggressive and potentially be aggressive early in the offseason."
— Jake Kaplan (@jakemkaplan) November 8, 2016
But it wasn’t free agents that made noise in the news cycles the past few days for the Astros.