MLB: For this reason, Dusty Baker did not want Willson Contreras in the Astros

Willson Contreras He was very close to reaching the Houston Astros on the change deadline. However, the team’s leadership did not finish sealing the pass of the Venezuelan mask to the sidereals. More than a month after the Texans’ World Series triumph, manager Dusty Baker discussed the decision with the journalist Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle.

“It’s not that I didn’t want it, at the time, I didn’t think it was a good fit with two months left in the season. You have to learn the pitching staff, how we do things. I felt like there wasn’t enough time to do that.” , asserted the helmsman of the sidereals.

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Dusty Baker on the nixed Contreras deal: “It’s not that I didn’t want him, at the time, I didn’t think it was the proper fit with two months to go in the season. You have to learn the pitching staff, how we go about doing things I didn’t feel there was enough time to do that”

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) December 5, 2022

“People sometimes take ‘no’ as a rejection. It wasn’t about that, it was that the time wasn’t right. I underlined that then. But it did not go well, ”he continued in his statements. However, he assured that are still interested in Contreras’ serviceswith the possibility of a new role.

“In the future, we are going to talk to (Contreras) and we are interested in him,” he said. “If the numbers are right, the years are right and the situation is right, then it’s the right thing to do for both of us. If not, we still have some depth in the position.” Baker sentenced.

More on the Astros’ interest in Willson Contreras, the reasons Dusty Baker wanted to nix the deal in August and why some feel that signing him could threaten Houston’s clubhouse cohesiveness – https://t.co/6dO8HrwRmf

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) December 6, 2022