Pedro throwing free agency questions at Cole
Cole sounding like he has no intention of staying in Houston
as good as Cole is RIGHT NOW, it's really not smart for Houston to lock him in long term. those long term contracts to pitchers who are around 30 years old rarely works out in a teams favor.
mainly however in Houston's current situation they are already so stacked with talent that they're not going to be able to afford every one of them. one or two will be left out. it's a good "problem" to have
all of the homegrown talent are already locked in long term or will be in the near future. guys like Verlander and Greinke are locked in short term (two more years each). it's not smart to lock in a pitcher making $35-40 million annually for 7 years or something crazy like Cole will get.