Fegwu
01-09-2005, 02:54 AM
Life is not fair but the strong keeps moving along in spite of.
We have been dealt with a dishearten fate of life without Beltran (and subsequentlt Clemens) and now we must forge ahead.
Without wasting your royal times, I see this an a golden opportunity to do something that we could not have done easily hard Beltran signed - get faster and younger (and rebuild fast). How? Simply by changing the team philosophy of reloading aging sluggers for an opportunity to win now at all cost. First it starts will doing whatever it takes to make Willie Taveras the starting everyday center and lead of hitter starting earnestly this April.
In keeping with that theme, that will mean starting Chris Burke at 2nd and Jason Lane in the other outfield position. We can then pick up either Alex Cora or Miguel Cairo as backup utility infielders with speed and that way focus most of our money now on pitching (starting and relief). We can also sign Ben Grieve as a backup plan for Berkman.
I agree with Charlie P that we do not move our prized prospect "fast" enough for them to assume greater roles. You always want to avoid forcing are young guys into tough situations at the 11th hour but that is too late now - they either put up or get replaced.
Had we signed Carlos, we would have likely gotten Clemens back and will be forced to sign other verterans in order to make them happy. The patch work would have likely continued. I cannot really blame them for their decisions (though there is still a 1% chance that the Rocket will be back with us).
Yes we are now officially in a quasi-rebuilding mode and we should not kid ourselves. We must now find out if our young studs are now up to snuff and now focus our team on speed on defense and offense. This I believe should be our team's goal. Signing folks like Juan Gonzalez, Ordonez or Burnitz is a step backward. We should be thinking now of the future without Beltran, Clemens, Kent and to a small extent Bagwell and Bggio. We must be savvy because it unlikely that we will entise blue chip free agents in the near future especially with our financial constraints.
In all we move forward as one, and be transparent and clear about it as well.
Go Astros!!!
Go Metz!!!
We have been dealt with a dishearten fate of life without Beltran (and subsequentlt Clemens) and now we must forge ahead.
Without wasting your royal times, I see this an a golden opportunity to do something that we could not have done easily hard Beltran signed - get faster and younger (and rebuild fast). How? Simply by changing the team philosophy of reloading aging sluggers for an opportunity to win now at all cost. First it starts will doing whatever it takes to make Willie Taveras the starting everyday center and lead of hitter starting earnestly this April.
In keeping with that theme, that will mean starting Chris Burke at 2nd and Jason Lane in the other outfield position. We can then pick up either Alex Cora or Miguel Cairo as backup utility infielders with speed and that way focus most of our money now on pitching (starting and relief). We can also sign Ben Grieve as a backup plan for Berkman.
I agree with Charlie P that we do not move our prized prospect "fast" enough for them to assume greater roles. You always want to avoid forcing are young guys into tough situations at the 11th hour but that is too late now - they either put up or get replaced.
Had we signed Carlos, we would have likely gotten Clemens back and will be forced to sign other verterans in order to make them happy. The patch work would have likely continued. I cannot really blame them for their decisions (though there is still a 1% chance that the Rocket will be back with us).
Yes we are now officially in a quasi-rebuilding mode and we should not kid ourselves. We must now find out if our young studs are now up to snuff and now focus our team on speed on defense and offense. This I believe should be our team's goal. Signing folks like Juan Gonzalez, Ordonez or Burnitz is a step backward. We should be thinking now of the future without Beltran, Clemens, Kent and to a small extent Bagwell and Bggio. We must be savvy because it unlikely that we will entise blue chip free agents in the near future especially with our financial constraints.
In all we move forward as one, and be transparent and clear about it as well.
Go Astros!!!
Go Metz!!!