Trade Ensberg now or wait until his stock goes up?

Knowing the Astros, they'll wait for him to play better to raise his trade value. But then they'll decide that he's back and end up not trading him after all.

 

It looks like he's actually been swinging at pitches the last couple of games... I would see what he does over the next month.

 

We should have traded Ensberg, Lidge, Everett for Tejada !!!!!!!!

 

I cant believe they passed on that trade a few years ago. Man that would be a great lineup.

Biggio
Lamb
Berkman
Lee
Tejada
Pence
Scott
Ausmus

 

Ummm, "they" didn't pass up on anything...Tejada rejected the trade.

 

If his stock goes up, why would you want to trade him? This line of reasoning has never made sense to me, unless we think somehow a hot few weeks will fool teams with multi-million dollar scouting budgets into thinking a player is good while us fans know better.

People said the same about Lidge after a few good weeks.

 

Whatever, it was close to happening nonetheless. The astros should have done something to make it happen

 

Ensberg is a .com stock circa 2002...

 

What could the Astros have done? Baltimore and Tejada nixed the deal.

And I'm sure if the team offered more, people would be screaming we gave up too much, ala the Jennings deal.

Why trade Ensberg now when he has no value at all...if he can turn it around it would be in the team's best interest...see Lidge.

 

if miggy was traded here, I don't think we would have signed Lee.

 

Just wave him and Lane.

 

I'm sure that if Ensberg starts to produce that he'll draw interest from other teams. Whether or not the Astros get back anything noteworthy back in a trade is another thing. I really cannot see another major league team giving up a promising prospect or pitcher for a 3rd baseman that has a $5 miilion dollar salary and whose production is suspect at times.

 

I wish his value would go up, but if he is given any playing time, it will hurt the astros too much.

 

He is the modern day Richard Hidalgo.

Trade him...now

 

i don't believe there's a market for him. richard justice (for whatever it's worth) said they have tried to trade ensberg recently, and there is absolutely no market.

 

What exactly did we get for Hidaglo??

 

You know the answer, right?

 

Actually, I don't remember. But I'm assuming it can't be much.

 

The Astros did everything they could to complete that trade. The problem was with Baltimore, they have like four or five GMs and their owner is very hard to deal with. It was baltimore that pulled out after the Astros and Orioles had an agreed upon deal.