what have i said here about the 2005 Astros that makes you think that I think it's paradise. i wanted Beltran, BIG TIME. i'm not saying we're a lock for anything. i'm not saying we haven't lost production that needs to be addressed.
yeah! you can call ANY move to bring in good, well-known talent a PR move. but it's not a complete picture because it doesn't address the fact that you're bringing back a guy who won a Cy Young for you the prior year.
For the month of September, not that it matters.... <table bgcolor="#708090" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"><td>NAME</td><td>G</td><td>AB</td><td>R</td><td>H</td><td>2B</td><td>3B</td><td>HR</td><td>TB</td><td>RBI</td><td>BB</td><td>SO</td><td>SB</td><td>CS</td><td>BA</td><td>OBP</td><td>SLG</td><td>OPS</tr></td><tr><td>C. Beltran</td><td>27</td><td>97</td><td>22</td><td>25</td><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>46</td><td>7</td><td>18</td><td>17</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0.258</td><td>0.376</td><td>0.474</td><td>0.85</tr></td><tr><td>Jason Lane</td><td>22</td><td>17</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>14</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0.471</td><td>0.5</td><td>0.824</td><td>1.324</tr></td></table>
Having Pettite back, which many people seem to forget, will be pretty big too. We will have one of the best rotations in baseball and now the questions comes about run production of course. With the cards weaker and the cubs finished, I think we can take the division this year. I don't know who will be available mid season like last year, but no one near Beltran's level iirc. I'm guessing we will end up trading Backe for Soriano (though i don't think mclane would do it given his understandable love for Backe) or something along those lines.. Go to hell Boras.
It's worth it for this season, Drayton has the money this year. This makes our team much better for this season for another push to the promise land.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. 18 million for one year, and our lineup is so far away from playoff caliber, let alone, world series caliber.
Assuming Andy is healthy we will have a great rotation. I fear we may have gotten damaged goods in him.
Way to go, Roger Clemens! Enjoy the money and thanks for coming back! I guess we hit another .1% scenario where we lucked out. What's another $18 million if your Roger Clemens? Just more cushion I guess. This is great, great news! I hope the Roger, Andy, and Roy trio are healthy and performing this season. I'm stoked about baseball, again. I'm excited Jeff Lane may get a full season starting. This is f-ing great!
I was about to post the same thing. Here's hoping this is just first time jitters and that he doesn't have the same lack of confidence when it comes to negotiating. On the other hand, I've been very impressed with Drayton this offseason. Way to step up to the plate. Edit: I don't know what Drayton's talking about with this orange tie/Baylor stuff. Thought Clemens went to UT.
hmm I wonder if he is still getting to miss some games etc at 18 mil? Not that it matters much but last year I think that was partially because of his big discount
Oh lord, Roger just gave props to Richard Justice for getting him excited about next season. Now Dick's ego is really gonna be huge.
I don't care if he misses games that he's not scheduled to pitch. He's one of the greatest pitchers to ever play, you let him do what he wants.
(Had to go to my ignore list override function for that one) And yes, it was worth the 3.5 minutes it took me to copy and paste all those quotes.
It's great that we signed him. But it's not like Drayton had any choice in this matter. When you lose Kent and Beltran, you better sign Clemens or he isnt going to sell any tickets. I refuse to give out much credit for doing something that makes you more profits. It's not like this team is one big charity case for the city, we all know that if he wanted to draw attendance he had to do this.
it's NEVER enough. he signs a guy to an historic deal that no one has ever touched. and it's not enough. no credit. he sucks. by the way..listening to Purpurra on 610...sounds like Biggio is moving back to 2nd, and is loving the move back...which means a lot less Chris Burke than I anticipated.
madmax. It's not just Drayton, I don't see any reason to give props to owners for making themselves richer. Just like I wouldnt go to a fortune 500 company and praise them for selling a new item that will make them fortunes. I don't see why an owner should get a thank you for making a move that will get him more income. It's like we are thanking them for allowing us to spend our money to see players play baseball.
