http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/jon_heyman/03/09/athletics.beane/1.html 3. Pudge Rodriguez take a step toward getting his next job with a 4-for-4 day, including two home runs and a stolen base. The Marlins and Astros, no matter what they say publicly, are interested. Though Florida does like current catcher John Baker. interesting....and weird.
the plot thickens: Joe Capozzi of the Palm Beach Post reports that a reunion between Ivan Rodriguez and the Marlins is not likely and the biggest factor is playing time. "Obviously the issue is playing time,'' [Scott] Boras said Tuesday, adding he also is talking to teams that might be willing to give Rodriguez, 37, a bigger role than the Marlins are offering. Capozzi added that the Marlins are offering contract worth less than $1MM that would come with performance incentives. Boras added that the economics of the deal may have also been a hurdle, but that the playing time issue needed to be addressed first. the astros are obviously the only team pudge rodriguez wants to play for this season, as mindblowing as that sounds. when will uncle drayton give in?
Maybe the Astros have already given up on the season and they feel that it's better for the future if Towles gets a ton of AB's.
it's a great sign if the astros sign a borass client. it means that hell will freeze--and *that* means there's a great possibility the astros will win the world series.
At least we'll be getting Lee and Tejada back. Both Panama and the Dominican Republic have been eliminated from the WBC. Lee went 1-7 in 2 games. Tejada went 3-11 with a HR in 3 games.
4-0 down again. Getting boring now, might stop listening/watching until the real season starts. Just depressing
I know it's been ugly but a lot of this has to do with the fact that we have as little depth as any other organization in baseball. Go look at the boxscores from all those losses. You'll never hear from half those guys ever again after ST. I'm not saying we are going to win 90 games, just that our real team won't obviously be nearly as bad relative to the rest of the league as our ST team. If there is anything to be freaking out about right now, it's that our farm system has no depth, something we've all known for a long time.
The Astros tied the Nats 2-2. Hamption: 4 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 H (2 singles, 1 double), 4 SOs, 0 BB Wright: 1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 SO Byrdak: 2 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB Pence: 2-for-3, 1 HR, 0 SO Quintero: 2-for-3, 0 SO Bourn: 0-for-2, 2 BB, 0 SO
He hasn't been much since his arm surgery, but Fernando Nieve was placed on wavers so they could drop him from the 40 Man. EDIT: The Mets claimed Nieve so he is gone.
0-2 in split squad action today. 'Stros lost to the Yankees 3-1. Towles went 1-3 with a HR. Wandy gave up 1 run (homer) and 2 hits in 2 innings. Also lost to the Phillies 5-2. Berkman went 2-4. Russ Ortiz gave up 3 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks in 3.2 innings. 1-13-2 in ST.
Well the team always seems to go through a slump at some point in the season...better for it to happen in Spring Training.
