Why do Astros always lose to the new kid in town ?

Rox Addict · Jul 15, 2006

Gene the PIG said:

Yep, the fact of the matter is: We just aren't that good, All-around.

Name a catagory where we are SOLID. Pitching? Hitting? Defense?

Streaky is the term I'd use.

The starting pitching of Oswald & Clemens is very solid, & that's WITH Clemens not even having total control over his pitches yet. Spotty starts from Taylor & Andy won't cut it. Both could come on though. The bullpen is shaky at best, & you know it to be true. The potential is there, but ... it's not happening, as of yet.

Other than that, we're a .500 team, which is exactly around where we are.

I'm not saying we can't get hot. We've proven in the past that we can, & I hope it happens again. However, it's NOT something that you can bank on. Am I right, or am I right? Soriano or Lee would help immensely. Do we put all of our eggs in one basket yet AGAIN? Trade Hirsh? Pence, or other dudes for a three month player?

Huffy is a nice addition, way better than Ensberg will EVER be, EVER! Good trade.

Ausmus is terrible offensively this year, as is Everett & then the pitchers spot. That's three straight outs every other inning. We can't score runs. The well is dry at the bottom of the order.

We're not that far from being solid enough to challenge for the WC again ... but we're not that far from being The Pirates or The Cubs either, when ya think about it.

We're mediocre.
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I think we do...I think we will have the salary nexy year to sign that big bat we acquire for 3 months. Roger is not coming back and posiibly Ensberg and even Pettite. We will have some money and all we will need is another pitcher to cover Pettite. Tonight on Fox Sportwest they had a tallie of who should the Astros acquire and Soriano had like a wopping 81% of the votes. With Soriano and the pitching coming around and maybe some bats we could be contenders again... We lose prospects but they'll be more and Soriano is relatively young...

Buck Turgidson · Jul 15, 2006

Shroopy2 said:

A quality club like the Cardinals and Red Sox would be expected to at least make them work hard.
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Annabelle Sanchez pitched 5.2 shutout innings at Yankee Stadium in his pro debut 4 starts ago.

arkoe · Jul 15, 2006

Josh Johnson definately counts as "a new kid in town." The Astros did fine today.

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