Off day tomorrow...I like General Mills and think he will be a nice manager down the road with better players but I am starting to worry he might not make it to Tuesday. I just get that feeling following the nice beating we've taken this weekend.
Melancon has been very good this season...not today. I expect some changes tomorrow, just can't keep sending these guys out there to take these types of beatings. Longoria has 10 RBIs this weekend...10.
Rodriguez and Carpenter should be with the club by weeks end...no excuse why they shouldn't. Meszaros should join them whenever he gets his act together.
What else can you do? Stros only have the pitchers they have, unless they want to try younger arms. Wade has already scuttled one manager as a scapegoat. Would a Crane really let him do it again?
I think something probably needs to get done, anything, they can't just keep taking this beating without anything major happening. I would release Micheals, Barmes and demote Happ. Bring up Shuck, Manzella and Van Hekken...no solutions but just to shake up the team a bit. Sucks for Happ but he is just not locating well and anything that doesn't go his way, he crumbles. Hey even Cliff Lee was demoted and he was better for it. Although Happ did battle quite a bit today, still getting hit hard and he can't keep going just five innings. Firing Mills won't help but I just get a vibe that he might be losing the team a bit. Stros made a few mental mistakes that just shouldn't happen, I think thats the first sign of losing the troops.
