Sportsradio 610: Astros extend William's contract through 2005

SamCassell · Oct 23, 2003

Originally posted by Rocketman95
I think the only argument for an extension is that had the team started off slowly next year, there's a chance that the players would stop listening to a lame duck manager. Unfortunately, as much as I love my team, we do have players who tend to clash with their managers.
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And that's the real problem in a nutshell, Biggio and Bagwell got Dierker fired and have carte blance in alot of personnel and managerial decisions. San Francisco had no problems in 2002 with a "lame duck" manager.

And I agree with you about the Blum/Ensberg deal. Blum earned his starting job in April/May with a strong 2002 season. You can't question giving him those early-season at bats. Based on Ensberg's strong first half of the season, he got nearly 50 more plate appearances than Blum did in the second half. Both of them performed significantly worse after the All-Star break, but I'd venture that Ensberg's going to get the majority of ABs next season.

It's funny that people pick on the time given to Blum over Ensberg, when the real story IMO offensively is at catcher. There's no conceivable reason that 450 ABs should have been wasted on a .230 hitter with zero power. Look at the teams playing in the LCS and World Series. You don't see the Yankees or Marlins using players in their lineup who can't hit, just for their defensive value. Pudge and Posada are studs.

xiki · Oct 23, 2003

Originally posted by Rocketman95
You're completely right. Unfortunately, the way our starting pitching performed at the beginning of the year, he had no choice or we would've been toast by June.

You're also right that it's not a fact about Oswalt. However, the evidence points strongly to Oswalt giving us at least 17-18 wins had he been healthy all year. Since we were one game out, add 7-8 wins to that, you've got a 6+ game lead.

THIS ASSUMES THAT ALL THOSE GAMES WERE LOSSES.
THIS ASSUMES THAT ROY O WOULD HAVE BEEN ROY O,
PERFECTO.

None of this takes into account Kent's injury, Berkman's subpar year, Bagwell's streakiness, Miller's subpar year, etc.

THIS ASSUMES THAT SOSA'S YEAR AND PRIOR'S AND ST L's
INJURIES WERE GOING TO REMAIN CONSTANT WHILE STROS
HAD A PERFECTLY SMOOTH RUN THROUGH THE YEAR?

Williams did the best he could with what he had this year. I think next year, with Oswalt healthy, Miller returning to form, Berkman rebounding and a possible Hernandez return (crosses fingers), it could be a good year for the 'Stros.

I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT. IMAGINR IF THE STROS HAD A BIG
LEAGUE MANAGER AND/OR YOUNGER, HEALTHIER BAGS AND
BIGG...

BTW, Jimy has won more playoff series than his predecessor. And that was with playing in the same division as the Yankees.
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Sorry, Jimy is not what I think this city and this franchise is entitled to.

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