Good deal. Anderson was not in the plans for the Astros and they used him to get an average yet effective middle reliever. Wade is really trying to rebuild the entire bullpen on the fly. Now, lets hope they get Luis Castillo. Short of signing Castillo, I think Burke should finally given the opportunity to play second. They need to get rid off Adam Everett!
Yeah, because God knows that I have been chomping at the bit to have a 2B who hits .227. I loves me some holes in the lineup.
That is such a tired argument. Sure he is good. He is even great defensively. The offense is just too much of a problem. I know that he can field, but even an average major league ss will make over 90% of the plays. Adam Everett's is a liablilty because of his stick, even if his defense is great. The fact is that he is on the wrong side of 30 and is coming off a significant injury.
After Everett went out with an injury last year I watched ball after ball hit to the left side go through for a single, balls that Everett would absolutely be able to reach. Yeah, his batting average is low, but he saves SO many runs, he is worth it.
Your only hope is to get a few thousand really classy fans to lustily booo AE on Opening Day. The baseball side of the organization loves AE, so you must appeal directly to Drayton. Good luck.
I don't see Villarreal as a 7th inning setup type. I see him more as a Russ Springer type that you can bring in when you're down a couple of runs and he can hold em and give you the chance to come back later on. We missed that last season, because Borkowski wasn't cutting it when they tried using him in the Russ Springer type role.
Adam Everett's offense isn't a problem if we didn't have sub-par production from positions you expect to get significant production from.
QFT. Of course people here think we can just get a shortstop out of the blue (rather than positions easier to replace) or put Burke/Loretta there and call it a day.
IMO Loretta should not be considered for a second as an everyday shortstop. Despite the fact that he's hit in the .280's the past 3 seasons, they have not been very productive years offensively - his OBP has been average at best, and he has no extra-base power at all. He's a poor defensive shortstop and would provide only a minimal offensive upgrade. To me, Everett's a hands-down choice at short when compared to Lorreta. I've been a Burke supporter, but he hasn't shown enough offensively either to simply hand the SS job to him. Everett is one of the worst offensive players in the league, but you can't replace him for the sake of replacing him. The upgrade on offense has to be worth taking his glove off the field, and neither Burke nor Loretta fit that bill.
I am against this and don't think I can support the Astros until the player from sucklanta gets off the team. I'd rather cheer on cancer.
Ummm, 15 mil and a couple years just dont go together. AT THE MOST I would give him is 1 year, with very low pay and high incentive. Jennings cant command more then that because after last year, no one is interested.
