That's only if he's traded to be a team's new closer. He can still be traded to be a setup man for a team looking for fortify their bullpen.
So it's only games where he gets the last out that counts? My mistake then. I thought it was appearances. Even so, any team that trades for him would still be on the hook for the $3mil buyout. Or the Astros have to pay for that. Man did Myers get a nice deal for his one year of above average pitching.
No, I think that the Astros would deal every player on their big league roster for prospects other than a handful.... so of course the Astros would love to move him for prospects, I just don't think that the Astros thought "lets move him to the closer role so we can get a lot in trade"...
Who said we wouldn't be eating salary? Either way we will be eating salary, we have the third lowest payroll in the league this year...and once Myers, Lee and Rodriguez get traded, our payroll will be around 20 million dollars. We have plenty of room, ideally, to eat salary if it means you get the prospect you want. You only hesitate to pay salary when you are trading people because you are in a tight financial situation. If we kept him in the middle of the rotation....his salary would still be the same. So that argument is moot. Pretty much any team that will be in contention looks for bullpen help over a mid-rotation guy. Someone will be looking for a closer and a closer is more important that a rotation guy (and let's not forget that Myers was one horrible starter last year....he could have potentially held no value at all)....the salary remains the same no matter where he plays. And the Astros will be paying portions of it to get the players they want.
If his option isn't going to be vested, I do think the Astros will eat enough money to make it happen.
Mills should have never put him out there. You aren't supposed to use closers in non save situations. They usually are completely different pitchers when there's no pressure.
Happens close to once every day somewhere in the league. I don't know what Mills was thinking... Regardless, he throws up a few more lockdown saves before the deadline and all will be forgotten. Overall, he has had a good season....far more valuable in this facet than he was going to be as a starter.
First my post was in jest. Second, giving up 8 hits and only 5 runs in the same inning is a remarkable occurrence and hardly ever happens. 8 singles with none of them being solid enough to plate two runs? Please point me to any other time this season that has happened. Single, single, single (no run), single (one run), SF (one run), single (no run), single (one run), single (one run), single (one run). 8 one base singles in a span of 9 batters? I would have thought the Astros would be the team to pull that off.
Also, this is the first time in the Astros' 50 years of existence that one reliever has given up 8 hits in less than an inning, so if this happens 'close to every day in the league', it has never happened to Houston.
