Astros Next Step After Clemens: Signing either Redding or J. Robertson

rogers an astro now ... bye bye tim haha

 

Why do you seemingly have a problem with Redding? He was 15th in the NL in ERA ahead of Ortiz, Hampton, Maddux, Woody Williams, Matt Morris, Kevin Millowood Matt Clement and a number of other pitchers.

 

why do i seemingly have a problem with Redding?? uhhh i was just stating what i typed because i was just pointing out that roger clemens is an astro now.. and i dont recall having any problems with tim redding since i dont keep up with baseball .. i think u got me confused with someone else

 

I guess it was the "bye bye tim haha" quote you wrote that had me confused.

 

IMO, Redding will win the 5th spot rather easily. Who better to teach mental toughness than Roger Clemens? Redding could win 15 easily this year.


GO ASTROS!

 

if redding wins 15 games this year...and we don't have significant injuries to any other starter...this team will win 100 games.

 

I'd rather see JR go vs. Tim...JR was lucky...Also, I expect Dalgy to be gone soon...

 

Jeriome did it for me when he did wet his pants (literally) in that game against the Brewers in the final series of the year.

We win that game, we're on cruise control to make the playoffs... but you could tell from the FIRST pitch that he didn't have it mentally... and w/ his mediocre stuff, he needs to outthink batters to beat them.

That's why you ALWAYS choose a guy w/ good 'stuff' over a soft-tossing left hander.

If J-Rob goes on to become the next Jamie Moyer, then so be it... it took Moyer a while to find his stuff, but he gives J-Rob hope that he can succeed.

But, there have been far too many cases of teams giving up on power pitchers who struggled early in their careers... only to have them become future hall of famers. (Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling to name two).

I'm not saying Redding will be that great... but he'll always have more natural talent than J-Rob.

 

Jerry-omey sucks...

 

Didn't someone else catch Jeroime? Makes you wonder why they didn't play less of Ausmus (don't get me wrong, I love his defense and game-calling) if with the other catcher in they scored so much more and allowed a 5.10 ERA rookie to post a 15-9 record.

That said, there is something to winning, so Jeroime can't be counted out.

 

Now is he time to get Josh Beckett. We have a solid four starters now and Clemens will undoubtedly raise ticket sales single handedly. Houstononians have traditionally come out in droves to see hometown and stud pitchers. (Ryan, Scott, Johnson, presumably Clemens.) Why not go after Beckett. He would keep the fans coming in long after Clemens and Pettitte are gone and has amazing stuff. What would you give up to get him. Redding, Robertson, Buchholz, Hernandez. We could make a nice package and end up with the next Nolan Ryan/ Roger CLemens playing his career with his hometown team. Oooh. Visions of sellouts into the next two decades.................

 

A setup man? A 4/5 tool CF, I could understand.

Given that neither Redding or Robertson (or Hernandez or Duckworth for that matter) make big $$$, a trade of excess starting pitching is not a forgone conclusion.

 

he's under contract...

and why would the marlins trade beckett?

 

I know that and because we can make it worth their while.

 

Sign Greg Maddux

 

really? with what??

if you're the florida gm, what would you possibly want the astros to give you that would make up for a very young pitcher who was nails for you in the playoffs a year after you won a world series?

 

I sincerely hope they Robertson, who should be overvalued on the market because his offense scored a lot for him, err... for his ability to know "how to win". Redding, despite his inconsistency, has much more potential as a pitcher. If we only gave him some decent run support, he could easily win 13-15 games this year. While I can't see how Robertson can duplicate his record with that bloated 5+ ERA again.

 

You know - that would assure you of not having to have him on a competitor.

 

what about doggy? don't we wanna resign him? do we have a chance?