It's been a long time since the Astros sucked two years in a row. The fact that they have such a high payroll for this garbage heap is depressing. I sincerely hope Drayton will allow Wade to rebuild the farm system from top to bottom and let the team rebuild properly. I hate being the Baltimore Orioles West.
Is Carlos Lee the worst left fielder defensively in the game today? I swear those balls hit his way today would have been caught by most anybody else. It's like he's a step to slow. Every ball hit his way seems to be just out of reach.
Considering the game was a lost cause, I figured that Coop would have given Valverde and Villareal some innings to help them work through their struggles. Guess not.
i feel the same way. I always felt like this team need to rebuild from the ground and start over. I just don't think McLane wants to rebuild at all...
You talk about rebuilding. Let's look at this rationally. Around the horn... 1B Berkman (having a very good year. Not near the end of his career) 2B Matsui (need to see what he will bring) SS Tejada (very productive) 3B Wigginton (played well before the injury. we could do better) RF Pence (hopefully he breaks out of his slump. very good defensively) CF Bourn (has been a surprise at the plate. excellent defense) LF Lee (defensive liability. very good run producer at the plate.) C Towles (good defense. good power. starting to pick up his average) I don't see any gaping holes there. The starting pitching has been a nice surprise except for the last 2 games. I would prefer to have gotten a FA 5th starter instead of Sampson. The bullpen has been good outside of Villarreal and Valverde. Both of these guys have been pretty solid previously. On papaer, the bullpen was expected to be a strength. I'm not really sure that a complete rebuilding would net you a team that would be significantly better over the next 5 years.
I basically agree, but this doesn't address the pitching depth or the fact that the minor league system needs to be rebuild. Edit: Actually, you did address the pitching, and I don't agree. Our starters are not going to stay as good as they have been.
poor humberto quintero. he won't clear waivers this time. and why do you let him be showcased and have a great game a day before putting him on waivers? this was just a bonehead move by the astros organization. they don't have the balls to cut ausmus, who is clearly inferior to quintero in pretty much every aspect of the game at this point in his career, this is likely his last go-round anyway, and, even if this team were to get things into gear this season, brad ausmus won't be the reason. quintero is a cheap, better than average backup catcher that we could have used for a few years, and we've likely passed up that opportunity. i figured ed wade was more cutthroat than this, but maybe he is and all things ausmus are drayton's call.
I'm back guys! I got banned for a week and busted down to rookie for being rude to Mr. Valverde. I apolagise. Now let's beat the Rockies!
I love baseball and I like it a lot, but never get to play it. So my question is, which position in the outfielder is the most difficult to play, imo it's the left field, If yes, why is Carlos Lee playing that position.
CF is most difficult. like seeing Berkman haul down the line like that... call coulda gone either way i think it was exact same time.
