it also included Harang and a few others.. but I will just include the blurb about Jennings. Can't wait to see him play for the stro's. Source
Put a smile on my face! April 1st can't come soon enough! Edit: ...crap I ruined the 4 words to a post streak.
That is a nice point in the article about the thicker air and the sinker that I hadn't thought about. Anything that makes people hit the ball on the ground when they hit in the direction of the Crawford Boxes is a good thing. With the humidity and the sea-level air, if his sinker is as good as the writer says it should be fun to watch.
if we don't sign him to a deal than yes you will see those guys. I think the trade was stupid but it will really look bad if Jennings is not an Astro in 08. Imagine trading two top prospects plus your starting CF for a rent a pitcher (one that is not a number one starter at that) at the trade deadline. Folks would be outraged if he does not stay here this deal is not that much better than an in-season move.
The way pitchers got paid this last offseason, if he does have a good year than he's as good as gone. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets 15-16 wins, then 15-16 million.
no way. that's Clemens type money. maybe if he has a couple good years in a row.. plus he is now playing in his home state... which sometimes means more than money.
Well, the difference is this - Clemens gets payed that much money for Four to Five MONTHS of service.
That's pettite money. If JJ does well, he'll have two good seasons back to back,be relatively young in comparison, and doesn't have the injury concerns.
Ted Lilly got 40 million/4 years and has a 4.60 era with a 59-58 record. Would Jennings settle for 10 million/year if he breaks out? Is he so in love with a team he's never played for and a city he doesn't live in to take below market value? Pettite is older, has injury concerns, and already hit his peak or he would have gotten a longer term contract. Jennings is just hitting his prime where the 3 year max term contract for pitchers isn't an unwriten rule. Plus if he proves he can pitch a Minute Maid and Colorado, he will have all the options he wants.
In other words, if he pitches like crap, we sign him for cheap but we get robbed in that trade. If he does well, we have to overpay him because he had a good pitching year. Way to think ahead Timmy P.
No one with any kind of baseball knowledge considered Buchholz anywhere close to a "top prospect." Furthermore, when your "starting CF" has no power, no OBP and a mediocre average, maybe that's a sign he shouldn't be a starting CF on a contending team. The Astros apparently learned that lesson.
you're not gonna convince him with any kind of reasoning. he's stuck in the opinion that the astros made a stupid trade...and that carlos lee was a bad signing.. and that we need a bunch more stolen bases on this squad. and that purpura sucks. we'll see where he is in 6 months
