I honestly could care less if we resign Latroy. The guy has been fairly reliable since coming from the Yankees, but no way are we staying competitive next year. So as the Astros slogan has been for the past year or so "Let's get younger and drop payroll". Bye Latroy. As an avid Astros fan I can't wait for these next few years to pass. The day Carlos Lee and Berkmans contract go up will be great. Save the money for next year when the big time pitchers should be on the market.
9 times out of 10 i can't stand the guy, but Richie Justice's shared hatred of Uncle Drayton gets him in my good graces 10% of the time. Hurts admitting it, but his latest blog entry cracked me up. http://blogs.chron.com/sportsjustic...oustonchronicle/sportsjustice+(SportsJustice)
Same story basically but with a bit of a timeframe added... Ken_Rosenthal Braves could trade Rafael Soriano quickly - perhaps even by the end of the meetings. Astros, Orioles among teams interested.
3 1/2 days according to wikipedia, and we all know they never lie, so probably Thursday? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_meetings
Oh ok, thanks. Lets see what moves the Astros make(or don't for that matter). Also a little interesting that they are or are reportedly in trade talks. Of course I dont think any huge trades will go down but they dont have that many prospects to work with(trade). So I wonder if, say they had serious interest in Soriano, what it would take and what or who they are willing to move.
jorgearangure: Source said that Twins and Astros - in addition to the Orioles - have interest in Pedro Feliz jaysonst: Yankees are shopping the No. 1 pick in Thursday's Rule 5 draft. They just obtained that pick this week in Brian Bruney trade. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove09/news/story?id=4717538 You can find stars in Rule V drafts i.e. Johan Santana.
You can trade the player after you pick them, which may be what that means. Santana was picked then traded. Edit: I guess obviously you can trade just the pick since that is how the Yankees got it. It is news to me as well.
Brewers Eyeing LaTroy Hawkins By Tim Dierkes [December 9, 2009 at 9:48am CST] Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel tweets that the Brewers are looking at reliever LaTroy Hawkins. Bob Nightengale of USA Today does him one better, saying the Brewers are "moving fast" on Hawkins and "could sign him today." http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/12/brewers-eyeing-latroy-hawkins.html Part of me actually is cool with this, gives our young guys a chance to pitch themselves into that role or might mean the Soriano trade is about to go down. I bet msn will be thrilled to hear this news lol
alysonfooter Wade says they've had one meeting with an agent this morning and an internal discussion about a trade that might be possible.
http://markbowman.mlblogs.com/ I've previously mentioned the Astros as a potential suitor for Soriano. But there seems to be a belief that their financial situation might eliminate them from being a major player in the bidding for the right-handed reliever's services.
If they made a trade for Soriano, it would make it more confusing that they didn't offer arbitration to Hawkins.
Tag bascially saying the same thing as Footer. brianmctaggart Ed Wade: “We’ve got offers out on the table...but until somebody says yes nothing is done."
Ed Wade gives late morning update http://brianmctaggart.mlblogs.com/ Astros general manager Ed Wade emerged from his suite Wednesday morning to do a radio interview, and I was able to grab him for a few minutes. Wade never discusses trades except in general terms, but the Astros have been rumored to a few different players, including Rafael Soriano of the Braves. Soriano accepted arbitration, and now the Braves need to move him. Houston is still pursuing LaTroy Hawkins, who's in Indianapolis. Hawkins met with the Brewers early Wednesday, but Wade was still hopeful he'd return to Houston. Here's what Wade had to say on a few topics. Q: What is new on the trade front? A: "We've got offers out on the table and a couple of other meetings scheduled for the next couple of hours but until somebody says yes, nothing is done. We've had one meeting with an agent and have had internal discussion on a trade possibility that we're trying to do our homework to see if it's something we want to pursue to see if it's viable or not." Q: Do you have enough chips in the Minors to get a deal done? A: "It's in the eye of the beholder. Somebody's got to evaluate our system and I think if there are pieces that make sense. We had in inquiry from one club where I do think we have the pieces to make it work, names that they came up that we responded, too. We have to be aggressive, but we also have to be somewhat protective of the depth if we can." Q: What is latest on LaTroy Hawkins situation? A: "David [Gottfried] talked to Larry Reynolds [Hawkins' agent] last night and we don't know where it's headed. We're hoping it heads in our direction." Q: Are you hopeful a deal can be done soon? A: "We have a couple of things out there. There are some bullpen solutions there, there are some offensive tweak solutions out there, whether any or all of them get to the finish line remains to be seen. I think we've been aggressive on the fronts we're capable of being aggressive on. We've taken it to the point where our level of interest has clearly been stated and a lot of stuff one would think people would be compelled to get back in touch with us if they want to follow through on that."
