I wouldn’t say that Baltimore necessarily won that trade. The Astros got two good years of Miguel Tejada for a DH, a soft tossing lefty, and two below average relievers. Luke Scott would have never played here because of Lee, Pence, and Bourn. He is a DH at this point of his career. Troy Patton had Tommy John surgery and was terrible in AAA last year. Matt Albers and Dennis Sarfate both had ERA’s over 5.00 last year. I probably call the trade a push.
So have the Astros come out and actually said Manzella will be the starting shortstop ? A soon to be 27 year old with 5 career At-Bats in the majors. 4 Punch-Outs and 1 hit. Definition of Risky
While I don't think Manzella is going hit for much in the big leagues, I like to Astros to give me a chance to play before making my final judgment. I would be happy with a .250 BA and solid defense. He is going be batting 7th or 8th.
[rquoter]HOUSTON -- The Astros have just one arbitration-eligible player remaining after reaching a one-year deal Sunday with left-hander Tim Byrdak for $1.6 million plus bonuses, which was the midpoint between the club's offer and the player's number.[/rquoter] http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/...t_id=7962000&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou Wandy is the last one.
Hope they can get something done today with Wandy. If not, I have a feeling he'll get the $7MM he's asking for in arb. He was pretty good last year. Never thought I'd see the day when signing Wandy Rodriguez was vital to our pitching hopes this year.
This one I just do not understand. The guy is a tremendous risk from a health perspective. Garland signed with the Padres for $4.6M in 2010 and $6.75M in 2011. That makes a lot more sense than the Sheets signing.
Sheets for $5 million would have been great. $10 million is a bit much. I'm surprised a small market team bid that much for him. Probably looking to flip him at the deadline.
MLB.COM Top 50 Prospects http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?topic_id=7962336 Castro is #31 I already have a man crush on him and I've hardly seen him play.
Exactly what they'd do. All depends on Sheets staying healthy but if they're in it, well then they got themselves a nice pitcher, if not, flip him for a prospect or two. I'd say almost a win-win for the A's.
a win-win for the A's, unless they're sitting pretty with a 5-game lead on August 31 and Sheets's arm falls off again on Sept 6. :grin:
The AL West should be a very interesting division this year. It seems realistic that every team in that division has a shot at winning the division. The Mariners have been a big let down in recent years, but with Cliff/Felix at the front of the rotation that will be hard to beat plus Chone Figginss and Bradley are some decent upgrades. The Angels just seem to be good no matter who they lose.They are just consistently a quality team. Even with the loss of Lackey I expect them to be competitve. As for the Rangers they proved they were a good team last year, but I still think they are lacking in some departments even with there improved pitching staff. And the A's have a chance to be a surprise team. That team seems to be always filled with young talent that could burst onto the scene at any moment. Plus who knows with sheets he's a wildcard.
Man, I've got the itch now. Christmas was great, New Year's has come and gone... How many days until pitchers and catchers report? Bring it!
I've always said there is no greater day in Sports than opening day in baseball. That is probably my favorite day of the entire year. The baseball season is just so unpredictable.
Keith Law released his top 100... Lyles 60 Castro 65 Mier 94 Good to see some light at the end of the tunnel now lets cash in on those 4 early picks this year. http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/insider/columns/story?columnist=law_keith&id=4856310 1 Jason Heyward, OF, ATL 2 Stephen Strasburg, RHP, WAS 3 Carlos Santana, C, CLE 4 Buster Posey, C, SFO 5 Mike Stanton, OF, FLA 6 Desmond Jennings, OF, TAM 7 Martin Perez, LHP, TEX 8 Dustin Ackley, CF, SEA 9 Justin Smoak, 1B, TEX 10 Jesus Montero, C, NYY 11 Brian Matusz, LHP, BAL 12 Starlin Castro, SS, CHC 13 Neftali Feliz, RHP, TEX 14 Domonic Brown, RF, PHI 15 Wade Davis, RHP, TAM 16 Aroldis Chapman, LHP, CIN 17 Jeremy Hellickson, RHP, TAM 18 Casey Kelly, RHP, BOS 19 Aaron Hicks, RHP, MIN 20 Brett Wallace, 1B, TOR 21 Logan Morrison, 1B, FLA 22 Tyler Matzek, LHP, COL 23 Jenrry Mejia, RHP, NYM 24 Michael Taylor, OF, OAK 25 Zach Britton, LHP, BAL 26 Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B, CLE 27 Jaff Decker, OF, SDG 28 Madison Bumgarner, LHP, SFO 29 Tim Beckham, SS, TAM 30 Josh Vitters, 3B, CHC 31 Derek Norris, C, WAS 32 Ryan Westmoreland, OF, BOS 33 Chris Carter, 1B, OAK 34 Eric Hosmer, 1B, KAN 35 Pedro Alvarez, 3B, PIT 36 Christian Friedrich, LHP, COL 37 Jarrod Parker, RHP, ARI 38 Shelby Miller, RHP, STL 39 Dee Gordon, SS, LAD 40 Kyle Drabek, RHP, TOR 41 Wilmer Flores, 3B, NYM 42 Wilson Ramos, C, MIN 43 Arodys Vizcaino, RHP, ATL 44 Carlos Triunfel, 2B, SEA 45 Casey Crosby, LHP, DET 46 Simon Castro, RHP, SDG 47 Brett Lawrie, 2B, MIL 48 Jhoulys Chacin, LHP, COL 49 Mike Trout, OF, LAA 50 Jay Jackson, RHP, CHC 51 Hector Rondon, RHP, CLE 52 Hank Conger, C, LAA 53 Anthony Rizzo, 1B, BOS 54 Alcides Escobar, SS, MIL 55 Zach Stewart, RHP, TOR 56 Lars Anderson, 1B, BOS 57 Jose Tabata, OF, PIT 58 Tyler Flowers, C, CHW 59 Daryl Jones, OF, STL 60 Jordan Lyles, RHP, HOU 61 Josh Bell, 3B, BAL 62 Matt Dominguez, 3B, FLA 63 Julio Teheran, RHP, ATL 64 Ike Davis, 1B, NYM 65 Jason Castro, C, HOU 66 Todd Frazier, 2B, CIN 67 Freddie Freeman, 1B, ATL 68 Matt Sweeney, 3B, TAM 69 Mike Moustakas, 3B, KAN 70 Austin Jackson, OF, DET 71 Michael Brantley, OF, CLE 72 Mike Leake, RHP, CIN 73 Fernando Martinez, OF, NYM 74 Michael Saunders, OF, SEA 75 Mike Montgomery, LHP, KAN 76 Yonder Alonso, 1B, CIN 77 Trevor Reckling, LHP, LAA 78 Tanner Scheppers, RHP, TEX 79 Andrew Cashner, RHP, CHC 80 Jacob Turner, RHP, DET 81 Matt Moore, LHP, TAM 82 Tony Sanchez, C, PIT 83 Chris Withrow, RHP, LAD 84 Zack Wheeler, RHP, SFO 85 Randall Delgado, RHP, ATL 86 Ryan Kalish, OF, BOS 87 Aaron Crow, RHP, KAN 88 Chris Heisey, OF, CIN 89 Kyle Gibson, RHP, MIN 90 Jake Arrieta, RHP, BAL 91 Jose Iglesias, SS, BOS 92 Drew Storen, RHP, WAS 93 Grant Green, SS, OAK 94 Jiovanni Mier, SS, HOU 95 Jared Mitchell, OF, CHW 96 Manny Banuelos, LHP, NYY 97 Miguel Sano, SS, MIN 98 Junichi Tazawa, RHP, BOS 99 Travis d'Arnaud, C, TOR 100 Nick Hagadone, LHP, CLE
