My tentative understanding is that Quintero would have to clear waivers again, were the Astros to want to send him back to the minors.
wow...man, that sure is gonna create an interesting dilemma if that's true. it seems like if that's the case, the logical decision would be to cut ausmus. quintero is a potentially valuable young catcher who is dirt cheap. any of you think they'd actually consider cutting ausmus? i dont think there's any way they'd carry 3 catchers once towles is healthy, nor do i think they'd carry one less pitcher, and even if they did, you gotta figure nieve and/or byrdak will be up before too long anyway.
he'll be 29 this year - not old, but certainly not young - and he's been in the minors nearly a decade. i think the franchise will be ok if they have to let him go. ausmus isn't going anywhere.
Ausmus can play some infield positions (3B and 2B) in an emergency situation, so I'd have no problem keeping 3 catchers. Not to blow today's game out of proportion, but today's game is pretty big from a momentum point-of-view. A win today gives us our first road series of the year, back-to-back series wins and only 2 games under .500. And physiologically we could just chalk up Tuesday's debacle as just a minor bump along the way. A loss today and we're back to 4 games under .500, which is where we’ve been basically been since a rough opening road trip and we're just treading water. Hate to waste all the great starts and not have too many wins to show for it.
Not much of a dilemma (unless an IF or OF gets hurt, but not hurt enough to go on the DL). If he plays well, they'll keep him on the roster. If he plays poorly or sees limited action, he should clear waivers. He already cleared waivers this year, no reason to expect he wouldn't clear again. Also, at this point, the starters have pitched well enough that carrying an extra reliever is a luxury. Moeller and Borkowski are redundant. They just need one pitcher of this type (guy to pitch long innings if the starter gets shelled early).
let's assume that within a month, wiggington, matsui, and nieve are all on our active 25 man roster. which 3 players would be sent down?
Tomas Perez is gone as soon as Matsui is ready. Quintero, too, when Wigginton is back. If they were to call up Nieve, I'd have to assume that one of Moehler or Borkowski would be gone. Though, I think they're going to leave Nieve down there in case of a problem with a starter. Jack Cassel has looked pretty good, too, at Round Rock. He got beat up in 1 start, but was very good in his other 2.
How the hell should I know? Wade's notorious for changing his bullpens around , the obvious is Bork/Moehler, but you could see Villareal/Geary traded, somebody get hurt, Wright implode, Valverde continues to struggle...you could see a lot of things unfold "within a month".
you just have to know better than to send carlos lee second to home on a hit like that. i could have thrown him out from there.
Third base coach is an Idiot. Why the hell send Lee home from second on a shallow single to right. Does he not Farve(Jenkins) has a cannon?
NO! The catcher caught the throw on the right side of the plate, had time to move to block the plate, and was still waiting on Lee
