No way Huff bats that low. I think 5th is his ideal spot. I would actually consider swapping Wilson and Huff in the 4 and 5 depending on the pitcher. I think Berkman has to go back to #3. No doubt about it. Lamb would provide excellent bottom of the order protection behind Huff and Wilson. I think the 6th slot is perfect for him.
i was thinking about the line-up - lotso possibilities, but i'd love to see berkman hitting third again: biggio lamb berkman huff wilson burke but i also like the idea of burke hitting 3rd; maybe even lamb with burke in the 2-hole. regardless, i think huff bats 3, 4 or 5; not 6 after wilson. remember, berkman's a switch-hitter, so there is no value in moving huff to 6th to avoid a lefty coming in to face them since he can turn it around. garner's going to have some fun.
Best move my Tim Purpura since he has been here. Huff is really what we needed. Great hitter. I agree Wilson will likely move to center with Huff in left and Berkman in right, and Lamb at 1st. If Ensberg continues to suck, he will be benched and Huff to 3rd.
Ensberg will be benched, maybe even go to the DL. He needs to rehab. He can't hit playing through injury (see playoffs last year). Biggio Burke Berkman Lamb Huff Wilson Munson Everett Trade Wandy while his stock is the highest it's going to be and get something good in return. Keep Buccholtz in the rotation when Backe comes back. Make Qualls/Wheeler your closers, Lidge the setup man, and Nieve an inning-eater. If Springer continues to suck: Jason Hirsch please.
Also, we have a not so well known Wade Robinson at SS. He was promoted from Single A Salem to AAA Round Rock earlier this season. All he did was hit .329 in 27 games before going back to Salem. He was a big reason that the Express went from 2nd place to 11 games up. This is a great deal. Huff is a solid middle-of-the-lineup bat who doesn't strike out much. Much of his numbers have come since early June. He's hitting .416 sing June 9th when his average had dropped to .178. I see a lineup of... Biggio 2B Lamb 1B Berkman RF Huff 3B Wilson LF Burke CF Everett SS Ausmus C On Munson's days, this gives us potentially 4 lefty batters and more pop and the bottom of the lineup (Munson hitting 7th with Everett 8th). Good jub Purp!
Zobrist is 25 already. You can't consider him a big time prospect, Talbot gots average stuff at best. I still can't believe Purpura got Huff for these two.
Hopefully the Astros re-sign Huff, could be easy consideing he has lived in Texas for most of his childhood and he finally comes to a winning team.
zobrist has hit at every single level; i can't for the life of me figure out why he was still in double A, but it's par for the course with this organization, which is practically fielding a rec softball team in RR, as opposed to a young team with potential. aside from hirsh, it's best prospect is a 28-year old OF who flopped last year in the majors... nice. joe mcewing is getting 200+ at bats; it's closer is 34... they are seven players on their roster 30 or older. ridiculous. ok, enough ranting - what is huff's contract?
I agree Zobrist can flat out hit but he isn't a major league shortstop. How many 6'3 shortstops make it to the big leagues or already in the big leagues now. If you put Zobrist at 2nd or 3rd he loses a lot of his value. Burke is already the 2nd baseman of the future.
Huff is one of five left-handed hitters -- along with David Ortiz, Carlos Delgado, Hideki Matsui and Bobby Abreu -- to average 100-plus RBI the past three seasons. pretty good company
wow excellent trade! huff had a horrible start after being hurt to start the season. now he is kicking ass. WOW! i am pumped. we gave up practically nothing to get him too.
Huff has hit .433 in the past 23 games with five homers and 16 RBI. Lineup Astros should put out if Ensberg gets it going once again. 2B-Craig Biggio 1B-Mike Lamb RF-Lance Berkman 3B-Morgan Ensberg 1B-Aubrey Huff CF-Preston Wilson SS-Adam Everett C-Brad Ausmus Lineup if Ensberg continues to suck 2B-Craig Biggio 3B-Mike Lamb CF-Chris Burke RF-Lance Berkman 1B-Aubrey Huff LF-Preston Wilson SS-Adam Everett C-Brad Ausmus
Great trade for the Astros. They need more left handed bats in the everyday lineup. Bravo to Purpura.
