The guy's brought his average up tremendously since the start of the season. Hopefully a change of scenery will spark him even more.
Ensberg has an injury? If anyone knows anything please post. That would explain him sucking like he did last year after his injury. Let's hope that is the case. Also I don't know if Lamb can keep this up and you have to think that Ensberg will get hot eventually. Garner can go with the hot bat with this trade and it will help out a lot.
i like this the best 2B-Craig Biggio 1B-Mike Lamb RF-Lance Berkman LF-Aubrey Huff CF-Preston Wilson SS-Chris Burke 3B-Morgan Ensberg C-Brad Ausmus
where would tejada play? there is no DH in the NL.....oh, hopefully you were'nt implying that he can play short.
He tends to have these injuries and they either never heal or he doesn't recover mentally from them. He had the hand injury last year, whatever caused him to miss a few games this year, etc. The problem is that if you're hurt, get the hell out of the lineup and rest. Playing through it and batting 0.200 with no power does no one any good.
yes because, as luck would have it, it's "let the special ed class run the orioles" day in baltimore; perfect timing to suggest a ridiculous trade.
Normally I would say no. But since you added that 7th, 8th and 9th exclamation point at the end there, now I'm starting to consider it. Throw in another to make it an even 10, and I'd say the deal is as good as done.
I love it. A solid left handed bat that is versatile on the defensive side. What's not to like here? And all of b****ing that they gave up Zobrist....please! The dude was near 30 and a career minor leaguer. A complete non prospect.
Everett is entrenched at SS, and I'm happy about it. He's the best defensive shortstop in the majors. Who cares about his bat? As for Huff, I'd rather see him platooned with Wilson than Ensberg. Burke Lamb Berkman Ensberg Huff Biggio Everett Ausmus Of course, Garner won't move Biggio down.
i think the astros' organization is screwing up their own prospects. everyone is aware of their lack of wanting to promote productive players. i think this messes with the players psyche. if you, as a player, continue to excel but are not rewarded (such as going form AA to AAA, or AAA to the majors) then you get a point where you think to yourself, what's the use? then you start to become lackadaisical (sp?) b/c you're not seeing any rewards for your hard work. i mean, what could suck more than to be 30 and still be in AAA?
See I don't get this ... I realize Wilson had a horrible stretch earlier in the season, but he has been one of the few guys on this team that has hit well lately and he is definitely one of the few that was able to get some hits with RISP. Granted, the last few games he had a big strikeout and several bad double plays, but I think he's earned his spot on this team. Ensberg has been just plain bad since the end of April. I personally think 2.5 months is enough time to try to let a guy play his way out of a slump. The time has come to see if a few weeks of rest will help him get back on track.
