SB Nation User Blog: wadero

Philip Humber could have been had?

wadero — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:47:57 -0000

Read today that former Rice and 1st rd draft pick Philip Humber could have been picked up on waivers, but no team made a claim on him. Wow we let a Texas kid and former top prospect get away. I sometime wonder what goes thru our GM and Owners head. What makes this worse is Philip Humber is from Carthage and I think that is where Drayton is from. He had to know about him hell they had Philip Humber Day when Rice won the world Series.

Josh Beckett to the Astros?

wadero — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:07:00 -0000

Josh is a free agent at the end of the year. Do you think uncle Drayton would have enough brains to try and sign him? All I know is after last nights game we need to go after some pitching. I dont care who it is we cant give up that many runs thru 3 innings!! Ortiz looked horrible and I wont even start with the starter. If we cant keep the other team from scoring it makes no since to keep Roy here.

Fantasy Baseball Info ( trades Moves or just intrested in Playing)

wadero — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:25:10 -0000

I play fantasy baseball and I have seen a couple of guys here post on it. I was thinking that it would be great for those of us who play fantasy Baseball to have a spot where we can get other players advise on trades or roster moves or whatever. Sometimes you get a guy pushing a trade and you want to get some advise on what to do. So I purpose that we have a Post that any one who has a question about fantsy baseball can put it here.

Andy marte Released by Cleveland

wadero — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:40:47 -0000

Andy Marte at one time was a top pick in The Braves and Indians Minor league system. He was released yesterday as he was out of options. I am hoping that the Astros take a good look at him he is a 3rd baseman and he is only 25 years old. He hit .275 with 20 hr and 74 in 2005. Here is a look at his stats http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/andy-marte.shtml We have 2 old men at 3rd wouldnt it be nice to bring a former top prospect and see if we could get him to be our 3rd baseman of the future???

SS Robert Andino being shopped by marlins.

wadero — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:45:41 -0000

http://hotstove.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/12/andino_still_being_shopped_by.html This would be a great person to trade for to spell Tejada. He is young out of options and could be on our Roster from Day one. If you look at his numbers http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/A/robert-andino.shtml He would be a great person for Tejada to take under his wing and groom as his replacement in a year or 2 maybe even next year as a spot starter for Tejada!!!!

Bobby Crosby on Waivers!!!!

wadero — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:40:37 -0000

The Oakland A's put Bobby Crosby on waivers. He would be a great fit. Let him work out his issues and he would be a great replacement for Tejada when he becomes a free agent at the end of 09!! Sources told FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal that the A's have placed Bobby Crosby on outright waivers. It probably won't amount to much. If Crosby is on waivers, then anyone can take his current contract, which has one year and $5.25 million left on it. However, it's doubtful that anyone will want him at that price. If he clears waivers, then he'd still be A's property and would continue to top the team's depth chart at shortstop.

Non Tender list

wadero — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:00:34 -0000

Here is the link to who is non tender. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081213&content_id=3716347&vkey=hotstove2008&fext=.jsp Some of the names that stand out for the Astros are; Wil Ledezma 4.71 era 58 inn 53 so he is 6'4 Lefty Daniel Cabera 5.25 era 180 inn 95 so 6'7 righty Clay Hensley 5.31 era 39 inn 26 so 5'11 righty from Tomball Texas. I Hope we can get one of these guys hopefully Ledezma to sign with us and compete for a starters role in 09.

Gilbert De La Vara Rule 5 pick for Astros

wadero — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:58:38 -0000

Here is the guy we took in th draft(please see this link) http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/minorleagues/rule_5.jsp. LHP Gilbert de la Vara has been perfect so far for the Rafters, not allowing a run in 5.2 innings pitched. He also has seven strikeouts. The Rafters roster is made up of players from the Royals, Rangers, Dodgers, Indians, and Orioles farm systems, and has a 3-5 record so far this season. Here are his stats http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=$08506&position=P

Astros pick up Jeff Fulchino?

wadero — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:22:30 -0000

"Our reports (say Fluchino is a) big guy with a good arm," Ed Wade said early Monday afternoon during the first day of the winter meetings at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. "Got some big league experience with Kansas City last year. Also pitched a little bit for Florida. He's got options remaining. Our guys think he can come in and compete in a bullpen situation, throw multiple innings, (and provide) good inventory." Fulchino, 29, could fight for roster spot as the club's long reliever a year after finishing 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA over 14 innings through 12 games with Kansas City. "He's a long man, more of the long man role probably at this point," Wade said. "Again, I'm just going off reports that I read this morning. Our guys were working on him." Fulchino's acquisition puts the Astros' 40-man roster at 37 as the winter meetings kicked off Monday. Ed Wade, president of baseball operations Tal Smith and assistant GM David Gottfried arrived at the meetings on Sunday, and the rest of the club's top front office folks are expected to arrive later this evening. We made a lot of contact in advance. I've made two rounds or phone calls in the last 2 ½ weeks, so I've talked to every club. So we have a pretty good sense or feel for where the things stood before we got here. I do think there's enough fluidity to it that some of that might change. Some teams that were sort of parked in neutral, having some casual interest in having a discussion that could become either those type of things could become front-burner items or they could disappear depending what happens with the free agent market or other alternatives some teams may have."

Michael Young is on the block

wadero — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:33:56 -0000

Yahoo! Sports reports that the Texas Rangers are quietly shopping shortstop Michael Young. Young, 32, will start to draw on a five-year, $80-million contract extension in 2009. The contract grants him full no-trade rights next season, then limited protection the following two seasons. The Mets, Angels, Dodgers, and Royals have reportedly all inquired on Young. He would be a perfect fit for the Astros although I dont know what we could offer to get him and with Uncle Drayton cutting back we aint got shot in hell to get him.