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Post by iowafan on Jul 23, 2010 14:38:03 GMT -5
Wood has pitched very well. The Reds have pitchers that can't make fifth starter that are pitching better than our 3, 4th starters. We are going to have a tough go of it in this game and probably be lucky to win one in the series. I was reading people blaming Wade for our pathetic team. Wade can't help it if we have no one coming up through our minor league system. The Reds have been doing it right in recent years. We have not. It is a sad situation when we have Norris trying to pitch against a pitcher who is ready to pitch in the major leagues.
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Post by cangrejero on Jul 24, 2010 8:52:31 GMT -5
Norris is a very good reliever but a mediocre starter.
IF Wandy was able to pitch the way we know hie can, and Paulino with his very good stuff able to be more consistent we would have a very nice rotation.
I don't believe Norris is a starter, i hope i am wrong on this one, but i see him as a right handed Billy the Kid.
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Post by iowafan on Jul 24, 2010 14:02:35 GMT -5
I think I am beginning to see some improvement in Norris. I don't thing it has been enough to make him a decent starter but I can see hope that he might get there. Right now we don't have Paulino, we are really short of starters. I don't see how we can trade Oswalt without getting someone that can start immediately. It would be difficult at this point also not to trade Oswalt. I am not sure at this point I would want to be traded if I were him. I think I would want that record. Somethings are more important than being on a contender.
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Post by sadoug on Jul 25, 2010 15:37:50 GMT -5
Wandy was great!...I like seeing Bourne hitting again, but what I really liked was hernandez at short.I havnt seen range, glove and an arm like that since metzger was here. With defense like that I will take his 245 average.
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Post by iowafan on Jul 25, 2010 17:11:10 GMT -5
Wandy is really starting to come around. I wonder what got him in such a funk at the first of the year. That is good to hear about Hernandez. The way that Sanchez was hitting the ball we kind of missed his bat. There are lots of interesting things going on with the Astros these days.
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Post by cangrejero on Jul 25, 2010 21:18:04 GMT -5
Interesting to see what is going to happen once Manzzela is ready.
I believe the Nelson Figueroa pick was awesome, i wanted this guy for our team a looooong time ago. He could be a nice number 7 inning guy.
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Post by changeup on Jul 25, 2010 23:12:50 GMT -5
Nice to see the Astros taking guys that nobody else wants. Now, if we could just unload dead weight like Lee, Berkman, Feliz, and Quintero, we might show improvement. I like Johnson and Castro. Would somebody please tell me why we wanted Feliz??
As for Manzella, I am not impressed. I'd rather have Hernandez or Sanchez.
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Post by sadoug on Jul 26, 2010 8:59:27 GMT -5
JB...thats the problem
We are the only franchise that takes guys nobody else wants....nobody left to take the guys we have that we dont want
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Post by changeup on Jul 26, 2010 15:27:18 GMT -5
SAdoug, that is Draytie's economic system. Wait until some other team dumps a terrible player, claim him on waivers and pay him the minimum. Then, trade your quality players to other teams for prospects. That way, you don't have a high payroll, the dumb fans keep coming to watch this low-rate bunch of losers, and Draytie keeps making deposits in the bank.
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